Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television category in CineRoll's records: 202 films across 42 years, 44 of them winners.

The most recent winner is The Dropout (2023); the earliest on record is East of Eden (1982).

The last three winners were The Dropout (2023), Mare of Easttown (2022) and The Queen's Gambit (2021).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2023

The Dropout(2022)
Amanda Seyfried
Winner
Gaslit(2022)
Julia Roberts
George & Tammy(2022)
Jessica Chastain
Inventing Anna(2022)
Julia Garner
Pam & Tommy(2022)
Lily James

2022

Mare of Easttown(2021)
Kate Winslet
Winner
Genius(2017)
Cynthia Erivo
Maid(2021)
Margaret Qualley
Scenes from a Marriage(2021)
WandaVision(2021)
Elizabeth Olsen

2021

The Queen's Gambit(2020)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Winner
Mrs. America(2020)
Cate Blanchett
Normal People(2020)
Daisy Edgar-Jones
The Undoing(2020)
Nicole Kidman
Unorthodox(2020)
Shira Haas

2020

Fosse/Verdon(2019)
Michelle Williams
Winner
Catherine the Great(2019)
Helen Mirren
The Act(2019)
Joey King
Unbelievable(2019)
Kaitlyn Dever
Unbelievable(2019)
Merritt Wever

2019

Escape at Dannemora(2018)
Patricia Arquette
Winner
Dirty John(2018)
Connie Britton
Seven Seconds(2018)
Regina King
Sharp Objects(2018)
Amy Adams
The Tale(2018)
Laura Dern

2018

Big Little Lies(2017)
Nicole Kidman
Winner
Big Little Lies(2017)
Reese Witherspoon
FEUD(2017)
Jessica Lange
FEUD(2017)
Susan Sarandon
The Sinner(2017)
Jessica Biel

2017

American Crime Story(2016)
Sarah Paulson
Winner
American Crime(2015)
Felicity Huffman
Confirmation(2016)
Kerry Washington
London Spy(2015)
Charlotte Rampling
The Girlfriend Experience(2016)
Riley Keough

2016

American Horror Story(2011)
Lady Gaga
Winner
American Crime(2015)
Felicity Huffman
Bessie(2015)
Queen Latifah
Fargo(2014)
Kirsten Dunst
Flesh and Bone(2015)
Sarah Hay

2015

The Honourable Woman(2014)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Winner
American Horror Story(2011)
Jessica Lange
Fargo(2014)
Allison Tolman
Olive Kitteridge(2014)
Frances McDormand
The Missing(2014)
Frances O’Connor

2014

Top of the Lake(2013)
Winner
American Horror Story(2011)
Jessica Lange
Burton & Taylor(2013)
Helena Bonham Carter
Phil Spector(2013)
Helen Mirren
The White Queen(2013)
Rebecca Ferguson

2013

Game Change(2012)
Julianne Moore
Winner
American Horror Story(2011)
Jessica Lange
Hemingway & Gellhorn(2012)
Nicole Kidman
Political Animals(2012)
Sigourney Weaver
The Girl(2012)
Sienna Miller

2012

Mildred Pierce(2011)
Kate Winslet
Winner
Appropriate Adult(2011)
Emily Watson
Cinema Verite(2011)
Diane Lane
Downton Abbey(2010)
Elizabeth McGovern
The Hour(2011)
Romola Garai

2011

Temple Grandin(2010)
Claire Danes
Winner
Emma(2009)
Romola Garai
The Client List(2010)
Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Pillars of the Earth(2010)

2010

Grey Gardens(2009)
Drew Barrymore
Winner
Georgia O'Keeffe(2009)
Joan Allen
Grey Gardens(2009)
Jessica Lange
Prayers for Bobby(2009)
Sigourney Weaver
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler(2009)
Anna Paquin

2009

John Adams(2008)
Laura Linney
Winner
An American Crime(2007)
Catherine Keener
Bernard and Doris(2007)
Susan Sarandon
Coco Chanel(2008)
Shirley MacLaine
Cranford(2007)
Judi Dench

