Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

SAG Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series
Awarded for	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	SAG-AFTRA
Currently held by	Gillian Anderson for The Crown (2020)
Website	sagawards.org

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in Dramatic Television.

Winners and nominees[edit]

indicates the winner.

1990s[edit]

Year2090	Nominee	Series	Role(s)
1994 (1st)	Kathy Baker	Picket Fences	Jill Brock
	Swoosie Kurtz	Sisters	Alexandra Barker
	Angela Lansbury	Murder, She Wrote	Jessica Fletcher
	Jane Seymour	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Michaela Quinn
	Cicely Tyson	Sweet Justice	Carrie Grace Battle
1995 (2nd)	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Christine Lahti	Chicago Hope	Kathryn Austin
	Sharon Lawrence	NYPD Blue	Sylvia Costas
	Julianna Margulies	ER	Carol Hathaway
	Sela Ward	Sisters	Theodora Sorenson
1996 (3rd)	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell
	Christine Lahti	Chicago Hope	Kathryn Austin
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	Tess
	Jane Seymour	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Michaela Quinn
1997 (4th)	Julianna Margulies	ER	Carol Hathaway
	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell
	Christine Lahti	Chicago Hope	Kathryn Austin
	Della Reese	Touched by an Angel	Tess
1998 (5th)	Julianna Margulies	ER	Carol Hathaway
	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Kim Delaney	NYPD Blue	Diane Russell
	Christine Lahti	Chicago Hope	Kathryn Austin
	Annie Potts	Any Day Now	Mary Elizabeth Sims
1999 (6th)	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Lorraine Bracco	The Sopranos	Jennifer Melfi
	Nancy Marchand	The Sopranos	Livia Soprano
	Annie Potts	Any Day Now	Mary Elizabeth Sims

2000s[edit]

Year	Nominee	Serie	Role(s)
2000 (7th)	Allison Janney	The West Wing	Claudia Jean "C. J." Cregg
	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files	Dana Scully
	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Sally Field	ER	Maggie Wyczenski
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore
	Sela Ward	Once and Again	Lily Manning
2001 (8th)	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg
	Lorraine Bracco	The Sopranos	Jennifer Melfi
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray
	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore
2002 (9th)	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Lorraine Bracco	The Sopranos	Jennifer Melfi
	Amy Brenneman	Judging Amy	Amy Gray
	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg
	Lily Tomlin	The West Wing	Deborah Fiderer
2003 (10th)	Frances Conroy	Six Feet Under	Ruth Fisher
	Stockard Channing	The West Wing	Abbey Bartlet
	Tyne Daly	Judging Amy	Maxine Gray
	Jennifer Garner	Alias	Sydney Bristow
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg
2004 (11th)	Jennifer Garner	Alias	Sydney Bristow
	Drea de Matteo	The Sopranos	Adriana La Cerva
	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Allison Janney	The West Wing	C. J. Cregg
	Christine Lahti	Jack & Bobby	Grace McCallister
2005 (12th)	Sandra Oh	Grey's Anatomy	Cristina Yang
	Patricia Arquette	Medium	Allison Dubois
	Geena Davis	Commander in Chief	Mackenzie Allen
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2006 (13th)	Chandra Wilson	Grey's Anatomy	Miranda Bailey
	Patricia Arquette	Medium	Allison Dubois
	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2007 (14th)	Edie Falco	The Sopranos	Carmela Soprano
	Glenn Close	Damages	Patty Hewes
	Sally Field	Brothers & Sisters	Nora Walker
	Holly Hunter	Saving Grace	Grace Hanadarko
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2008 (15th)	Sally Field	Brothers & Sisters	Nora Walker
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Holly Hunter	Saving Grace	Grace Hanadarko
	Elisabeth Moss	Mad Men	Peggy Olson
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2009 (16th)	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Patricia Arquette	Medium	Allison Dubois
	Glenn Close	Damages	Patty Hewes
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Holly Hunter	Saving Grace	Grace Hanadarko
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson

2010s[edit]

