Golden Globe Award / Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical
Golden Globe Award : Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical
Winners and nominees in the category Best Actress in a Series - Comedy or Musical (since 2002 Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy ), which honors the most outstanding acting achievements of the past calendar year. The category was launched in 1970 under the title Best TV Actress - Comedy or Musical ( Best TV Actress - Musical / Comedy ).
| statistics | Surname | number | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most frequent awards | Carol Burnett | 4th | 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978 |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 4th | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 | |
| Most frequent nominations | Carol Burnett | 11 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1991 |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | Beatrice Arthur | 8th | 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
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 series titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
1970s
1970
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
Julie Sommars - The Governor & JJ
- Lucille Ball - Here's Lucy
- Diahann Carroll - Julia
- Barbara Eden - Charming Jeannie ( I Dream of Jeannie )
- Debbie Reynolds - The Debbie Reynolds Show
1971
Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
- Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family ( The Partridge Family )
- Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor ( Nanny and the Professor )
- Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched ( Bewitched )
1972
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Lucille Ball - Here's Lucy
- Shirley Jones - The Partridge Family ( The Partridge Family )
- Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
- Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
1973
Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
- Julie Andrews - The Julie Andrews Hour
- Beatrice Arthur - Maude
- Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
1974
Cher - The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
1975
- Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
- Esther Rolle - Good Times
- Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
- Beatrice Arthur - Maude
- Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Valerie Harper - Rhoda
- Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
1977
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore
- Bernadette Peters - Say That Again Darling ( All's Fair )
- Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons )
- Dinah Shore - Dinah!
1978
Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Beatrice Arthur - Maude
- Penny Marshall - Laverne & Shirley
- Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons )
- Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
- Cindy Williams - Laverne & Shirley
1979
- Carol Burnett - The Carol Burnett Show
- Penny Marshall - Laverne & Shirley
- Suzanne Somers - Jack of Hearts with Two Ladies ( Three's Company )
- Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
1980s
1980
- Penny Marshall - Laverne & Shirley
- Donna Pescow - Angie
- Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
- Loretta Swit - M * A * S * H
1981
Katherine Helmond - Soap - Sweet Home ( Soap )
- Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati
- Polly Holliday - Flo
- Linda Lavin - Alice
- Lynn Redgrave - House Calls
1982
Eileen Brennan - Sagittarius Benjamin ( Private Benjamin )
- Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati
- Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time
- Barbara Mandrell - Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
- Loretta Swit - M * A * S * H
1983
Debbie Allen - Fame - The Road To Fame ( Fame )
- Eileen Brennan - Sagittarius Benjamin ( Private Benjamin )
- Nell Carter - Gimme a Break!
- Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time
- Rita Moreno - 9 to 5
- Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons )
1984
- Debbie Allen - Fame - The Road To Fame ( Fame )
- Madeline Kahn - Oh Madeline
- Shelley Long - Cheers
- Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons )
1985
- Debbie Allen - Fame - The Road To Fame ( Fame )
- Nell Carter - Gimme a Break!
- Susan Clark - Webster
- Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie
- Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons )
Cybill Shepherd - The Model and the Snoop ( Moonlighting )
Estelle Getty - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Beatrice Arthur - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Rue McClanahan - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Betty White - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
Cybill Shepherd - The Model and the Sniffer ( Moonlighting )
- Beatrice Arthur - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Estelle Getty - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Rue McClanahan - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Betty White - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman Show
- Beatrice Arthur - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Estelle Getty - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Rue McClanahan - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Cybill Shepherd - The Model and the Sniffer ( Moonlighting )
- Betty White - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Beatrice Arthur - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
- Roseanne Barr - Roseanne
- Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman Show
- Betty White - Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls )
1990s
Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything but Love
- Kirstie Alley - Cheers
- Stephanie Beacham - Sister Kate
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Tracey Ullman - Tracey Ullman Show
- Roseanne Barr - Roseanne
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Carol Burnett - Carol & Company
- Katey Sagal - Married with Children ( Married ... with Children )
- Kirstie Alley - Cheers
- Roseanne Barr - Roseanne
- Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything But Love
- Katey Sagal - Married with Children ( Married ... with Children )
- Kirstie Alley - Cheers
- Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything But Love
- Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
- Katey Sagal - Married with Children ( Married ... with Children )
Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
- Roseanne Barr - Roseanne
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Patricia Richardson - Listen Who's That Hammering ( Home Improvement )
- Katey Sagal - Married with Children ( Married ... with Children )
Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Brett Butler - Grace
- Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
- Patricia Richardson - Listen Who's That Hammering ( Home Improvement )
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
- Fran Drescher - Die Nanny ( The Nanny )
- Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
- Brett Butler - Grace
- Fran Drescher - Die Nanny ( The Nanny )
- Cybill Shepherd - Cybill
- Brooke Shields - Susan ( Suddenly Susan )
- Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On ...
Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Kirstie Alley - Veronica ( Veronica's Closet )
- Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen
- Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg
- Helen Hunt - Mad About You ( Mad About You )
- Brooke Shields - Susan ( Suddenly Susan )
- Christina Applegate - Jesse
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Laura San Giacomo - Just Shoot Me - Editorial team cut through ( Just Shoot Me )
2000s
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Felicity Huffman - Sports Night
- Heather Locklear - Chaos City ( Spin City )
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle ( Malcolm in the Middle )
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
- Bette Midler - Bette
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
- Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle ( Malcolm in the Middle )
- Heather Locklear - Chaos City ( Spin City )
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
- Bonnie Hunt - It's All About Bonnie ( Life With Bonnie )
- Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle ( Malcolm in the Middle )
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Bonnie Hunt - It's All About Bonnie ( Life With Bonnie )
- Reba McEntire - Reba
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
- Bitty Schram - Monk
- Alicia Silverstone - Kate Fox & Love ( Miss Match )
Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives
- Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
- Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors ( Weeds )
- Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
- Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives
- Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
- Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera - Everything Betty! ( Ugly Betty )
- Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
- Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors ( Weeds )
- Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera - Everything Betty! ( Ugly Betty )
- Anna Friel - Pushing Daisies
- Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors ( Weeds )
- Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera - Everything Betty! ( Ugly Betty )
- Debra Messing - The Starter Wife - The Starter Wife ( The Starter Wife )
- Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors ( Weeds )
2010s
Toni Collette - Taras Welten ( United States of Tara )
- Toni Collette - Taras Welten ( United States of Tara )
- Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Lea Michele - Glee
- Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Laura Linney - The Big C
- Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
- Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
- Tina Fey - 30 Rock
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President (Veep)
- Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation
- Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
- Lena Dunham - Girls
- Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President (Veep)
Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
- Lena Dunham - Girls
- Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President (Veep)
- Taylor Schilling - Orange Is the New Black
Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Jamie Lee Curtis - Scream Queens
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President (Veep)
- Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
- Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie
- Rachel Bloom - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep - The Vice President (Veep)
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Divorce
- Issa Rae - Insecure
- Gina Rodriguez - Jane the Virgin
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kristen Bell - The Good Place
- Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown
- Alison Brie - GLOW
- Debra Messing - Will & Grace
2020s
Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag
- Christina Applegate - Dead to Me
- Rachel Brosnahan - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- Kirsten Dunst - On Becoming a God in Central Florida
- Natasha Lyonne - Matryoshka (Russian Doll)
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