2008

Life Support(2007)
Queen Latifah
Winner
As You Like It(2006)
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jane Eyre(2006)
Ruth Wilson
Pictures of Hollis Woods(2007)
Sissy Spacek
The Starter Wife(2007)
Debra Messing

2007

Elizabeth I(2005)
Helen Mirren
Winner
Bleak House(2005)
Gillian Anderson
Mrs. Harris(2005)
Annette Bening
Prime Suspect(1991)
Helen Mirren
Tsunami: The Aftermath(2006)
Sophie Okonedo

2006

Lackawanna Blues(2005)
S. Epatha Merkerson
Winner
Human Trafficking(2005)
Mira Sorvino
The Girl in the Café(2005)
Kelly MacDonald
Their Eyes Were Watching God(2005)
Halle Berry
Warm Springs(2005)
Cynthia Nixon

2005

The Lion in Winter(1968)
Glenn Close
Winner
The Lion in Winter(2004)
Glenn Close
Winner
Back When We Were Grownups(2004)
Blythe Danner
Iron Jawed Angels(2004)
Hilary Swank
The Grid(2004)
Julianna Margulies
The Lost Prince(2003)
Miranda Richardson

2004

Angels in America(2003)
Meryl Streep
Winner
My House in Umbria(2003)
Maggie Smith
Normal(2003)
Jessica Lange
The Reagans(2003)
Judy Davis
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone(2003)
Helen Mirren

2003

Hysterical Blindness(2002)
Uma Thurman
Winner
Door to Door(2002)
Helen Mirren
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay(2002)
Shirley MacLaine
Live from Baghdad(2002)
Helena Bonham Carter
The Gathering Storm(2002)
Vanessa Redgrave

2002

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows(2001)
Judy Davis
Winner
Anne Frank: The Whole Story(2001)
Hannah Taylor Gordon
No Ordinary Baby(2001)
Bridget Fonda
The Mists of Avalon(2001)
Julianna Margulies
Uprising(2001)
Leelee Sobieski
Wit(2001)
Emma Thompson

2001

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells(2000)
Judi Dench
Winner
An American Daughter(2000)
Christine Lahti
Harlan County War(2000)
Holly Hunter
Holiday Heart(2000)
Alfre Woodard
Madame Bovary(1991)
Frances O’Connor
Madame Bovary(2000)
Frances O’Connor
On the Beach(2000)
Rachel Ward

2000

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge(1999)
Halle Berry
Winner
Dash and Lilly(1999)
Judy Davis
Forget Me Never(1999)
Mia Farrow
Joan of Arc(1999)
Leelee Sobieski
The Passion of Ayn Rand(1999)
Helen Mirren

1999

Gia(1998)
Angelina Jolie
Winner
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story(1998)
Ann-Margret Olsson
Merlin(1998)
Miranda Richardson
The Baby Dance(1998)
Stockard Channing
The Baby Dance(1998)
Laura Dern

1998

Miss Evers' Boys(1997)
Alfre Woodard
Winner
...First Do No Harm(1997)
Meryl Streep
Before Women Had Wings(1997)
Ellen Barkin
Bella Mafia(1997)
Vanessa Redgrave
Hope(1997)
Jena Malone

1997

Losing Chase(1996)
Helen Mirren
Winner
Crime of the Century(1996)
Isabella Rossellini
If These Walls Could Talk(1996)
Demi Moore
Norma Jean & Marilyn(1996)
Ashley Judd
Norma Jean & Marilyn(1996)
Mira Sorvino

1996

A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)
Winner
A Streetcar Named Desire(1995)
Jessica Lange
Winner
A Mother's Prayer(1995)
Linda Hamilton
A Woman of Independent Means(1995)
Sally Field
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story(1995)
Glenn Close
The Heidi Chronicles(1995)
Jamie Lee Curtis

