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 |
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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.
Julianne Moore - Game Change - The Sarah Palin Effect (Game Change)
- Gillian Anderson - Great Expectations (Great Expectations)
- Patricia Clarkson - Five
- Jessica Lange - American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Murder House)
- Lara Pulver - Sherlock
- Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult
Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
- Angela Bassett - Betty & Coretta
- Romola Garai - The Hour
- Rebecca Hall - Parade's End - The Last Gentleman (Parade's End)
- Jessica Lange - American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Asylum)
- Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Helena Bonham Carter - Burton and Taylor (Burton and Taylor)
- Minnie Driver - Return to Zero
- Whoopi Goldberg - A Day Late and a Dollar Short
- Holliday Grainger - Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive)
- Cicely Tyson - The Trip to Bountiful
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
- Aunjanue Ellis - The Book of Negroes
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
- Felicity Huffman - American Crime
- Jessica Lange - American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Freak Show)
- Queen Latifah - Bessie
- Kathy Bates - American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Hotel)
- Sarah Hay - Flesh and Bone
- Alyvia Alyn Lind - Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
- Rachel McAdams - True Detective
- Shanice Williams - The Wiz Live!
Sarah Paulson - American Crime Story (The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story)
- Olivia Colman - The Night Manager
- Felicity Huffman - American Crime
- Cynthia Nixon - Killing Reagan
- Lili Taylor - American Crime
- Kerry Washington - In Good Faith (Confirmation)
Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
- Jessica Biel - The Sinner
- Alana Boden - I Am Elizabeth Smart
- Carrie Coon - Fargo
- Jessica Lange - Feud (Feud: Bette and Joan)
- Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies
Amy Adams - Sharp Objects and Patricia Arquette - Escape at Dannemora
- Connie Britton - Dirty John
- Carrie Coon - The Sinner
- Laura Dern - The Tale
- Anna Deavere Smith - Notes from the Field
Web links
- Official website (English)