| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | |
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 The 2023 recipient: Jennifer Coolidge | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama of Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1954 |
| Currently held by | Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre-, or even gender-, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actresses in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:
| Year | Actress | Role | Program | Episode Submissions | Network |
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| 2000 (52nd) | |||||
| Allison Janney | C. J. Cregg | The West Wing | "Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics" | NBC | |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "The State Dinner" + "He Shall, from Time to Time..." | NBC | |
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Shaken, Not Stirred" + "Gray vs. Gray" | CBS | |
| Nancy Marchand | Livia Soprano | The Sopranos | "Do Not Resuscitate" + "Funhouse" | HBO | |
| Holland Taylor | Roberta Kittleson | The Practice | "Legacy" + "Oz" | ABC | |
| 2001 (53rd) | |||||
| Allison Janney | C. J. Cregg | The West Wing | "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" (Part 2) + "Galileo" | NBC | |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "Bartlet's Third State of the Union" + "The War at Home" | NBC | |
| Maura Tierney | Abby Lockhart | ER | "Fear of Commitment" + "Where the Heart Is" | ||
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Unnecessary Roughness" + "Water World" | CBS | |
| Aida Turturro | Janice Soprano | The Sopranos | "Proshai, Livushka" + "Employee of the Month" | HBO | |
| 2002 (54th) | |||||
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "Dead Irish Writers" + "Gone Quiet" | NBC | |
| Janel Moloney | Donna Moss | The West Wing | "On the Day Before" + "War Crimes" | NBC | |
| Mary-Louise Parker | Amy Gardner | "The Women of Qumar" + "H. Con-172" | |||
| Lauren Ambrose | Claire Fisher | Six Feet Under | "The Trip" + "The Plan" | HBO | |
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Come Back Soon" | CBS | |
| 2003 (55th) | |||||
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Maxine, Interrupted" + "Requiem" | CBS | |
| Lauren Ambrose | Claire Fisher | Six Feet Under | "Nobody Sleeps" + "Twilight" | HBO | |
| Rachel Griffiths | Brenda Chenowith | "Timing & Space" + "The Opening" | |||
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "Privateers" + "Twenty Five" | NBC | |
| Lena Olin | Irina Derevko | Alias | "Passage (Part 2)" + "A Dark Turn" | ABC | |
| 2004 (56th) | |||||
| Drea de Matteo | Adriana La Cerva | The Sopranos | "Irregular Around the Margins" + "Long Term Parking" | HBO | |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "7A WF 83429" + "No Exit" | NBC | |
| Janel Moloney | Donna Moss | "No Exit" + "Gaza" | |||
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Ex Parte of Five" + "Roadhouse Blues" | CBS | |
| Robin Weigert | Calamity Jane | Deadwood | "Deep Water" + "No Other Sons or Daughters" | HBO | |
| 2005 (57th) | |||||
| Blythe Danner | Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt | Huff | "Is She Dead?" + "Christmas Is Ruined" | Showtime | |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet | The West Wing | "Third-Day Story" + "The Wake Up Call" | NBC | |
| Tyne Daly | Maxine Gray | Judging Amy | "Early Winter" + "Too Little, Too Late" | CBS | |
| Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "No Man's Land" + "Save Me" | ABC | |
| CCH Pounder | Claudette Wyms | The Shield | "Doghouse" + "Tar Baby" | FX | |
| 2006 (58th) | |||||
| Blythe Danner | Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt | Huff | "Maps Don't Talk (Part 2)" + "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?" | Showtime | |
| Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" | ABC | |
| Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Deny, Deny, Deny" + "As We Know It" | |||
| Candice Bergen | Shirley Schmidt | Boston Legal | "The Ass Fat Jungle" + "Live Big" | ||
| Jean Smart | Martha Logan | 24 | "Day 5: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." + "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." | Fox | |
| 2007 (59th) | |||||
| Katherine Heigl | Izzie Stevens | Grey's Anatomy | "Time After Time" | ABC | |
| Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "From a Whisper to a Scream" | ABC | |
| Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Oh, the Guilt" | |||
| Lorraine Bracco | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | "The Blue Comet" | HBO | |
| Aida Turturro | Janice Soprano | "Soprano Home Movies" | |||
| Rachel Griffiths | Sarah Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "Bad News" | ABC | |
| 2008 (60th) | |||||
| Dianne Wiest | Dr. Gina Toll | In Treatment | "Week 6: Paul and Gina" | HBO | |
| Candice Bergen | Shirley Schmidt | Boston Legal | "The Mighty Rogues" | ABC | |
| Rachel Griffiths | Sarah Walker | Brothers & Sisters | "Domestic Issues" | ||
| Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "The Becoming" | ||
| Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Lay Your Hands on Me" | |||
| 2009 (61st) | |||||
| Cherry Jones | Allison Taylor | 24 | "Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Fox | |
| Rose Byrne | Ellen Parsons | Damages | "Trust Me" | FX | |
| Hope Davis | Mia Nesky | In Treatment | "Week 6: Mia" | HBO | |
| Sandra Oh | Cristina Yang | Grey's Anatomy | "Elevator Love Letter" | ABC | |
| Chandra Wilson | Miranda Bailey | "Stairway to Heaven" | |||
| Dianne Wiest | Dr. Gina Toll | In Treatment | "Week 6: Gina" | HBO |
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