1995

Breathing Lessons(1994)
Joanne Woodward
Winner
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight(1994)
Diane Keaton
David's Mother(1994)
Kirstie Alley
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee(1994)
Irene Bedard
Out of Darkness(1994)
Diana Ross

1994

Gypsy(1993)
Bette Midler
Winner
Columbo(1971)
Faye Dunaway
Family Pictures(1993)
Anjelica Huston
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald(1993)
Helena Bonham Carter
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom(1993)
Holly Hunter

1993

Afterburn(1992)
Laura Dern
Winner
Guncrazy(1992)
Drew Barrymore
Miss Rose White(1992)
Kyra Sedgwick
O Pioneers!(1992)
Jessica Lange
The Man Upstairs(1992)
Katharine Hepburn

1992

One Against the Wind(1991)
Judy Davis
Winner
Sarah, Plain and Tall(1991)
Glenn Close
The Haunted(1991)
Sally Kirkland
The Josephine Baker Story(1991)
Lynn Whitfield
The Story Lady(1991)
Jessica Tandy

1991

A Killing in a Small Town(1990)
Barbara Hershey
Winner
Caroline?(1990)
Stephanie Zimbalist
Family of Spies(1990)
Lesley Ann Warren
Leona Helmsley: The Queen Of Mean(1990)
Suzanne Pleshette
The Kennedys of Massachusetts(1990)
Annette O’Toole

1990

No Place Like Home(1989)
Christine Lahti
Winner
Lady in a Corner(1989)
Loretta Young
Roe vs. Wade(1989)
Holly Hunter
Small Sacrifices(1989)
Farrah Fawcett
War and Remembrance(1988)
Jane Seymour

1989

The Ann Jillian Story(1988)
Ann Jillian
Winner
A Man for All Seasons(1988)
Vanessa Redgrave
Baby M(1988)
JoBeth Williams
The Woman He Loved(1988)
Jane Seymour
War and Remembrance(1988)
Jane Seymour

1988

The Betty Ford Story(1987)
Gena Rowlands
Winner
Out on a Limb(1987)
Shirley MacLaine
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story(1989)
Farrah Fawcett
Right to Die(1987)
Raquel Welch
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles(1987)
Ann-Margret Olsson

1987

Christmas Eve(1986)
Loretta Young
Winner
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna(1986)
Amy Irving
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story(1986)
Farrah Fawcett
Nobody's Child(1986)
Marlo Thomas
Second Serve(1986)
Vanessa Redgrave

1986

A Time to Live(1985)
Liza Minnelli
Winner
An Early Frost(1985)
Gena Rowlands
Consenting Adult(1985)
Marlo Thomas
Do You Remember Love(1985)
Joanne Woodward
The Jewel in the Crown(1984)
Peggy Ashcroft

1985

A Streetcar Named Desire(1984)
Ann-Margret Olsson
Winner
Sakharov(1984)
Glenda Jackson
Something About Amelia(1984)
Glenn Close
The Burning Bed(1984)
Farrah Fawcett
The Dollmaker(1984)
Jane Fonda

1984

Who Will Love My Children?(1983)
Ann-Margret Olsson
Winner
Kennedy(1983)
Blair Brown
The Thorn Birds(1983)
Rachel Ward
Thursday's Child(1983)
Gena Rowlands
Will There Really Be a Morning?(1983)
Susan Blakely

1983

A Woman Called Golda(1982)
Ingrid Bergman
Winner
Eleanor, First Lady of the World(1982)
Jean Stapleton
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice(1982)
Carol Burnett
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (Little Gloria)(1982)
Lucy Gutteridge
Mae West(1982)
Ann Jillian
The Letter(1982)
Lee Remick

1982

East of Eden(1981)
Jane Seymour
Winner
Crisis at Central High(1981)
Joanne Woodward
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy(1981)
Jaclyn Smith
The Patricia Neal Story(1981)
Glenda Jackson
The People vs. Jean Harris(1981)
Ellen Burstyn

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