Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies, the supporting categories were not always genre-, or even gender-, specific. Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, supporting actresses in drama have competed alone. However, these dramatic performances often 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 in 1975
 * § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation in 1975

Programs with multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * Lou Grant (3 consecutive)


 * 3 wins
 * Ozark (2 consecutive)
 * St. Elsewhere (2 consecutive)
 * The Waltons (2 consecutive)
 * The West Wing (consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Breaking Bad (consecutive)
 * Caesar's Hour
 * Downton Abbey
 * Family
 * Hill Street Blues (consecutive)
 * Huff (consecutive)
 * The Practice (consecutive)
 * thirtysomething (consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 13 nominations
 * Hill Street Blues


 * 12 nominations
 * Game of Thrones


 * 11 nominations
 * Lou Grant
 * The West Wing


 * 10 nominations
 * Grey's Anatomy
 * The Handmaid's Tale
 * L.A. Law
 * NYPD Blue
 * St. Elsewhere


 * 9 nominations
 * The Good Wife


 * 8 nominations
 * The Crown
 * ER


 * 7 nominations
 * Downton Abbey
 * Mad Men


 * 6 nominations
 * Judging Amy
 * The Sopranos


 * 5 nominations
 * Family
 * The Practice
 * thirtysomething
 * The Waltons
 * The White Lotus


 * 4 nominations
 * I Love Lucy
 * Mannix
 * The Morning Show
 * Northern Exposure
 * Succession
 * Trapper John, M.D.


 * 3 nominations
 * Ben Casey
 * The Bob Cummings Show
 * Breaking Bad
 * Caesar's Hour
 * China Beach
 * In Treatment
 * Ironside
 * The Jackie Gleason Show
 * McMillan & Wife
 * The Name of the Game
 * Ozark
 * Six Feet Under
 * Upstairs, Downstairs
 * Westworld


 * 2 nominations
 * 24
 * Arrest and Trial
 * Better Call Saul
 * Big Little Lies
 * Boston Legal
 * Brothers & Sisters
 * Christy
 * Damages
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show
 * The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
 * Huff
 * I'll Fly Away
 * Killing Eve
 * Make Room for Daddy
 * Marcus Welby, M.D.
 * Mister Peepers
 * Moonlighting
 * Orange Is the New Black
 * Perry Mason
 * Peter Gunn
 * Peyton Place
 * Stranger Things
 * Reasonable Doubts
 * Touched by an Angel
 * Twin Peaks

Performers with multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * Nancy Marchand (3 consecutive)


 * 3 wins
 * Ellen Corby (2 consecutive)
 * Julia Garner (2 consecutive)


 * 2 wins
 * Bonnie Bartlett (consecutive)
 * Tyne Daly
 * Blythe Danner (consecutive)
 * Anna Gunn (consecutive)
 * Allison Janney (consecutive)
 * Kristy McNichol
 * Maggie Smith

Performers with multiple nominations

 * 8 nominations
 * Tyne Daly


 * 7 nominations
 * Christine Baranski
 * Nancy Marchand
 * Betty Thomas


 * 6 nominations
 * Barbara Bosson
 * Stockard Channing
 * Christina Hendricks


 * 5 nominations
 * Ellen Corby
 * Lena Headey
 * Linda Kelsey
 * Sandra Oh
 * Christina Pickles


 * 4 nominations
 * Gail Fisher
 * Susan Ruttan
 * Madge Sinclair
 * Maggie Smith
 * Chandra Wilson


 * 3 nominations
 * Barbara Anderson
 * Bonnie Bartlett
 * Emilia Clarke
 * Kim Delaney
 * Ann Dowd
 * Joanne Froggatt
 * Julia Garner
 * Rachel Griffiths
 * Anna Gunn
 * Marg Helgenberger
 * Sharon Lawrence
 * Melanie Mayron
 * Kristy McNichol
 * Thandiwe Newton
 * Gail O'Grady
 * Archie Panjabi
 * Susan Saint James
 * Holland Taylor
 * Nancy Walker
 * Samira Wiley


 * 2 nominations
 * Uzo Aduba
 * Mary Alice
 * Lauren Ambrose
 * Angela Baddeley
 * Barbara Barrie
 * Meredith Baxter
 * Allyce Beasley
 * Candice Bergen
 * Helena Bonham Carter
 * Millie Bobby Brown
 * Rose Byrne
 * Blythe Danner
 * Elizabeth Debicki
 * Cynthia Geary
 * Barbara Hale
 * Laura Innes
 * Allison Janney
 * Piper Laurie
 * Kay Lenz
 * Camryn Manheim
 * Julianna Margulies
 * Janel Moloney
 * Diana Muldaur
 * CCH Pounder
 * Della Reese
 * Gloria Reuben
 * Doris Roberts
 * Rhea Seehorn
 * Fiona Shaw
 * J. Smith-Cameron
 * Sarah Snook
 * Yvonne Strahovski
 * Maura Tierney
 * Aida Turturro
 * Elena Verdugo
 * Dianne Wiest
 * Maisie Williams