Who are your favorite Emmy winners for Best Actress in a Comedy Series? (Pick as many as you like)

Below find a list of every Emmy-winning actress for a role in a comedy series. Note that we included both LEAD and SUPPORTING winners in this category.


Note that some actresses are listed several times, as we listed each show they won for separately. If they won for the same role/show multiple years, those are all counted as one entry.

10 votes
Mary Tyler Moore, Lead Role, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1966)
2%
14 votes
Lucille Ball, Lead Role, "The Lucy Show" (1967, 1968)
3%
0 votes
Hope Lange, Lead Role, "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1969, 1970)
0%
0 votes
Karen Valentine, Supporting Role, "Room 222" (1970)
0%
11 votes
Jean Stapleton, Lead Role, "All in the Family" (1971, 1972, 1978)
3%
5 votes
Valerie Harper, Supporting Role, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1971, 1972, 1973)
1%
3 votes
Sally Struthers, Supporting Role, "All in the Family" (1972, 1979)
1%
14 votes
Mary Tyler Moore, Lead Role, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1973, 1974, 1976))
3%
8 votes
Cloris Leachman, Supporting Role, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1974)
2%
2 votes
Valerie Harper, Lead Role, "Rhoda" (1975)
0%
9 votes
Betty White, Supporting Role, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1975, 1976)
2%
6 votes
Bea Arthur, Lead Role, "Maude" (1977)
1%
0 votes
Mary Kay Place, Supporting Role, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1977)
0%
1 votes
Julie Kavner, Supporting Role, "Rhoda" (1978)
0%
2 votes
Ruth Gordon, Lead Role, "Taxi" (1979)
0%
1 votes
Cathryn Damon, Lead Role, "Soap" (1980)
0%
3 votes
Loretta Swit, Supporting Role, "M.A.S.H." (1980, 1982)
1%
9 votes
Isabel Sanford, Lead Role, "The Jeffersons" (1981)
2%
4 votes
Eileen Brennan, Supporting Role, "Private Benjamin" (1981)
1%
4 votes
Carol Kane, Lead Role, "Taxi" (1982)
1%
10 votes
Shelley Long, Lead Role, "Cheers" (1983)
2%
2 votes
Carol Kane, Supporting Role, "Taxi" (1983)
0%
2 votes
Jane Curtin, Lead Role, "Kate & Allie" (1984, 1985)
0%
10 votes
Rhea Perlman, Supporting Role, "Cheers" (1984, 1985, 1986, 1989)
2%
15 votes
Betty White, Lead Role, "The Golden Girls" (1986)
4%
12 votes
Rue McClanahan, Lead Role, "The Golden Girls" (1987)
3%
6 votes
Jackee Harry, Supporting Role, "227" (1987)
1%
11 votes
Bea Arthur, Lead Role, "The Golden Girls" (1988)
3%
11 votes
Estelle Getty, Supporting Role, "The Golden Girls" (1988)
3%
9 votes
Candice Bergen, Lead Role, "Murphy Brown" (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995)
2%
6 votes
Bebe Neuwirth, Supporting Role, "Cheers" (1990, 1991)
1%
5 votes
Kirstie Alley, Lead Role, "Cheers" (1991)
1%
11 votes
Laurie Metcalf, Supporting Role, "Roseanne" (1992, 1993, 1994)
3%
0 votes
Roseanne Barr, Lead Role, "Roseanne" (1993)
0%
5 votes
Christine Baranski, Supporting Role, "Cybill" (1995)
1%
5 votes
Helen Hunt, Lead Role, "Mad About You" (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
1%
10 votes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Supporting Role, "Seinfeld" (1996)
2%
5 votes
Kristen Johnston, Supporting Role, "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1997, 1999)
1%
8 votes
Lisa Kudrow, Supporting Role, "Friends" (1998)
2%
0 votes
Patricia Heaton, Lead Role, "Everybody Loves Raymond" (2000, 2001)
0%
14 votes
Megan Mullally, Supporting Role, "Will & Grace" (2000, 2006)
3%
0 votes
Doris Roberts, Supporting Role, "Everybody Loves Raymond" (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
0%
8 votes
Jennifer Aniston, Lead Role, "Friends" (2002)
2%
5 votes
Debra Messing, Lead Role, "Will & Grace" (2003)
1%
5 votes
Sarah Jessica Parker, Lead Role, "Sex and the City" (2004)
1%
3 votes
Cynthia Nion, Supporting Role, "Sex and the City" (2004)
1%
3 votes
Felicity Huffman, Lead Role, "Desperate Housewives" (2005)
1%
3 votes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lead Role, "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
1%
10 votes
America Ferrera, Lead Role, "Ugly Betty" (2007)
2%
2 votes
Jaime Pressly, Supporting Role, "My Name Is Earl" (2007)
0%
9 votes
Tina Fey, Lead Role, "30 Rock" (2008)
2%
1 votes
Jean Smart, Supporting Role, "Samantha Who?" (2008)
0%
2 votes
Toni Collette, Lead Role, "The United States of Tara" (2009)
0%
2 votes
Kristin Chenoweth, Supporting Role, "Pushing Daisies" (2009)
0%
2 votes
Edie Falco, Lead Role, "Nurse Jackie" (2010)
0%
7 votes
Jane Lynch, Supporting Role, "Glee" (2010)
2%
3 votes
Melissa McCarthy, Lead Role, "Mike & Molly" (2011)
1%
2 votes
Julie Bowen, Supporting Role, "Modern Family" (2011, 2012)
0%
9 votes
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lead Role, "Veep" (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
2%
2 votes
Merritt Wever, Supporting Role, "Nurse Jackie" (2013)
0%
3 votes
Allison Janney, Supporting Role, "Mom" (2014, 2015)
1%
9 votes
Kate McKinnon, Supporting Role, "Saturday Night Live" (2016, 2017)
2%
4 votes
Rachel Brosnahan, Lead Role, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (2018)
1%
4 votes
Alex Borstein, Supporting Role, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (2018, 2019)
1%
5 votes
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lead Role, "Fleabag" (2019)
1%
13 votes
Catherine O'Hara, Lead Role, "Schitt's Creek" (2020)
3%
7 votes
Annie Murphy, Supporting Role, "Schitt's Creek" (2020)
2%
7 votes
Jean Smart, Lead Role, "Hacks" (2021, 2022)
2%
9 votes
Hannah Waddingham, Supporting Role, "Ted Lasso" (2021)
2%
6 votes
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Supporting Role, "Abbott Elementary" (2022)
1%
6 votes
Quinta Brunson, Lead Role, "Abbott Elementary" (2023)
1%
3 votes
Ayo Edebiri, Supporting Role, "The Bear" (2023)
1%
0 votes
Other
0%