Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie
De Primetime Emmy Award voor beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie (Engels: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series) is een televisieprijs die sinds 1954 elk jaar wordt uitgereikt door de Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Sinds 1966 is de prijs voor een vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie, hiervoor werden ook actrices genomineerd die meespeelden in miniseries, tv-films en gastoptredens maakten. Ook was er in de begindagen geen onderscheid tussen komedie- of dramaseries, behalve in 1957 en 1959. In 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963 en 1964 werd de prijs gewonnen door een actrice uit een komedieserie. In 1955 en 1961 door een actrice uit een dramaserie.
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Catherine O'Hara, winnares in 2020
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| Land |  Verenigde Staten
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| Categorie | Beste vrouwelijke hoofdrol in een komedieserie | |||
| Huidige winnaar | Catherine O'Hara (2020) | |||
| Website | Officiële website | |||
| Laatst bijgewerkt op: 2 november 2020 | ||||
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Records bewerken
| Records | Beste actrice |
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| Actrice met de meeste overwinningen | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (7) |
| Actrice met de meeste nominaties | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (12) |
| Actrice met de meeste nominaties zonder ooit te winnen |
Jane Kaczmarek (7) |
Winnaars en genomineerden bewerken
Tot 1964 was er, met uitzondering van 1957 en 1959, geen onderscheid tussen komedie- en dramaseries.
| Legende | Betekenis |
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| Winnende actrice | |
| § | Prijs voor een gastrol in een jaar dat deze categorie niet apart bestond. |
Jaren 1950 bewerken
Jaren 1960 bewerken
Jaren 1970 bewerken
Jaren 1980 bewerken
| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
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| 1980 | |||||
| Cathryn Damon | Mary Campbell | Soap | ABC | ||
| Katherine Helmond | Jessica Tate | Soap | ABC | ||
| Polly Holliday | Flo Castleberry | Flo | CBS | ||
| Sheree North § | Dotty Wertz | Archie Bunker's Place | CBS | ||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
| 1981 | |||||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | "And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds" | CBS | |
| Eileen Brennan § | Mrs. McKenzie | Taxi | "Thy Boss's Wife" | ABC | |
| Cathryn Damon | Mary Campbell | Soap | ABC | ||
| Katherine Helmond | Jessica Tate | Soap | ABC | ||
| Lynn Redgrave | Ann Atkinson | House Calls | CBS | ||
| 1982 | |||||
| Carol Kane § | Simka Dahblitz | Taxi | "Simka Returns" | ABC | |
| Nell Carter | Nellie Harper | Gimme a Break! | NBC | ||
| Bonnie Franklin | Ann Romano | One Day at a Time | CBS | ||
| Swoosie Kurtz | Laurie Morgan | Love, Sidney | NBC | ||
| Charlotte Rae | Edna Garrett | The Facts of Life | NBC | ||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
| 1983 | |||||
| Shelley Long | Diane Chambers | Cheers | "Give Me a Ring Sometime" | NBC | |
| Nell Carter | Nellie Harper | Gimme a Break! | NBC | ||
| Mariette Hartley | Jennifer Barnes | Goodnight, Beantown | CBS | ||
| Swoosie Kurtz | Laurie Morgan | Love, Sidney | NBC | ||
| Rita Moreno | Violet Newstead | 9 to 5 | ABC | ||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
| 1984 | |||||
| Jane Curtin | Allie Lowell | Kate & Allie | CBS | ||
| Joanna Cassidy | Jo Jo White | Buffalo Bill | NBC | ||
| Shelley Long | Diane Chambers | Cheers | NBC | ||
| Susan Saint James | Kate McArdle | Kate & Allie | CBS | ||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
| 1985 | |||||
| Jane Curtin | Allie Lowell | Kate & Allie | CBS | ||
| Shelley Long | Diane Chambers | Cheers | NBC | ||
| Phylicia Rashad | Clair Huxtable | The Cosby Show | NBC | ||
| Susan Saint James | Kate McArdle | Kate & Allie | CBS | ||
| Isabel Sanford | Louise Jefferson | The Jeffersons | CBS | ||
| 1986 | |||||
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "In a Bed of Rose's" | NBC | |
| Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | "The Triangle" | NBC | |
| Shelley Long | Diane Chambers | Cheers | NBC | ||
| Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | The Golden Girls | "The Way We Met" | NBC | |
| Phylicia Rashad | Clair Huxtable | The Cosby Show | "Cliff in Love" | NBC | |
| 1987 | |||||
| Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | The Golden Girls | "End of the Curse" | NBC | |
| Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | "The Stan Who Came to Dinner" | NBC | |
| Blair Brown | Molly Bickford Dodd | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | NBC | ||
| Jane Curtin | Allie Lowell | Kate & Allie | CBS | ||
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "Isn't It Romantic" | NBC | |
| 1988 | |||||
| Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | "My Brother, My Father" | NBC | |
| Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | "Backseat Becky, Upfront" | NBC | |
| Blair Brown | Molly Bickford Dodd | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | NBC | ||
| Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | The Golden Girls | "Strange Bedfellows" | NBC | |
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "Bringing Up Baby" | NBC | |
| 1989 | |||||
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "Respect" | CBS | |
| Bea Arthur | Dorothy Zbornak | The Golden Girls | "Love Me Tender" | NBC | |
| Blair Brown | Molly Bickford Dodd | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Lifetime | ||
| Rue McClanahan | Blanche Devereaux | The Golden Girls | "Yes, We Have No Havanas" | NBC | |
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "High Anxiety" | NBC |
Jaren 1990 bewerken
| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
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| 1990 | |||||
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "Brown Like Me" | CBS | |
| Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | "The Improbable Dream, Part 1" | NBC | |
| Blair Brown | Molly Bickford Dodd | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Lifetime | ||
| Delta Burke | Suzanne Sugarbaker | Designing Women | "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" | CBS | |
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "Rose Fights Back" | NBC | |
| 1991 | |||||
| Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" | NBC | |
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "On Another Plane" | CBS | |
| Blair Brown | Molly Bickford Dodd | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | "Here's a Pregnant Pause" | Lifetime | |
| Delta Burke | Suzanne Sugarbaker | Designing Women | "The Bachelor Auction" | CBS | |
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "Once, in St. Olaf" | NBC | |
| 1992 | |||||
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "Birth 101" | CBS | |
| Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | "An Old Fashioned Wedding" | NBC | |
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | "A Bitter Pill to Swallow" | ABC | |
| Tyne Daly § | Mimsy Borogroves | Wings | "My Brother's Keeper" | NBC | |
| Marion Ross | Sophie Berger | Brooklyn Bridge | "Brave New World" | CBS | |
| Betty White | Rose Nylund | The Golden Girls | "Dateline: Miami" | NBC | |
| 1993 | |||||
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" | ABC | |
| Kirstie Alley | Rebecca Howe | Cheers | "One for the Road" | NBC | |
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "Games Mothers Play" | CBS | |
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "Pilot" | NBC | |
| Marion Ross | Sophie Berger | Brooklyn Bridge | "Brave New Worlds" | CBS | |
| 1994 | |||||
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "It's Just Like Riding a Bike" | CBS | |
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | "The Driver's Seat" | ABC | |
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "Cold Feet" | NBC | |
| Annie Potts | Dana Palladino | Love & War | "I've Got a Crush on You" | CBS | |
| Patricia Richardson | Jill Taylor | Home Improvement | "The Colonel" | ABC | |
| 1995 | |||||
| Candice Bergen | Murphy Brown | Murphy Brown | "Requiem for a Crew Guy" | CBS | |
| Roseanne Barr | Roseanne Conner | Roseanne | "Thanksgiving 1994" | ABC | |
| Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | "The Spa" | ABC | |
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "The Ride Home" | NBC | |
| Cybill Shepherd | Cybill Sheridan | Cybill | "Virgin, Mother, Crone" | CBS | |
| 1996 | |||||
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "The Finale" | NBC | |
| Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | "Witness" | ABC | |
| Fran Drescher | Fran Fine | The Nanny | "The Hockey Show" | CBS | |
| Patricia Richardson | Jill Taylor | Home Improvement | "The Longest Day" | ABC | |
| Cybill Shepherd | Cybill Sheridan | Cybill | "When You're Hot, You're Hot" | CBS | |
| 1997 | |||||
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "The Birth" | NBC | |
| Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | "The Puppy Episode" | ABC | |
| Fran Drescher | Fran Fine | The Nanny | "The Facts of Lice" | CBS | |
| Patricia Richardson | Jill Taylor | Home Improvement | "Family Unties" | ABC | |
| Cybill Shepherd | Cybill Sheridan | Cybill | "In Her Dreams" | CBS | |
| 1998 | |||||
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "Moody Blues" | NBC | |
| Kirstie Alley | Veronica Chase | Veronica's Closet | "Pilot" | NBC | |
| Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen Morgan | Ellen | "Neighbors" | ABC | |
| Jenna Elfman | Dharma Montgomery | Dharma & Greg | "Haus Arrest" | ABC | |
| Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | "One Hundred Tears Away" | Fox | |
| Patricia Richardson | Jill Taylor | Home Improvement | "Bright Christmas" | ABC | |
| 1999 | |||||
| Helen Hunt | Jamie Buchman | Mad About You | "The Final Frontier" | NBC | |
| Jenna Elfman | Dharma Montgomery | Dharma & Greg | "Are You Ready for Some Football?" | ABC | |
| Calista Flockhart | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal | "Sideshow" | Fox | |
| Patricia Heaton | Debra Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | "Be Nice" | CBS | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | Carrie Bradshaw | Sex and the City | "The Drought" | HBO |
Jaren 2000 bewerken
Jaren 2010 bewerken
| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
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| 2010 | |||||
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "Pilot" | Showtime | |
| Toni Collette | Tara Gregson | United States of Tara | "Torando!" | Showtime | |
| Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" | NBC | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Christine Campbell | The New Adventures of Old Christine | "I Love What You Do for Me" | CBS | |
| Lea Michele | Rachel Berry | Glee | "Sectionals" | Fox | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "Telethon" | NBC | |
| 2011 | |||||
| Melissa McCarthy | Molly Flynn | Mike & Molly | "First Date" | CBS | |
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "Rat Falls" | Showtime | |
| Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | "Double-Edged Sword" | NBC | |
| Laura Linney | Cathy Jamison | The Big C | "Pilot" | Showtime | |
| Martha Plimpton | Virginia Chance | Raising Hope | "Say Cheese" | Fox | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "Flu Season" | NBC | |
| 2012 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Tears" | HBO | |
| Zooey Deschanel | Jessica Day | New Girl | "Bad in Bed" | Fox | |
| Lena Dunham | Hannah Horvath | Girls | "She Did" | HBO | |
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "Disneyland Sucks" | Showtime | |
| Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | "The Tuxedo Begins" | NBC | |
| Melissa McCarthy | Molly Flynn | Mike & Molly | "The Dress" | CBS | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "Win, Lose, or Draw" | NBC | |
| 2013 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Running" | HBO | |
| Laura Dern | Amy Jellicoe | Enlightened | "All I Ever Wanted" | HBO | |
| Lena Dunham | Hannah Horvath | Girls | "Bad Friend" | HBO | |
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "Luck of the Drawing" | Showtime | |
| Tina Fey | Liz Lemon | 30 Rock | "Hogcock!" + "Last Lunch" | NBC | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "Emergency Response" + "Leslie and Ben" | NBC | |
| 2014 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Crate" | HBO | |
