SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Awarded for	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	SAG-AFTRA
Currently held by	Kate Winslet for Mare of Easttown (2021)
Website	sagawards.org

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

Winners and nominees

1990s

Joanne Woodward won in 1994 for her role on the film adaptation of Breathing Lessons.

Kathy Bates won the award for her performance on The Late Shift (1996).

Halle Berry won for her portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge on Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999).

Vanessa Redgrave won for her performance on If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000).

Judy Davis won for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).

Meryl Streep won for Angels in America (2003).

Glenn Close won in 2004 for her role on The Lion in Winter.

Helen Mirren won twice for her performances on Elizabeth I (2006) and Phil Spector (2013).

Laura Linney won for her performance on John Adams (2008) as Abigail Adams.

Claire Danes won the award for her portrayal of Temple Grandin in the television film about her life (2010).

Kate Winslet won twice for her performances on Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).

Julianne Moore won for her role in Game Change (2012).

Frances McDormand won for her performance in Olive Kitteridge (2014).

Sarah Paulson won for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016).

Nicole Kidman won for her performance in Big Little Lies (2017).

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiples

Multiple winners

2 wins

• Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I, Phil Spector)
• Queen Latifah (Life Support, Bessie)
• Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown)
• Alfre Woodard (The Piano Lesson, Miss Evers' Boys)

Multiple nominees

Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

2 nominations

• Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora, The Act)
• Anne Bancroft (Homecoming, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone)
• Angela Bassett (Ruby's Bucket of Blood, Betty & Coretta)
• Ellen Burstyn (Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day, Flowers in the Attic)
• Judy Davis (A Cooler Climate, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows)
• Laura Dern (Recount, Big Little Lies)
• Anjelica Huston (Buffalo Girls, The Mists of Avalon)
• Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens, Feud: Bette and Joan)
• Queen Latifah (Life Support, Bessie)
• Sissy Spacek (Midwives, A Place for Annie)
• Emma Thompson (Wit, Angels in America)
• Kerry Washington (Confirmation, Little Fires Everywhere)
• Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult, Chernobyl)
• Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, Mare of Easttown)
• Joanne Woodward (Breathing Lessons, Empire Falls)

3 nominations

• Kathy Bates (The Late Shift, Annie, My Sister's Keeper)
• Glenn Close (Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, In the Gloaming, The Lion in Winter)
• Sally Field (A Woman of Independent Means, A Cooler Climate, David Copperfield)
• Vanessa Redgrave (If These Walls Could Talk 2, The Gathering Storm, The Fever)
• Cicely Tyson (Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, The Road to Galveston, The Trip to Bountiful)
• Sigourney Weaver (Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Prayers for Bobby, Political Animals)
• Alfre Woodard (The Piano Lesson, Miss Evers' Boys, Steel Magnolias)

4 nominations

• Stockard Channing (A Unexpected Family, The Baby Dance, The Truth About Jane, The Matthew Shepard Story)
• Nicole Kidman (Hemingway & Gellhorn, Grace of Monaco, Big Little Lies, The Undoing)
• Susan Sarandon (Bernard and Doris, You Don't Know Jack, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, Feud: Bette and Joan)

5 nominations

• Helen Mirren (The Passion of Ayn Rand, Door to Door, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Elizabeth I, Phil Spector)