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.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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The 2019 recipient: Phoebe Waller-Bridge | |
Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1954 |
Currently held by | Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (2019) |
Website | emmys |
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are the first Emmys where there is no representation from a big four broadcast networks.
Winners and nominations
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Superlatives
Superlative | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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Actress with most awards | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (7) | |
Actress with most nominations | Julia Louis-Dreyfus (12) | |
Actress with most nominations without ever winning |
Jane Kaczmarek (7) | |
Programs with multiple awards
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Total awards by network
- CBS – 26
- NBC – 16
- ABC – 7
- HBO – 7
- Showtime – 2
- Amazon – 2
Notes
- Early Emmy ceremonies did not have genre specific acting categories
See also
References
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
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