Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1989, the category was not gender-specific, and, thus, was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. It is given in honor to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a guest-starring role in a television comedy series. The current recipient is Judith Light for Poker Face (TV series). Since the category change in 1989, a total of 34 actresses were awarded for their performances. The most awarded actress is Cloris Leachman, with 3 wins, followed by Tina Fey, Colleen Dewhurst, Kathryn Joosten, Jean Smart, Tracey Ullman, Betty White, and Maya Rudolph, with 2 wins. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, were previously not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but, rather, at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.

Winners and nominations
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Performers with multiple wins

 * 3 wins
 * Cloris Leachman


 * 2 wins
 * Colleen Dewhurst
 * Tina Fey
 * Kathryn Joosten
 * Maya Rudolph (consecutive)
 * Jean Smart (consecutive)
 * Tracey Ullman
 * Betty White

Programs with multiple awards

 * 7 awards
 * Saturday Night Live (3 consecutive; 2 consecutive)


 * 3 awards
 * Frasier (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Desperate Housewives
 * Love & War (consecutive)
 * Mad About You
 * Malcolm in the Middle
 * Murphy Brown

Performers with multiple nominations

 * 8 nominations
 * Cloris Leachman


 * 7 nominations
 * Tina Fey
 * Maya Rudolph


 * 5 nominations
 * Christine Baranski
 * Melissa McCarthy
 * Laurie Metcalf
 * Elaine Stritch
 * Betty White


 * 4 nominations
 * Eileen Heckart
 * Jane Lynch
 * Kristen Wiig


 * 3 nominations
 * Elizabeth Banks
 * Carol Burnett
 * Georgia Engel
 * Dot-Marie Jones
 * Kathryn Joosten
 * Wanda Sykes


 * 2 nominations
 * Jane Adams
 * Christina Applegate
 * Becky Ann Baker
 * Angela Bassett
 * Kathy Bates
 * Eileen Brennan
 * Kristin Chenoweth
 * Joan Cusack
 * Blythe Danner
 * Colleen Dewhurst
 * Carrie Fisher
 * Cyndi Lauper
 * Judith Light
 * Shelley Long
 * Bette Midler
 * Kaitlin Olson
 * Bernadette Peters
 * Susan Sarandon
 * Molly Shannon
 * Jean Smart
 * Emma Thompson
 * Tracey Ullman
 * Nancy Walker
 * Harriet Walter

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 25 nominations
 * Saturday Night Live


 * 11 nominations
 * 30 Rock


 * 10 nominations
 * Frasier


 * 8 nominations
 * Desperate Housewives
 * Malcolm in the Middle


 * 6 nominations
 * Cheers
 * The Cosby Show
 * Glee
 * The Golden Girls
 * Hacks
 * Will & Grace


 * 5 nominations
 * The Big Bang Theory
 * Friends
 * Murphy Brown


 * 4 nominations
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * Mad About You
 * Ted Lasso


 * 3 nominations
 * Ally McBeal
 * A Black Lady Sketch Show
 * Black-ish
 * The Good Place
 * The Larry Sanders Show
 * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
 * Monk
 * Orange Is the New Black
 * 3rd Rock from the Sun


 * 2 nominations
 * The Bear
 * A Different World
 * Ellen
 * Fleabag
 * Girls
 * Grace Under Fire
 * Louie
 * Love & War
 * Only Murders in the Building
 * Shameless
 * Two and a Half Men
 * Ugly Betty