Year	Nominee	Series	Role(s)
2010 (17th)	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Glenn Close	Damages	Patty Hewes
	Mariska Hargitay	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Olivia Benson
	Elisabeth Moss	Mad Men	Peggy Olson
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2011 (18th)	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story	Constance Langdon
	Kathy Bates	Harry's Law	Harriet "Harry" Korn
	Glenn Close	Damages	Patty Hewes
	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Kyra Sedgwick	The Closer	Brenda Leigh Johnson
2012 (19th)	Claire Danes	Homeland	Carrie Mathison
	Michelle Dockery	Downton Abbey	Lady Mary Crawley
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Asylum	Sister Jude / Judy Martin
	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
2013 (20th)	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
	Claire Danes	Homeland	Carrie Mathison
	Anna Gunn	Breaking Bad	Skyler White
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Coven	Fiona Goode
	Kerry Washington	Scandal	Olivia Pope
2014 (21st)	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder	Professor Annalise Keating, J.D.
	Claire Danes	Homeland	Carrie Mathison
	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Tatiana Maslany	Orphan Black	Various
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
	Robin Wright	House of Cards	Claire Underwood
2015 (22nd)	Viola Davis	How to Get Away with Murder	Professor Annalise Keating, J.D.
	Claire Danes	Homeland	Carrie Mathison
	Julianna Margulies	The Good Wife	Alicia Florrick
	Maggie Smith	Downton Abbey	Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
	Robin Wright	House of Cards	Claire Underwood
2016 (23rd)	Claire Foy	The Crown	Queen Elizabeth II
	Millie Bobby Brown	Stranger Things	Eleven / Jane
	Thandie Newton	Westworld	Maeve Millay
	Winona Ryder	Stranger Things	Joyce Byers
	Robin Wright	House of Cards	Claire Underwood
2017 (24th)	Claire Foy	The Crown	Queen Elizabeth II
	Millie Bobby Brown	Stranger Things	Eleven / Jane
	Laura Linney	Ozark	Wendy Byrde
	Elisabeth Moss	The Handmaid's Tale	June Osborne / Offred
	Robin Wright	House of Cards	Claire Underwood
2018 (25th)	Sandra Oh	Killing Eve	Eve Polastri
	Julia Garner	Ozark	Ruth Langmore
	Laura Linney	Ozark	Wendy Byrde
	Elisabeth Moss	The Handmaid's Tale	June Osborne / Offred
	Robin Wright	House of Cards	President Claire Underwood
2019 (26th)	Jennifer Aniston	The Morning Show	Alex Levy
	Helena Bonham Carter	The Crown	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
	Olivia Colman	The Crown	Queen Elizabeth II
	Jodie Comer	Killing Eve	Villanelle
	Elisabeth Moss	The Handmaid's Tale	June Osborne / Offred

2020s[edit]

Year	Nominee	Series	Role(s)
2020 (27th)	Gillian Anderson	The Crown	Margaret Thatcher
	Olivia Colman	The Crown	Queen Elizabeth II
	Emma Corrin	The Crown	Princess Diana
	Julia Garner	Ozark	Ruth Langmore
	Laura Linney	Ozark	Wendy Byrde

Superlatives[edit]

Superlative	Female Actor - Drama Series		Female Actor - Comedy Series		Overall
Actress with most awards	Julianna Margulies	4	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	5	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	5
Actress with most nominations	Julianna Margulies	9	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	12	Edie Falco	14
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Kyra Sedgwick	7	Patricia Heaton	5	Kyra Sedgwick	7
Television program with most wins	The Sopranos	3	30 Rock	4	30 Rock	4
Television program with most nominations	The Sopranos	12	Will & Grace	9	The Sopranos	12

Trivia[edit]

Multiple winners[edit]

2 wins

Viola Davis
Claire Foy
Allison Janney
Sandra Oh

3 wins

Gillian Anderson
Edie Falco

4 wins

Julianna Margulies

Multiple nominees[edit]

9 nominations

Julianna Margulies

7 nominations

Gillian Anderson
Edie Falco
Kyra Sedgwick

6 nominations

Mariska Hargitay

5 nominations

Allison Janney
Christine Lahti
Elisabeth Moss
Robin Wright

4 nominations

Glenn Close
Claire Danes
Maggie Smith

3 nominations

Patricia Arquette
Lorraine Bracco
Kim Delaney
Sally Field
Holly Hunter
Jessica Lange
Laura Linney

2 nominations

Millie Bobby Brown
Stockard Channing
Olivia Colman
Tyne Daly
Viola Davis
Claire Foy
Jennifer Garner
Julia Garner
Lauren Graham
Sandra Oh
Annie Potts
Della Reese
Jane Seymour
Sela Ward

External links[edit]

SAG Awards official site

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