Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:


 * # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation
 * § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are the first Emmys where there is no representation from any of the big four broadcast networks.

Programs with multiple wins

 * 6 wins
 * Veep


 * 5 wins
 * Murphy Brown


 * 4 wins
 * Mad About You


 * 3 wins
 * All in the Family
 * Father Knows Best
 * The Golden Girls
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show


 * 2 wins
 * Cheers
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
 * 'Hacks'
 * Hazel
 * Kate & Allie
 * The Lucy Show
 * Taxi

Performers with multiple wins

 * 7 wins
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus (6 consecutive)


 * 5 wins
 * Candice Bergen (2 consecutive twice)
 * Mary Tyler Moore (2 consecutive twice)


 * 4 wins
 * Helen Hunt (consecutive)


 * 3 wins
 * Lucille Ball (2 consecutive)
 * Jean Stapleton (2 consecutive)
 * Jane Wyatt (consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Bea Arthur
 * Shirley Booth (consecutive)
 * Jane Curtin (consecutive)
 * Patricia Heaton (consecutive)
 * Hope Lange (consecutive)
 * Jean Smart (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 15 nominations
 * The Golden Girls


 * 9 nominations
 * Cheers


 * 8 nominations
 * All in the Family


 * 7 nominations
 * 30 Rock
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * The Jeffersons
 * Mad About You
 * Malcolm in the Middle
 * The Mary Tyler Moore Show
 * Murphy Brown
 * Soap
 * Veep


 * 6 nominations
 * Bewitched
 * Nurse Jackie
 * Parks and Recreation
 * Sex and the City


 * 5 nominations
 * Black-ish
 * The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
 * Grace and Frankie
 * Kate & Allie
 * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
 * Maude
 * The New Adventures of Old Christine
 * Will & Grace


 * 4 nominations
 * Dead to Me
 * Desperate Housewives
 * The Donna Reed Show
 * Ellen
 * The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
 * Home Improvement
 * I Love Lucy
 * The Loretta Young Show
 * The Lucy Show
 * Rhoda
 * Roseanne
 * That Girl


 * 3 nominations
 * Abbott Elementary
 * Ally McBeal
 * Cybill
 * Dharma & Greg
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show
 * Father Knows Best
 * Friends
 * Girls
 * Hacks
 * Hazel
 * Insecure
 * Mike & Molly
 * Mom
 * Our Miss Brooks
 * Private Secretary
 * Taxi
 * Weeds


 * 2 nominations
 * Better Things
 * The Beverly Hillbillies
 * The Bob Newhart Show
 * Brooklyn Bridge
 * The Comeback
 * The Cosby Show
 * December Bride
 * Designing Women
 * The Flight Attendant
 * Get Smart
 * The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
 * Gimme a Break!
 * Inside Amy Schumer
 * Love, Sidney
 * Mr. Adams and Eve
 * The Nanny
 * Samantha Who?
 * Schitt's Creek
 * Ugly Betty
 * Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
 * United States of Tara

Performers with multiple nominations

 * 12 nominations
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus


 * 10 nominations
 * Mary Tyler Moore


 * 9 nominations
 * Bea Arthur


 * 8 nominations
 * Lucille Ball
 * Jean Stapleton


 * 7 nominations
 * Candice Bergen
 * Tina Fey
 * Patricia Heaton
 * Helen Hunt
 * Jane Kaczmarek
 * Isabel Sanford
 * Betty White


 * 6 nominations
 * Kirstie Alley
 * Edie Falco
 * Sarah Jessica Parker
 * Amy Poehler


 * 5 nominations
 * Christina Applegate
 * Rachel Brosnahan
 * Blair Brown
 * Debra Messing
 * Elizabeth Montgomery
 * Tracee Ellis Ross


 * 4 nominations
 * Gracie Allen
 * Eve Arden
 * Roseanne Barr
 * Ellen DeGeneres
 * Valerie Harper
 * Katherine Helmond
 * Shelley Long
 * Rue McClanahan
 * Donna Reed
 * Patricia Richardson
 * Ann Sothern
 * Marlo Thomas
 * Lily Tomlin
 * Loretta Young


 * 3 nominations
 * Jennifer Aniston
 * Shirley Booth
 * Quinta Brunson
 * Jane Curtin
 * Cathryn Damon
 * Lena Dunham
 * Jenna Elfman
 * Calista Flockhart
 * Allison Janney
 * Melissa McCarthy
 * Mary-Louise Parker
 * Issa Rae
 * Cybill Shepherd
 * Jean Smart
 * Jane Wyatt


 * 2 nominations
 * Pamela Adlon
 * Delta Burke
 * Spring Byington
 * Nell Carter
 * Toni Collette
 * Kaley Cuoco
 * Fran Drescher
 * Barbara Feldon
 * America Ferrera
 * Felicity Huffman
 * Ellie Kemper
 * Lisa Kudrow
 * Swoosie Kurtz
 * Hope Lange
 * Ida Lupino
 * Natasha Lyonne
 * Catherine O'Hara
 * Suzanne Pleshette
 * Phylicia Rashad
 * Marion Ross
 * Irene Ryan
 * Susan Saint James
 * Amy Schumer

Total awards by network

 * CBS – 26
 * NBC – 16
 * HBO/HBO Max – 9
 * ABC – 7
 * Showtime – 2
 * Amazon – 2
 * Pop TV - 1