Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

The Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in Dramatic Television.

Winners and nominees

1990s

*1994: Kathy Baker, "Picket Fences"
**Jane Seymour, "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Angela Lansbury, "Murder, She Wrote"
**Swoosie Kurtz, "Sisters"
**Cicely Tyson, "Sweet Justice"

*1995: Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"
**Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope"
**Julianna Margulies, "ER"
**Sharon Lawrence, "NYPD Blue"
**Sela Ward, "Sisters"

*1996: Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"
**Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope"
**Jane Seymour, "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Kim Delaney, "NYPD Blue"
**Della Reese, "Touched by an Angel"

*1997: Julianna Margulies, "ER"
**Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope"
**Kim Delaney, "NYPD Blue"
**Della Reese, "Touched by an Angel"
**Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"

*1998: Julianna Margulies, "ER"
**Annie Potts, "Any Day Now"
**Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope"
**Kim Delaney, "NYPD Blue"
**Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"

*1999: Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Annie Potts, "Any Day Now"
**Lorraine Bracco, "The Sopranos"
**Nancy Marchand, "The Sopranos"
**Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"

2000s

*2000: Allison Janney, "The West Wing"
**Sally Field, "ER"
**Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls"
**Sela Ward, "Once and Again"
**Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files"

*2001: Allison Janney, "The West Wing"
**Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls"
**Tyne Daly, "Judging Amy"
**Lorraine Bracco, "The Sopranos"
**Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Stockard Channing, "The West Wing"

*2002: Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Amy Brenneman, "Judging Amy"
**Lorraine Bracco, "The Sopranos"
**Allison Janney, "The West Wing"
**Lily Tomlin, "The West Wing"

*2003: Frances Conroy, "Six Feet Under"
**Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
**Tyne Daly, "Judging Amy"
**Mariska Hargitay, ""
**Stockard Channing, "The West Wing"
**Allison Janney, "The West Wing"

*2004: Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
**Christine Lahti, "Jack & Bobby"
**Drea de Matteo, "The Sopranos"
**Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Allison Janney, "The West Wing"

*2005: "'Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
**Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
**Geena Davis, "Commander in Chief"
**Mariska Hargitay, ""
**Patricia Arquette, "Medium"

*2006: "'Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"
**Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
**Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Mariska Hargitay, ""
**Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"

*2007: "'Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
**Glenn Close, "Damages"
**Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
**Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
**Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"