Critics' Choice Television Award / Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries

The Critics' Choice Television Award in the category Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Original name: Best Actress in a Movie / Miniseries ) is one of the awards , held annually in the United States by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association , an association of television critics , be awarded. It is aimed at actresses who have excelled in a leading role in a television movie or mini-series . The category was launched in 2012. The winners will be determined in a secret vote by the association's television critics.

History and records

Since the second award, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association has awarded a total of seven awards in the Best Actress category in a television film or mini-series to seven different actresses. The first winner was Julianne Moore , who was honored in 2012 for her role as Sarah Palin in Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect . The last recipient so far was Nicole Kidman , who was honored in 2018 for her role as Celeste Wright in Big Little Lies .

The following is a list of records of the most popular nominees and winners for the Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries category . The winners and nominees in the other actor categories are not counted.

statistics	Actress / series	number	Years
Most frequent nominations (actress) (* = victory)	Jessica Lange	5	2012, 2013, 2014 *, 2015, 2018
Most frequent nominations without a win (actress)	Felicity Huffman	2	2015, 2016 (Dec.)
Most frequent nomination (series) (* = victory)	American horror story	5	2012, 2013, 2014 *, 2015, 2016 (Jan.)

Winners and nominees

The television films and miniseries listed below are given with their German broadcast title (if they can be determined), followed by the foreign-language original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in bold type first.