| Lena Dunham | Hannah Horvath | Girls | "Beach House" | HBO | |
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "Super Greens" | Showtime | |
| Melissa McCarthy | Molly Flynn | Mike & Molly | "Mind Over Molly" | CBS | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "Recall Vote" | NBC | |
| Taylor Schilling | Piper Chapman | Orange Is the New Black | "The Chickening" | Netflix | |
| 2015 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Election Night" | HBO | |
| Edie Falco | Jackie Peyton | Nurse Jackie | "I Say a Little Prayer" | Showtime | |
| Lisa Kudrow | Valerie Cherish | The Comeback | "Valerie Is Taken Seriously" | HBO | |
| Amy Poehler | Leslie Knope | Parks and Recreation | "One Last Ride" | NBC | |
| Amy Schumer | Diverse personages | Inside Amy Schumer | "Cool With It" | Comedy Central | |
| Lily Tomlin | Frankie Bergstein | Grace and Frankie | "The Vows" | Netflix | |
| 2016 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Mother" | HBO | |
| Ellie Kemper | Kimmy Schmidt | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | "Kimmy Goes to a Hotel!" | Netflix | |
| Laurie Metcalf | Dr. Jenna James | Getting On | "Am I Still Me?" | HBO | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow Johnson | Black-ish | "Sink or Swim" | ABC | |
| Amy Schumer | Diverse personages | Inside Amy Schumer | "Welcome to the Gun Show" | Comedy Central | |
| Lily Tomlin | Frankie Bergstein | Grace and Frankie | "The Test" | Netflix | |
| 2017 | |||||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Groundbreaking" | HBO | |
| Pamela Adlon | Sam Fox | Better Things | "Future Fever" | FX | |
| Jane Fonda | Grace Hanson | Grace and Frankie | "The Pot" | Netflix | |
| Allison Janney | Bonnie Plunkett | Mom | "Tush Push and Some Radishes" | CBS | |
| Ellie Kemper | Kimmy Schmidt | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | "Kimmy Goes to College!" | Netflix | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow Johnson | Black-ish | "Being Bow-racial" | ABC | |
| Lily Tomlin | Frankie Bergstein | Grace and Frankie | "The Burglary" | Netflix | |
| 2018 | |||||
| Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Thank You and Good Night" | Prime Video | |
| Pamela Adlon | Sam Fox | Better Things | "Eulogy" | FX | |
| Allison Janney | Bonnie Plunkett | Mom | "Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle" | CBS | |
| Issa Rae | Issa Dee | Insecure | "Hella Great" | HBO | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow Johnson | Black-ish | "Elder. Scam." | ABC | |
| Lily Tomlin | Frankie Bergstein | Grace and Frankie | "The Home" | Netflix | |
| 2019 | |||||
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Fleabag | Fleabag | "Episode 1" | Prime Video | |
| Christina Applegate | Jen Harding | Dead to Me | "I've Gotta Get Away" | Netflix | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Midnight at the Concord" | Prime Video | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Selina Meyer | Veep | "Veep" | HBO | |
| Natasha Lyonne | Nadia Vulvokov | Russian Doll | "Nothing in This World Is Easy" | Netflix | |
| Catherine O'Hara | Moira Rose | Schitt's Creek | "The Crowning" | Pop TV |
Jaren 2020 bewerken
| Jaar | Actrice | Rol | Programma | Aflevering | Zender |
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| 2020 | |||||
| Catherine O'Hara | Moira Rose | Schitt's Creek | "The Incident" | Pop TV | |
| Christina Applegate | Jen Harding | Dead to Me | "It's Not You, It's Me" | Netflix | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | Miriam "Midge" Maisel | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..." | Prime Video | |
| Linda Cardellini | Judy Hale | Dead to Me | "If Only You Knew" | Netflix | |
| Issa Rae | Issa Dee | Insecure | "Lowkey Happy" | HBO | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow Johnson | Black-ish | "Kid Life Crisis" | ABC | |
| 2021 (73e) | |||||
| Aidy Bryant | Annie Easton | Shrill | "Ranchers" | Hulu | |
| Kaley Cuoco | Cassie Bowden | The Flight Attendant | "In Case of Emergency" | HBO Max | |
| Allison Janney | Bonnie Plunkett | Mom | "My Kinda People and the Big To-Do" | CBS | |
| Tracee Ellis Ross | Dr. Rainbow Johnson | Black-ish | "Babes in Boyland" | ABC | |
| Jean Smart | Deborah Vance | Hacks | "1.69 Million" | HBO Max |