Golden Globe Award / Best Actress in a Series - Drama
Golden Globe Award : Best Actress in a Series - Drama
Winner and nominee in the category of Best Series Lead Actress - Drama (since 1971 Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama ), which honors the most outstanding acting achievements of the past calendar year. The category was launched in 1970. From 1962 to 1969, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) awarded an Actress In A Television Series ( Actress In A Television Series ) without any division into television genre. In 1972 the award was given to the best series and television film actress (Actress In A Leading Role - Drama Series Or Television Movie).
| statistics | Surname | number | year |
| Most frequent awards | Angela Lansbury | 4th | 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991 |
| Most frequent nominations (* = victory) |
Sharon Gless | 7th | 1985, 1986 *, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991 *, 1992 |
| Edie Falco | 7th | 2000 *, 2001, 2002, 2003 *, 2005, 2007, 2008 | |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | Stefanie Powers | 5 | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 |
The series listed below are given with their German title (if identifiable), followed by the foreign-language original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language title are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
1960s
Donna Reed - The Donna Reed Show
Inger Stevens - The Farmer's Daughter
- Carolyn Jones - Amos Burke ( Burke's Law )
- Gloria Swanson - Amos Burke ( Burke's Law )
- Dorothy Loudon - The Garry Moore Show
- Shirley Booth - Hazel
Mary Tyler Moore - Dick Van Dyke Show ( The Dick Van Dyke Show )
- Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched ( Bewitched )
- Yvette Mimieux - Dr. Kildare
- Julie Newmar - My Living Doll
- Dorothy Malone - Peyton Place
1966
Anne Francis - Private Investigator Honey West ( Honey West )
- Barbara Stanwyck - Big Valley ( The Big Valley )
- Patty Duke - The Patty Duke Show
- Mia Farrow - Peyton Place
- Dorothy Malone - Peyton Place
1967
Marlo Thomas - Cute but a little crazy ( That Girl )
- Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched ( Bewitched )
- Barbara Stanwyck - Big Valley ( The Big Valley )
- Barbara Eden - Charming Jeannie ( I Dream of Jeannie )
- Phyllis Diller - The Pruitts of Southampton
1968
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Barbara Stanwyck - Big Valley ( The Big Valley )
- Lucille Ball - Oops Lucy ( The Lucy Show )
- Barbara Bain - Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible )
- Nancy Sinatra - Movin 'with Nancy
1969
- Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched ( Bewitched )
- Doris Day - The Doris Day Show
- Hope Lange - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ( The Ghost & Mrs. Muir )
- Nancy Sinatra - The Nancy Sinatra Show
1970s
1970
Linda Cristal - High Chaparral ( The High Chaparral )
- Eleanor Parker - Bracken's World
- Amanda Blake - Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke )
- Peggy Lipton - Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad )
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222
1971
Peggy Lipton - Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad )
- Amanda Blake - Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke )
- Linda Cristal - High Chaparral ( The High Chaparral )
- Yvette Mimieux - The Most Deadly Game
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222
1972
Patricia Neal - The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
- Susan Saint James - McMillan and Wife
- Lynda Day George - Cobra, Take Over ( Mission: Impossible )
- Peggy Lipton - Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad )
- Denise Nicholas - Room 222
1973
- Anne Jeffreys - The Delphi Bureau
- Susan Saint James - McMillan and Wife
- Peggy Lipton - Twen-Police ( The Mod Squad )
- Ellen Corby - The Waltons ( The Waltons )
- Michael Learned - The Waltons ( The Waltons )
1974
Lee Remick - Bumpers Revier ( The Blue Knight )
- Julie London - Emergency Call California ( Emergency! )
- Emily McLaughlin - General Hospital
- Susan Saint James - McMillan and Wife
- Michael Learned - The Waltons ( The Waltons )
1975
Angie Dickinson - Make-Up and Guns ( Police Woman )
- Lee Meriwether - Barnaby Jones
- Teresa Graves - Get Christie Love!
