SAG Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series
The 2022 recipient: Jennifer Coolidge
Awarded forOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
LocationLos Angeles, California
Presented bySAG-AFTRA
Currently held byJennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus (2022)
Websitesagawards.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

  indicates the winner.

1990s

Year Nominee Serie 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
Lorraine Bracco The Sopranos Jennifer Melfi
Nancy Marchand Livia Soprano
Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully
Annie Potts Any Day Now Mary Elizabeth Sims

2000s

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 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 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

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
Thandiwe 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 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 Queen Elizabeth II
Jodie Comer Killing Eve Villanelle
Elisabeth Moss The Handmaid's Tale June Osborne / Offred

2020s

Year Nominee Series Role(s)
2020

(27th)

Gillian Anderson The Crown Margaret Thatcher
Olivia Colman The Crown Queen Elizabeth II
Emma Corrin Princess Diana
Julia Garner Ozark Ruth Langmore
Laura Linney Wendy Byrde
2021

(28th)

HoYeon Jung Squid Game Kang Sae-byeok
Jennifer Aniston The Morning Show Alex Levy
Elisabeth Moss The Handmaid's Tale June Osborne
Sarah Snook Succession Shiv Roy
Reese Witherspoon The Morning Show Bradley Jackson
2022

(29th)

Jennifer Coolidge The White Lotus Tanya McQuoid-Hunt
Elizabeth Debicki The Crown Princess Diana
Julia Garner Ozark Ruth Langmore
Laura Linney Wendy Byrde
Zendaya Euphoria Rue Bennett
2023

(30th)

Jennifer Aniston The Morning Show Alex Levy
Elizabeth Debicki The Crown Princess Diana
Bella Ramsey The Last of Us Ellie
Keri Russell The Diplomat Kate Wyler
Sarah Snook Succession Shiv Roy

Superlatives

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 Christina Applegate 6 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

Multiple winners

4 wins
3 wins
2 wins

Multiple nominees

See also

External links

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
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