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A visual history · Golden Globes

The winners who defined TV Supp. Actress.

54 ceremonies on record, 1971–2025. 52 different winners. The longest run belongs to Polly Holliday, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Jessica Gunning in 2025 for Baby Reindeer.
Who has won the most?
Faye Dunaway, Laura Dern, Polly Holliday and Valerie Bertinelli, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. Baby ReindeerJessica Gunning
  2. The CrownElizabeth Debicki
  3. OzarkJulia Garner
  4. SuccessionSarah Snook
  5. The CrownGillian Anderson
  6. The ActPatricia Arquette
Years explored
1971–2025
Different winners
52
Category leader
Faye Dunaway · 2
About this record

Best Supporting Actress on Television was first awarded in 1971, so it does not run the full 1944–2025 window.

It was previously known as Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

At the 2023 ceremony alone it covered series only, because supporting performances in limited series, anthology series and television films were judged in a separate award that was folded back in from 2024.

We are still missing 1978, so treat the totals below as what is on record rather than the complete history.

It took over from Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Television Film.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19712025

01 / The reigns

25 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network / distributor.

  1. 01
    Laura Dern2 wins
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.
Nancy Marchand'00
Vanessa Redgrave'01
Rachel Griffiths'02
Kim Cattrall'03
Mary-Louise Parker'04
Anjelica Huston'05
Sandra Oh'06
Emily Blunt'07
Samantha Morton'08
Laura Dern'09
Chloë Sevigny'10
Jane Lynch'11
Jessica Lange'12
Maggie Smith'13
Jacqueline Bisset'14
Joanne Froggatt'15
Maura Tierney'16
Olivia Colman'17
Laura Dern'18
Patricia Clarkson'19
Patricia Arquette'20
Gillian Anderson'21
Sarah Snook'22
Julia Garner'23
Elizabeth Debicki'24
Jessica Gunning'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

HBO leads the recorded network / distributor credits with 12 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

HBO12 wins
Netflix4 wins
PBS2 wins
20th Century1 win
ABC1 win
AMC1 win
Wins by network / distributor
  1. HBO1246%
  2. Netflix415%
  3. PBS28%
  4. 20th Century14%
  5. ABC14%
  6. AMC14%
  7. Other519%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Cynthia Nixon
    5 noms
  2. 02
    Allison Janney
    4 noms
  3. 03
    Megan Mullally
    4 noms
  4. 04
    Sofía Vergara
    4 noms
  5. 05
    Chrissy Metz
    2 noms
  6. 06
    Elizabeth Perkins
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Cynthia Nixon
    5L · 0W
  2. 02
    Allison Janney
    4L · 0W
  3. 03
    Megan Mullally
    4L · 0W
  4. 04
    Sofía Vergara
    4L · 0W
  5. 05
    Kim Cattrall
    3L · 1W
  6. 06
    Chrissy Metz
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer)
beat 5 others
  • Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
  • Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
  • Dakota Fanning (Ripley)
  • Allison Janney (The Diplomat)
  • Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country)
Netflix
2024Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
beat 5 others
  • Abby Elliott (The Bear)
  • Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets)
  • J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
  • Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)
  • Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Netflix
2023Julia Garner (Ozark)
beat 4 others
  • Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
  • Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
  • Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Netflix
2022Sarah Snook (Succession)
beat 4 others
  • Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
  • Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)
  • Andie MacDowell (Maid)
  • Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
HBO
2021Gillian Anderson (The Crown)
beat 4 others
  • Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
  • Julia Garner (Ozark)
  • Annie Murphy (Schitt's Creek)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Ratched)
Netflix
2020Patricia Arquette (The Act)
beat 4 others
  • Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
  • Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
  • Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)
  • Emily Watson (Chernobyl)
Hulu
2019Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
beat 4 others
  • Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Penélope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Thandiwe Newton (Westworld)
  • Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale)
HBO
2018Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
beat 4 others
  • Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)
  • Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
  • Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
  • Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
HBO
2017Olivia Colman (The Night Manager)
beat 4 others
  • Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
  • Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
  • Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
  • Thandiwe Newton (Westworld)
AMC
2016Maura Tierney (The Affair)
beat 4 others
  • Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
  • Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
  • Regina King (American Crime)
  • Judith Light (Transparent)
Showtime
2015Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
beat 4 others
  • Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
  • Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
  • Allison Janney (Mom)
  • Michelle Monaghan (True Detective)
PBS
2014Jacqueline Bisset (Dancing on the Edge)
beat 4 others
  • Janet McTeer (The White Queen)
  • Hayden Panettiere (Nashville)
  • Monica Potter (Parenthood)
  • Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)
Starz
2013Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
beat 4 others
  • Hayden Panettiere (Nashville)
  • Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
  • Sarah Paulson (Game Change)
  • Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)
PBS
2012Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
beat 4 others
  • Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
  • Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
  • Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)
  • Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)
FX
2011Jane Lynch (Glee)
beat 4 others
  • Hope Davis (The Special Relationship)
  • Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
  • Julia Stiles (Dexter)
  • Sofía Vergara (Modern Family)
Fox
2010Chloë Sevigny (Big Love)
beat 4 others
  • Jane Adams (Hung)
  • Rose Byrne (Damages)
  • Jane Lynch (Glee)
  • Janet McTeer (Into the Storm)
HBO
2009Laura Dern (Recount)
beat 4 others
  • Eileen Atkins (Cranford)
  • Melissa George (In Treatment)
  • Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters)
  • Dianne Wiest (In Treatment)
HBO
2008Samantha Morton (Longford)
beat 5 others
  • Rose Byrne (Damages)
  • Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters)
  • Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)
  • Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)
  • Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl)
HBO
2007Emily Blunt (Gideon's Daughter)
beat 4 others
  • Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath)
  • Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy)
  • Sarah Paulson (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)
  • Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds)
BBC America
2006Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy)
beat 4 others
  • Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)
  • Camryn Manheim (Elvis)
  • Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds)
  • Joanne Woodward (Empire Falls)
ABC
2005Anjelica Huston (Iron Jawed Angels)
beat 4 others
  • Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos)
  • Nicollette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives)
  • Charlize Theron (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)
  • Emily Watson (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)
HBO
2004Mary-Louise Parker (Angels in America)
beat 4 others
  • Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
  • Kristin Davis (Sex and the City)
  • Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
HBO
2003Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
beat 4 others
  • Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
  • Parker Posey (Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay)
  • Gena Rowlands (Hysterical Blindness)
HBO
2002Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under)
beat 4 others
  • Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
  • Tammy Blanchard (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
  • Allison Janney (The West Wing)
  • Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
HBO
2001Vanessa Redgrave (If These Walls Could Talk 2)
beat 5 others
  • Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
  • Faye Dunaway (Running Mates)
  • Allison Janney (The West Wing)
  • Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
HBO
2000Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)
beat 6 others
  • Kathy Bates (Annie)
  • Jacqueline Bisset (Joan of Arc)
  • Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
  • Melanie Griffith (RKO 281)
  • Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
  • Miranda Richardson (The Big Brass Ring)
HBO