Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy category in CineRoll's records: 115 films across 52 years, 55 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Abbott Elementary (2023); the earliest on record is The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The) (1971).

The last three winners were Abbott Elementary (2023), Hacks (2022) and Schitt's Creek (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

Abbott Elementary(2021)
Quinta Brunson
Winner
Hacks(2021)
Jean Smart
Only Murders in the Building(2021)
Selena Gomez
The Flight Attendant(2020)
Kaley Cuoco
Wednesday(2022)
Jenna Ortega

2022

Hacks(2021)
Jean Smart
Winner
black-ish(2014)
Tracee Ross
Hacks(2021)
Hannah Einbinder
Insecure(2016)
Issa Rae
The Great(2020)
Elle Fanning

2021

Schitt's Creek(2015)
Catherine O’Hara
Winner
Emily in Paris(2020)
Lily Collins
The Flight Attendant(2020)
Kaley Cuoco
The Great(2020)
Elle Fanning
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist(2020)
Jane Levy

2020

Fleabag(2016)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Winner
Dead to Me(2019)
Christina Applegate
On Becoming a God in Central Florida(2019)
Kirsten Dunst
Russian Doll(2019)
Natasha Lyonne
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(2017)
Rachel Brosnahan

2019

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(2017)
Rachel Brosnahan
Winner
GLOW(2017)
Alison Brie
Murphy Brown(1988)
The Good Place(2016)
Kristen Bell
Will & Grace(1998)

2018

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(2017)
Rachel Brosnahan
Winner
Better Things(2016)
Pamela Adlon
GLOW(2017)
Alison Brie
Insecure(2016)
Issa Rae
SMILF(2017)
Frankie Shaw

2017

black-ish(2014)
Tracee Ross
Winner
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)
Rachel Bloom
Divorce(2016)
Sarah Jessica Parker
Insecure(2016)
Issa Rae
Jane the Virgin(2014)
Gina Rodríguez
Veep(2012)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2016

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(2015)
Rachel Bloom
Winner
Grace and Frankie(2015)
Lily Tomlin
Jane the Virgin(2014)
Gina Rodríguez
Scream Queens(2015)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Veep(2012)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2015

Jane the Virgin(2014)
Gina Rodríguez
Winner
Girls(2012)
Lena Dunham
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Edie Falco
Orange Is the New Black(2013)
Taylor Schilling
Veep(2012)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2014

Parks and Recreation(2009)
Amy Poehler
Winner
Girls(2012)
Lena Dunham
New Girl(2011)
Zooey Deschanel
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Edie Falco
Veep(2012)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2013

Girls(2012)
Lena Dunham
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
New Girl(2011)
Zooey Deschanel
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Amy Poehler
Veep(2012)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2012

Enlightened(2011)
Laura Dern
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
New Girl(2011)
Zooey Deschanel
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Amy Poehler
The Big C(2010)
Laura Linney

2011

The Big C(2010)
Laura Linney
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Glee(2009)
Lea Michele
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Edie Falco
United States of Tara(2009)
Toni Collette

2010

United States of Tara(2009)
Toni Collette
Winner
30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Cougar Town(2009)
Courteney Cox
Glee(2009)
Lea Michele
Nurse Jackie(2009)
Edie Falco

2009

30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Winner
Samantha Who?(2007)
Christina Applegate
The Starter Wife(2007)
Debra Messing
Ugly Betty(2006)
America Ferrera
Weeds(2005)
Mary-Louise Parker

2008

30 Rock(2006)
Tina Fey
Winner
Pushing Daisies(2007)
Anna Friel
Samantha Who?(2007)
Christina Applegate
Ugly Betty(2006)
America Ferrera
Weeds(2005)
Mary-Louise Parker

2007

Ugly Betty(2006)
America Ferrera
Winner
Desperate Housewives(2004)
The New Adventures of Old Christine(2006)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Weeds(2005)
Mary-Louise Parker

2006

Weeds(2005)
Mary-Louise Parker
Winner
Desperate Housewives(2004)

2005

Desperate Housewives(2004)
Teri Hatcher
Winner
Desperate Housewives(2004)
Marcia Cross
Desperate Housewives(2004)
Felicity Huffman
Sex and the City(1998)
Will & Grace(1998)

2004

Sex and the City(1998)
Winner
Life with Bonnie(2002)
Miss Match(2003)
Alicia Silverstone
Monk(2002)
Reba(2001)
Reba McEntire
Will & Grace(1998)

2003

Friends(1994)
Winner
Life with Bonnie(2002)
Bonnie Hunt
Malcolm in the Middle(2000)
Sex and the City(1998)
Will & Grace(1998)

2002

2001

Sex and the City(1998)
Winner
Ally McBeal(1997)
Bette(2000)
Bette Midler
Malcolm in the Middle(2000)
Jane Kaczmarek
Will & Grace(1998)

2000

Sex and the City(1998)
Winner
Ally McBeal(1997)
Dharma & Greg(1997)
Spin City(1996)
Sports Night(1998)
Felicity Huffman
Will & Grace(1998)
Debra Messing

