Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Guest Supporting Actress.

Award winners and nominations

;1970s
* 1974: Zohra Lampert – "Kojak"
* 1975: "no award"
* 1976: Fionnuala Flanagan – "Rich Man, Poor Man"
* 1977: Beulah Bondi – "The Waltons"
* 1978: Rita Moreno – "The Rockford Files"
* 1979: "no award"

;1980s
* 1980: "no award"
* 1981: "no award"
* 1982: "no award"
* 1984: "no award"
* 1985: "no award"
* 1986: "no award"
* 1987: Alfre Woodard – "L.A. Law"
* 1988: Shirley Knight – "thirtysomething"
* 1989: Kay Lenz – "Midnight Caller"

;1990
* 1990: Viveca Lindfors – "Life Goes On"
* 1991: Peggy McCay – "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill"
* 1992: "no award"
* 1993: Elaine Stritch – "Law & Order"
* 1994: Faye Dunaway – ""
* 1995: Shirley Knight – "NYPD Blue"
* 1996: Amanda Plummer – "The Outer Limits"
* 1997: Dianne Wiest – "Avonlea"
* 1998: Cloris Leachman – "Promised Land"
* 1999: Debra Monk – "NYPD Blue"

2000s

* 2000: Beah Richards – "The Practice"
** Jane Alexander – "Law & Order and "
** Kathy Baker – "Touched by an Angel"
** Marlee Matlin – "The Practice"
** Tracy Pollan – ""

* 2001: Sally Field – "ER"
** Kathy Baker – "Boston Public"
** Dana Delany – "Family Law"
** Annabella Sciorra – "The Sopranos"
** Jean Smart – "The District"

* 2002: Patricia Clarkson – "Six Feet Under"
** Illeana Douglas – "Six Feet Under"
** Mary McDonnell – "ER"
** Martha Plimpton – ""
** Lili Taylor – "Six Feet Under"

* 2003: Alfre Woodard – "The Practice"
** Barbara Barrie – ""
** Kathy Bates – "Six Feet Under"
** Farrah Fawcett – "The Guardian"
** Tovah Feldshuh – "Law & Order"
** Sally Field – "ER"

* 2004: Sharon Stone – "The Practice"
** Louise Fletcher – "Joan of Arcadia"
** Marlee Matlin – ""
** Betty White – "The Practice"
** Mare Winningham – ""

* 2005: Amanda Plummer – ""
** Jill Clayburgh – "Nip/Tuck"
** Swoosie Kurtz – "Huff"
** Angela Lansbury – " and "
** Cloris Leachman – "Joan of Arcadia"

* 2006: Patricia Clarkson – "Six Feet Under"
** Kate Burton – "Grey's Anatomy"
** Joanna Cassidy – "Six Feet Under"
** Swoosie Kurtz – "Huff"
** Christina Ricci – "Grey's Anatomy"

* 2007: Leslie Caron – ""
** Kate Burton – "Grey's Anatomy"
** Marcia Gay Harden – ""
** Elizabeth Reaser – "Grey's Anatomy"
** Jean Smart – "24"

* 2008: Cynthia Nixon – ""
** Ellen Burstyn – "Big Love"
** Diahann Carroll – "Grey's Anatomy"
** Sharon Gless – "Nip/Tuck"
** Anjelica Huston – "Medium"