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Every Golden Globes Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 25 different winners.

Best Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Film was previously known as Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.

The current name took effect at the 2023 ceremony.

Kate Winslet ×2
One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Halle Berry'00
Judi Dench'01
Judy Davis'02
Uma Thurman'03
Meryl Streep'04
Glenn Close'05
S. Epatha Merkerson'06
Helen Mirren'07
Queen Latifah'08
Laura Linney'09
Drew Barrymore'10
Claire Danes'11
Kate Winslet'12
Julianne Moore'13
Elisabeth Moss'14
Maggie Gyllenhaal'15
Lady Gaga'16
Sarah Paulson'17
Nicole Kidman'18
Patricia Arquette'19
Michelle Williams'20
Anya Taylor-Joy'21
Kate Winslet'22
Amanda Seyfried'23
Ali Wong'24
Jodie Foster'25
Wins by network / distributor
  1. HBO1558%
  2. FX312%
  3. Netflix28%
  4. Showtime28%
  5. Sundance Channel28%
  6. ABC14%
  7. Other14%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • Jessica Lange6 noms
  • Cate Blanchett2 noms
  • Elizabeth Olsen2 noms
  • Felicity Huffman2 noms
  • Frances O'Connor2 noms
  • Helena Bonham Carter2 noms

Most losses

  • Helen Mirren6L · 1W
  • Jessica Lange6L · 0W
  • Cate Blanchett2L · 0W
  • Elizabeth Olsen2L · 0W
  • Felicity Huffman2L · 0W
  • Frances O'Connor2L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
beat 5 others
  • Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
  • Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
  • Sofia Vergara (Griselda)
  • Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans)
  • Kate Winslet (The Regime)
HBO
2024Ali Wong (Beef)
beat 5 others
  • Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six)
  • Brie Larson (Lessons in Chemistry)
  • Elizabeth Olsen (Love & Death)
  • Juno Temple (Fargo)
  • Rachel Weisz (Dead Ringers)
Netflix
2023Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)
beat 4 others
  • Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
  • Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
  • Lily James (Pam & Tommy)
  • Julia Roberts (Gaslit)
Hulu
2022Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown)
beat 4 others
  • Jessica Chastain (Scenes from a Marriage)
  • Cynthia Erivo (Genius)
  • Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision)
  • Margaret Qualley (Maid)
HBO
2021Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit)
beat 4 others
  • Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People)
  • Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
  • Nicole Kidman (The Undoing)
Netflix
2020Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon)
beat 4 others
  • Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable)
  • Joey King (The Act)
  • Helen Mirren (Catherine the Great)
  • Merritt Wever (Unbelievable)
FX
2019Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)
  • Connie Britton (Dirty John)
  • Laura Dern (The Tale)
  • Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Showtime
2018Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
beat 4 others
  • Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
  • Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan)
  • Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan)
  • Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
HBO
2017Sarah Paulson (The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
beat 4 others
  • Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
  • Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience)
  • Charlotte Rampling (London Spy)
  • Kerry Washington (Confirmation)
FX
2016Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel)
beat 4 others
  • Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)
  • Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone)
  • Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
  • Queen Latifah (Bessie)
FX
2015Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honourable Woman)
beat 4 others
  • Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
  • Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge)
  • Frances O'Connor (The Missing)
  • Allison Tolman (Fargo)
Sundance Channel
2014Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake)
beat 4 others
  • Helena Bonham Carter (Burton & Taylor)
  • Rebecca Ferguson (The White Queen)
  • Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Coven)
  • Helen Mirren (Phil Spector)
Sundance Channel
2013Julianne Moore (Game Change)
beat 4 others
  • Nicole Kidman (Hemingway & Gellhorn)
  • Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)
  • Sienna Miller (The Girl)
  • Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)
HBO
2012Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)
beat 4 others
  • Romola Garai (The Hour)
  • Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
  • Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey)
  • Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)
HBO
2011Claire Danes (Temple Grandin)
beat 4 others
  • Hayley Atwell (The Pillars of the Earth)
  • Judi Dench (Return to Cranford)
  • Romola Garai (Emma)
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Client List)
HBO
2010Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens)
beat 4 others
  • Joan Allen (Georgia O'Keeffe)
  • Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens)
  • Anna Paquin (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler)
  • Sigourney Weaver (Prayers for Bobby)
HBO
2009Laura Linney (John Adams)
beat 4 others
  • Judi Dench (Cranford)
  • Catherine Keener (An American Crime)
  • Shirley MacLaine (Coco Chanel)
  • Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris)
HBO
2008Queen Latifah (Life Support)
beat 4 others
  • Bryce Dallas Howard (As You Like It)
  • Debra Messing (The Starter Wife)
  • Sissy Spacek (Pictures of Hollis Woods)
  • Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre)
HBO
2007Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I)
beat 4 others
  • Gillian Anderson (Bleak House)
  • Annette Bening (Mrs. Harris)
  • Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act)
  • Sophie Okonedo (Tsunami: The Aftermath)
HBO
2006S. Epatha Merkerson (Lackawanna Blues)
beat 4 others
  • Halle Berry (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
  • Kelly Macdonald (The Girl in the Café)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Warm Springs)
  • Mira Sorvino (Human Trafficking)
HBO
2005Glenn Close (The Lion in Winter)
beat 4 others
  • Blythe Danner (Back When We Were Grownups)
  • Julianna Margulies (The Grid)
  • Miranda Richardson (The Lost Prince)
  • Hilary Swank (Iron Jawed Angels)
Showtime
2004Meryl Streep (Angels in America)
beat 4 others
  • Judy Davis (The Reagans)
  • Jessica Lange (Normal)
  • Helen Mirren (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone)
  • Maggie Smith (My House in Umbria)
HBO
2003Uma Thurman (Hysterical Blindness)
beat 4 others
  • Helena Bonham Carter (Live from Baghdad)
  • Shirley MacLaine (Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay)
  • Helen Mirren (Door to Door)
  • Vanessa Redgrave (The Gathering Storm)
HBO
2002Judy Davis (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
beat 5 others
  • Bridget Fonda (After Amy)
  • Julianna Margulies (The Mists of Avalon)
  • Leelee Sobieski (Uprising)
  • Hannah Taylor-Gordon (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
  • Emma Thompson (Wit)
ABC
2001Judi Dench (The Last of the Blonde Bombshells)
beat 5 others
  • Holly Hunter (Harlan County War)
  • Christine Lahti (An American Daughter)
  • Frances O'Connor (Madame Bovary)
  • Rachel Ward (On the Beach)
  • Alfre Woodard (Holiday Heart)
HBO
2000Halle Berry (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
beat 4 others
  • Judy Davis (Dash and Lilly)
  • Mia Farrow (Forget Me Never)
  • Helen Mirren (The Passion of Ayn Rand)
  • Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arc)
HBO

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