1999

Dharma & Greg(1997)
Winner
Ally McBeal(1997)
Jesse(1998)
Christina Applegate
Just Shoot Me!(1997)
Laura San Giacomo
Sex and the City(1998)
Sarah Jessica Parker

1998

Ally McBeal(1997)
Calista Flockhart
Winner
Dharma & Greg(1997)
Jenna Elfman
Ellen(1994)
Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Suddenly Susan(1996)
Veronica's Closet(1997)
Kirstie Alley

1997

Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Winner
Cybill(1995)
Cybill Shepherd
Grace Under Fire(1993)
Brett Butler
Suddenly Susan(1996)
Brooke Shields
The Nanny(1993)
Tracey Takes On...(1996)
Tracey Ullman

1996

Cybill(1995)
Cybill Shepherd
Winner
Ellen(1994)
Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
The Nanny(1993)
Fran Drescher

1995

Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Winner
Ellen(1994)
Ellen DeGeneres
Grace Under Fire(1993)
Brett Butler
Home Improvement(1991)
Patricia Richardson
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen

1994

Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Winner
Home Improvement(1991)
Patricia Richardson
Married... with Children(1987)
Katey Sagal
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr

1993

Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Kirstie Alley
Mad About You(1992)
Helen Hunt
Married... with Children(1987)
Katey Sagal
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen

1992

Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Winner
Anything But Love(1989)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Kirstie Alley
Cheers(1982)
Married... with Children(1987)
Katey Sagal
Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr

1991

Bronx Cheers(1990)
Kirstie Alley
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Winner
Carol & Company(1990)
Carol Burnett
Married... with Children(1987)
Katey Sagal
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr

1990

Anything But Love(1989)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Winner
Bronx Cheers(1990)
Kirstie Alley
Cheers(1982)
Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Sister Kate(1989)
Stephanie Beacham
The Tracey Ullman Show(1987)

1989

Murphy Brown(1988)
Candice Bergen
Winner
Roseanne(1988)
Roseanne Barr
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White
The Tracey Ullman Show(1987)
Tracey Ullman

1988

The Tracey Ullman Show(1987)
Tracey Ullman
Winner
Moonlighting(1985)
Cybill Shepherd
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Rue McClanahan
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White

1987

Moonlighting(1985)
Cybill Shepherd
Winner
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Estelle Getty
The Golden Girls(1985)
Rue McClanahan
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White

1986

Moonlighting(1985)
Cybill Shepherd
Winner
The Golden Girls(1985)
Estelle Getty
Winner
The Golden Girls(1985)
Beatrice Arthur
The Golden Girls(1985)
Rue McClanahan
The Golden Girls(1985)
Betty White

1985

Cheers(1982)
Shelley Long
Winner
Fame(1982)
Debbie Allen
Gimme a Break!(1981)
Nell Carter
Kate & Allie(1984)
Jane Curtin
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford
Webster(1983)
Susan Clark

1984

Buffalo Bill(1983)
Joanna Cassidy
Winner
Cheers(1982)
Shelley Long
Fame(1982)
Debbie Allen
Oh Madeline(1983)
Madeline Kahn
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford

1983

Fame(1982)
Debbie Allen
Winner
9 to 5(1982)
Rita Moreno
Gimme a Break!(1981)
Nell Carter
Nine to Five(1980)
Rita Moreno
One Day at a Time(1975)
Bonnie Franklin
Private Benjamin(1981)
Eileen Brennan
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford

1982

Private Benjamin(1981)
Eileen Brennan
Winner
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters(1980)
Barbara Mandrell
M*A*S*H(1972)
One Day at a Time(1975)
Bonnie Franklin
WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
Loni Anderson

1981

Soap(1977)
Katherine Helmond
Winner
Alice(1976)
Flo(1980)
Polly Holliday
House Calls(1979)
Lynn Redgrave
WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
Loni Anderson

1980

Alice(1976)
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Angie(1979)
Donna Pescow
Laverne & Shirley(1976)
M*A*S*H(1972)

1979

1978

The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Laverne & Shirley(1976)
Maude(1972)
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford

1977

The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
Winner
All's Fair(1976)
Bernadette Peters
Dinah!(1974)
Dinah Shore
The Jeffersons (Jeffersons, The)(1975)
Isabel Sanford
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

1976

Phyllis(1975)
Cloris Leachman
Winner
Maude(1972)
Beatrice Arthur
Rhoda(1974)
Valerie Harper
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

1975

Rhoda(1974)
Valerie Harper
Winner
All in the Family(1971)
Jean Stapleton
Good Times(1974)
Esther Rolle
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
Carol Burnett
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

1974

All in the Family(1971)
Winner
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour(1971)
Cher
Winner
Maude(1972)
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

1973

All in the Family(1971)
Winner
Maude(1972)
The Carol Burnett Show(1967)
The Julie Andrews Hour(1972)
Julie Andrews
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore

1971

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The)(1970)
Mary Tyler Moore
Winner
Bewitched(1964)
Elizabeth Montgomery
Here's Lucy(1968)
Lucille Ball
Nanny and the Professor(1970)
Juliet Mills
The Partridge Family (Partridge Family, The)(1970)
Shirley Jones

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