- Jean Marsh - The House on Eaton Place ( Upstairs, Downstairs )
- Michael Learned - The Waltons ( The Waltons )
Lee Remick - Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill
- Lee Meriwether - Barnaby Jones
- Rosemary Harris - Notorious Woman
- Angie Dickinson - Make-Up and Guns ( Police Woman )
- Michael Learned - The Waltons ( The Waltons )
1977
Susan Blakely - rich and poor ( Rich Man, Poor Man )
- Lindsay Wagner - The Seven Million Dollar Woman ( The Bionic Woman )
- Farrah Fawcett - Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels )
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels )
- Sada Thompson - An American Family ( Family )
- Angie Dickinson - Make-Up and Guns ( Police Woman )
- Jean Marsh - The House on Eaton Place ( Upstairs, Downstairs )
1978
Lesley Ann Warren - 79 Park Avenue ( Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue )
- Lindsay Wagner - The Seven Million Dollar Woman ( The Bionic Woman )
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels )
- Angie Dickinson - Make-Up and Guns ( Police Woman )
- Leslie Uggams - Roots
1979
Rosemary Harris - Holocaust - The Story of the Weiss Family ( Holocaust )
- Kate Jackson - Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels )
- Kristy McNichol - An American Family ( Family )
- Sada Thompson - An American Family ( Family )
- Lee Remick - wheels ( Wheels )
1980s
1980
Natalie Wood - Eternity ( From Here to Eternity )
- Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas
- Sada Thompson - An American Family ( Family )
- Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm ( hard to hard )
- Kate Mulgrew - Mrs. Columbo
1981
- Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas
- Linda Gray - Dallas
- Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm ( hard to hard )
- Melissa Gilbert - Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie )
1982
Barbara Bel Geddes - Dallas
Linda Evans - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Linda Gray - Dallas
- Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Morgan Fairchild - Flamingo Road
- Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm ( hard to hard )
1983
Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Victoria Principal - Dallas
- Linda Evans - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Jane Wyman - Falcon Crest
- Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm ( hard to hard )
1984
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
- Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Linda Evans - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Stefanie Powers - Hard but warm ( hard to hard )
1985
Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey
- Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Linda Evans - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Kate Jackson - Agent with a Heart ( Scarecrow and Mrs. King )
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
- Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Linda Evans - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey
- Joan Collins - The Denver Clan ( Dynasty )
- Connie Sellecca - Hotel
Susan Dey - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Linda Hamilton - Beauty and the Beast ( Beauty and the Beast )
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey
- Jill Eikenberry - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
Jill Eikenberry - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Linda Hamilton - Beauty and the Beast ( Beauty and the Beast )
- Sharon Gless - Cagney & Lacey
- Susan Dey - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
1990s
Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Dana Delany - China Beach - Women on the Edge of Hell ( China Beach )
- Susan Dey - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Jill Eikenberry - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Mel Harris - The Prime Years ( thirtysomething )
Patricia Wettig - The Best Years ( thirtysomething )
Sharon Gless - The Cases of Rosie O'Neill ( The Trials of Rosie O'Neill )
- Dana Delany - China Beach - Women on the Edge of Hell ( China Beach )
- Susan Dey - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Jill Eikenberry - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Susan Dey - LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( LA Law )
- Janine Turner - Alaska of all places ( Northern Exposure )
- Marlee Matlin - The Prosecutor and the Cop ( Reasonable Doubts )
- Sharon Gless - The Trials of Rosie O'Neill ( The Trials of Rosie O'Neill )
Regina Taylor - I'll Fly Away
- Mariel Hemingway - Marital Wars ( Civil Wars )
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Janine Turner - Alaska of all places ( Northern Exposure )
- Marlee Matlin - The Prosecutor and the Cop ( Reasonable Doubts )
Kathy Baker - Picket Fences - Crime Scene Garden Fence ( Picket Fences )
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place
- Janine Turner - Alaska of all places ( Northern Exposure )
- Sela Ward - A Bouquet of Daughters ( Sisters )
Claire Danes - Welcome to Life ( My So-Called Life )
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place
- Angela Lansbury - Murder Is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote )
- Kathy Baker - Picket Fences - Crime Scene Garden Fence ( Picket Fences )
Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
- Sherry Stringfield - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place
- Kathy Baker - Picket Fences - Crime Scene Garden Fence ( Picket Fences )
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases ( The X-Files )
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases ( The X-Files )
- Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - End Station Hope ( Chicago Hope )
- Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor ( Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman )
- Sherry Stringfield - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- Heather Locklear - Melrose Place
Christine Lahti - Chicago Hope - End Station Hope ( Chicago Hope )
- Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- Kim Delaney - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Roma Downey - Touched by an Angel ( Touched by an Angel )
