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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Awarded for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by Julianne Moore,
Game Change (2012)
Official website http://www.emmys.com/

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and predecessor categories including Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role.

From 1973 to 1978, the category was divided into two separate categories (one for "TV Movies" or "Single Performance in a Special or Series" and another for "Limited Series" or "Miniseries").

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, guest performances in regular television series were included in the category. Separate categories for guest performances were eventually created in the mid-1980s.

In select years, performances in lead and supporting roles were combined into a single category.

Contents

Award winners

1950s

1960s

1970s

(Note: Glenda Jackson also wins in the Lead Actress in a Dramatic Series category for Elizabeth R)

1980s

1990s

2000s

Year Actor Program Role Network
1999-2000
(52nd)
Halle Berry Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge HBO
Judy Davis A Cooler Climate Paula Tanner Showtime
Sally Field A Cooler Climate Iris Prue Showtime
Holly Hunter Harlan County War Ruby Kincaid Showtime
Gena Rowlands The Color of Love: Jacey's Story Georgia Porter CBS
2000-2001
(53rd)
Judy Davis Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Judy Garland ABC
Judi Dench The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Elizabeth HBO
Holly Hunter When Billie Beat Bobby Billie Jean King ABC
Hannah Taylor-Gordon Anne Frank: The Whole Story Anne Frank ABC
Emma Thompson Wit Vivian Bearing HBO
2001-2002
(54th)
Laura Linney Wild Iris Iris Bravard Showtime
Angela Bassett The Rosa Parks Story Rosa Parks CBS
Blythe Danner We Were the Mulvaneys Corinne Mulvaney Lifetime
Vanessa Redgrave The Gathering Storm Clementine Churchill HBO
Gena Rowlands Wild Iris Minnie Brinn Showtime
2002-2003
(55th)
Maggie Smith My House in Umbria Emily Delahunty HBO
Thora Birch Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story Liz Murray Lifetime
Helena Bonham Carter Live from Baghdad Ingrid Formanek HBO
Jessica Lange Normal Irma Applewood HBO
Helen Mirren The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Karen Stone Showtime
2003-2004
(56th)
Meryl Streep Angels in America Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia HBO
Glenn Close The Lion in Winter Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Showtime
Judy Davis The Reagans Nancy Reagan Showtime
Helen Mirren Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness Jane Tennison PBS
Emma Thompson Angels in America Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel America HBO
2004-2005
(57th)
S. Epatha Merkerson Lackawanna Blues Nanny HBO
Halle Berry Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie Crawford HBO
Blythe Danner Back When We Were Grownups Rebecca CBS
Cynthia Nixon Warm Springs Eleanor Roosevelt HBO
Debra Winger Dawn Anna Dawn Anna Lifetime
2005-2006
(58th)
Helen Mirren Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I HBO
Gillian Anderson Bleak House Lady Dedlock PBS
Kathy Bates Ambulance Girl Jane Stern Lifetime
Annette Bening Mrs. Harris Jean Harris HBO
Judy Davis A Little Thing Called Murder Sante Kimes Lifetime
2006-2007
(59th)
Helen Mirren Prime Suspect: The Final Act Jane Tennison PBS
Queen Latifah Life Support Ana HBO
Debra Messing The Starter Wife Molly Kagan USA
Mary-Louise Parker The Robber Bride Zenia Arden Oxygen
Gena Rowlands What If God Were the Sun? Melissa Eisenbloom Lifetime
2007-2008
(60th)
Laura Linney John Adams Abigail Adams HBO
Judi Dench Cranford Miss Matty Jenkyns PBS
Catherine Keener An American Crime Gertrude Baniszewski Showtime
Phylicia Rashad A Raisin in the Sun Lena Younger ABC
Susan Sarandon Bernard and Doris Doris Duke HBO
2008-2009
(61st)
Jessica Lange Grey Gardens Big Edie HBO
Drew Barrymore Grey Gardens Little Edie HBO
Shirley MacLaine Coco Chanel Coco Chanel Lifetime
Sigourney Weaver Prayers for Bobby Mary Griffith Lifetime
Chandra Wilson Accidental Friendship Yvonne Caldwell Hallmark Channel

2010s

Year Actress Program Role Network
2009-2010
(62nd)
Claire Danes Temple Grandin Temple Grandin HBO
Joan Allen Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Lifetime
Hope Davis The Special Relationship Hillary Clinton HBO
Judi Dench Return to Cranford Matty Jenkyns PBS
Maggie Smith Capturing Mary Mary Gilbert PBS
2010-2011
(63rd)
Kate Winslet Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce HBO
Taraji P. Henson Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story Tiffany Rubin Lifetime
Diane Lane Cinema Verite Pat Loud HBO
Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs Rose Buck PBS
Elizabeth McGovern Downton Abbey Cora Crawley PBS
2011-2012
(64th)
Julianne Moore Game Change Sarah Palin HBO
Connie Britton American Horror Story Vivien Harmon FX
Ashley Judd Missing Rebecca Winstone ABC
Nicole Kidman Hemingway & Gellhorn Martha Gellhorn HBO
Emma Thompson The Song of Lunch She PBS

Multiple Winners

2 wins
3 wins
4 wins

Multiple Nominees

2 nominations
3 nominations
4 nominations
5 nominations
6 nominations
7 nominations
9 nominations

See also