Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic). Before 2002, the category was called Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and included prosthetic and special effects makeup. Prior to 2020, awards were split between miniseries or movies and ongoing series.

Beginning in 2024, the Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) category will be renamed Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic).

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

1960s
Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts (Makeup)

1970s
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup

Programs with multiple awards

 * 5 awards
 * Game of Thrones


 * 3 awards
 * The X-Files


 * 2 awards
 * American Horror Story
 * Deadwood
 * Euphoria
 * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * The Tracey Ullman Show
 * Westworld

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 10 nominations
 * American Horror Story


 * 9 nominations
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation


 * 8 nominations
 * Game of Thrones
 * Mad Men


 * 7 nominations
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine


 * 6 nominations
 * CSI: Crime Scene Investigation


 * 5 nominations
 * Boardwalk Empire
 * Glee
 * The X-Files


 * 4 nominations
 * Alien Nation
 * Babylon 5
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * Deadwood
 * Grey's Anatomy
 * The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
 * Nip/Tuck
 * Star Trek: Voyager
 * The Tracey Ullman Show


 * 3 nominations
 * American Crime Story
 * Euphoria
 * Fargo
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * Pose
 * Star Trek: Picard
 * Stranger Things
 * Tracey Takes On...
 * True Detective
 * Vikings


 * 2 nominations
 * Alias
 * Amazing Stories
 * American Horror Stories
 * Big Little Lies
 * Carnivàle
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
 * Feud
 * Genius
 * GLOW
 * Into the West
 * The Knick
 * Kung Fu
 * Ozark
 * Penny Dreadful
 * The Politician
 * Pushing Daisies
 * Rome
 * Sex and the City
 * Six Feet Under
 * Tales from the Crypt
 * This Is Us
 * War and Remembrance
 * Westworld