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases ( The X-Files )
- Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- Kim Delaney - New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue )
- Roma Downey - Touched by an Angel ( Touched by an Angel )
- Gillian Anderson - The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases ( The X-Files )
2000s
Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Julianna Margulies - Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( ER )
- Amy Brenneman - Just In Case Amy ( Judging Amy )
- Sela Ward - Once and Again ( Once and Again )
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
Sela Ward - Once and Again ( Once and Again )
- Sarah Michelle Gellar - Buffy - the Vampire Slayer ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer )
- Jessica Alba - Dark Angel
- Amy Brenneman - Just In Case Amy ( Judging Amy )
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
Jennifer Garner - Alias - Die Agentin ( Alias )
- Marg Helgenberger - CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
- Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls
- Amy Brenneman - Just In Case Amy ( Judging Amy )
- Sela Ward - Once and Again ( Once and Again )
- Lorraine Bracco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Jennifer Garner - Alias - Die Agentin ( Alias )
- Marg Helgenberger - CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation )
- Rachel Griffiths - Six Feet Under - Died always ( Six Feet Under )
- Allison Janney - The West Wing - In the Center of Power ( The West Wing )
Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under - Died always ( Six Feet Under )
- Jennifer Garner - Alias - Die Agentin ( Alias )
- Amber Tamblyn - The Heavenly Joan ( Joan of Arcadia )
- Joely Richardson - Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck )
- Allison Janney - The West Wing - In the Center of Power ( The West Wing )
Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: New York ( Law & Order: Special Victims Unit )
- Jennifer Garner - Alias - Die Agentin ( Alias )
- Christine Lahti - Jack & Bobby
- Joely Richardson - Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck )
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
Geena Davis - Welcome, Mrs. President ( Commander in Chief )
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
- Patricia Arquette - Medium - Nothing is hidden
- Polly Walker - Rom ( Rome )
- Glenn Close - The Shield - Law of Violence ( The Shield )
- Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy - The Young Doctors ( Grey's Anatomy )
- Evangeline Lilly - Lost
- Patricia Arquette - Medium - Nothing is hidden
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
Glenn Close - Damages - Im Netz der Macht ( Damages )
- Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
- Patricia Arquette - Medium - Nothing is hidden
- Minnie Driver - The Riches
- Holly Hunter - Saving Grace
- Edie Falco - The Sopranos ( The Sopranos )
- Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters
- Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: New York
- January Jones - Mad Men
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
2010s
Julianna Margulies - Good Wife ( The Good Wife )
- Glenn Close - Damages - Im Netz der Macht ( Damages )
- January Jones - Mad Men
- Anna Paquin - True Blood
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife
- Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
- Piper Perabo - Covert Affairs
- Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer
- Mireille Enos - The Killing
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife (The Good Wife)
- Madeleine Stowe - Revenge
- Callie Thorne - Dr. Dani Santino - Game of Life (Necessary Roughness)
- Connie Britton - Nashville
- Glenn Close - Damages - Im Netz der Macht (Damages)
- Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife (The Good Wife)
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife (The Good Wife)
- Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black
- Taylor Schilling - Orange Is the New Black
- Kerry Washington - Scandal
- Claire Danes - Homeland
- Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
- Julianna Margulies - Good Wife (The Good Wife)
- Robin Wright - House of Cards
- Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
- Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
- Eva Green - Penny Dreadful
- Robin Wright - House of Cards
- Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
- Keri Russell - The Americans
- Winona Ryder - Stranger Things
- Evan Rachel Wood - Westworld
Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale - Der Report der Magd (The Handmaid's Tale)
- Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
- Claire Foy - The Crown
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Deuce
- Katherine Langford - Dead Girls Don't Lie (13 Reasons Why)
- Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
- Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale - Der Report der Magd (The Handmaid's Tale)
- Julia Roberts - Homecoming
- Keri Russell - The Americans
2020s
- Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show
- Jodie Comer - Killing Eve
- Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
- Reese Witherspoon - The Morning Show
Film: Best Film Drama | Best Comedy / Musical | Director | Leading Actor (Drama) | Leading actress (drama) | Leading actor (comedy / musical) | Leading actress (comedy / musical) | Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress | Film script | Film music | Movie song | Foreign language film | Animation film | Life's work
Television: Best Series (Drama) | Best series (comedy / musical) | Series Leading Actor (Drama) | Series lead actress (drama) | Series Leading Actor (Comedy / Musical) | Series leading actress (comedy / musical) | Best Mini-Series / TV Movie | Leading Actor (Mini-Series / TV Movie) | Leading actress (mini series / TV movie) | Supporting Actor (Series / Mini-Series / TV Movie) | Supporting Actress (Series / Mini-Series / TV Movie)
Former categories: young actors | Young actress | Camera | Youthful representation | Henrietta Award | documentary