Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

1970s

Best TV Actress - Drama:
*"'1974: Angie Dickinson - "Police Woman"
**Teresa Graves - "Get Christie Love!"
**Michael Learned - "The Waltons"
**Jean Marsh - "Upstairs, Downstairs"
**Lee Meriwether - "Barnaby Jones"

*"'1975: Lee Remick - "Lady Randolph Churchill"
**Angie Dickinson - "Police Woman"
**Rosemary Harris - "Notorious Woman"
**Michael Learned - "The Waltons"
**Lee Meriwether - "Barnaby Jones"

*"'1976: Susan Blakely - "Rich Man, Poor Man"
**Angie Dickinson - "Police Woman"
**Farrah Fawcett - "Charlie's Angels"
**Kate Jackson - "Charlie's Angels"
**Jean Marsh - "Upstairs, Downstairs"
**Sada Thompson - "Family"
**Lindsay Wagner - "The Bionic Woman"

*"'1977: Lesley Ann Warren - "79 Park Avenue"
**Angie Dickinson - "Police Woman"
**Kate Jackson - "Charlie's Angels"
**Leslie Uggams - "Roots"
**Lindsay Wagner - "The Bionic Woman"

*"'1978: Rosemary Harris - "Holocaust"
**Kate Jackson - "Charlie's Angels"
**Kristy McNichol - "Family"
**Lee Remick - "Wheels"
**Sada Thompson - "Family"
*"'1979: Natalie Wood - "From Here to Eternity"
**Barbara Bel Geddes - "Dallas"
**Kate Mulgrew - "Mrs. Columbo"
**Stefanie Powers - "Hart to Hart"
**Sada Thompson - "Family"

1980s

Best Actress - Drama Series:

*"'1980: Yoko Shimada - "Shogun"
**Barbara Bel Geddes - "Dallas"
**Linda Gray - "Dallas"
**Melissa Gilbert - "Little House on the Prairie"
**Stefanie Powers - "Hart to Hart"

*"'1981: Linda Evans - "Dynasty"
*"'1981: Barbara Bel Geddes - "Dallas"
**Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Morgan Fairchild - "Flamingo Road"
**Linda Gray - "Dallas"
**Stefanie Powers - "Hart to Hart"

*"'1982: Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Linda Evans - "Dynasty"
**Stefanie Powers - "Hart to Hart"
**Victoria Principal - "Dallas"
**Jane Wyman - "Falcon Crest"

*"'1983: Jane Wyman - "Falcon Crest"
**Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Tyne Daly - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Linda Evans - "Dynasty"
**Stefanie Powers - "Hart to Hart"

*"'1984: Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Tyne Daly - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Linda Evans - "Dynasty"
**Sharon Gless - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Kate Jackson - "Scarecrow and Mrs. King"

*"'1985: Sharon Gless - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Tyne Daly - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Linda Evans - "Dynasty"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"

*"'1986: Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Joan Collins - "Dynasty"
**Tyne Daly - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Sharon Gless - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Connie Sellecca - "Hotel"

*"'1987: Susan Dey - "L.A. Law"
**Jill Eikenberry - "L.A. Law"
**Sharon Gless - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Linda Hamilton - "Beauty and the Beast"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"

*"'1988: Jill Eikenberry - "L.A. Law"
**Susan Dey - "L.A. Law"
**Sharon Gless - "Cagney & Lacey"
**Linda Hamilton - "Beauty and the Beast"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"

*"'1989: Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Dana Delany - "China Beach"
**Susan Dey - "L.A. Law"
**Jill Eikenberry - "L.A. Law"
**Mel Harris - "thirtysomething"

1990s

*"'1990: Sharon Gless - "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill"
*"'1990: Patricia Wettig - "thirtysomething"
**Dana Delany - "China Beach"
**Susan Dey - "L.A. Law"
**Jill Eikenberry - "L.A. Law"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"

*"'1991: Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Susan Dey - "L.A. Law"
**Sharon Gless - "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill"
**Marlee Matlin - "Reasonable Doubts"
**Janine Turner - "Northern Exposure"

*"'1992: Regina Taylor - "I'll Fly Away"
**Mariel Hemingway - "Civil Wars"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Marlee Matlin - "Reasonable Doubts"
**Janine Turner - "Northern Exposure"

*"'1993: Kathy Baker - "Picket Fences"
**Heather Locklear - "Melrose Place"
**Jane Seymour - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Janine Turner - "Northern Exposure"
**Sela Ward - "Sisters"

*"'1994: Claire Danes - "My So-Called Life"
**Kathy Baker - "Picket Fences"
**Angela Lansbury - "Murder, She Wrote"
**Heather Locklear - "Melrose Place"
**Jane Seymour - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"

*"'1995: Jane Seymour - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Gillian Anderson - "The X-Files"
**Kathy Baker - "Picket Fences"
**Heather Locklear - "Melrose Place"
**Sherry Stringfield - "ER"

*"'1996: Gillian Anderson - "The X-Files"
**Christine Lahti - "Chicago Hope"
**Heather Locklear - "Melrose Place"
**Jane Seymour - "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Sherry Stringfield - "ER"

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

*"'1998: Keri Russell - "Felicity"
**Gillian Anderson - "The X-Files"
**Kim Delaney - "NYPD Blue"
**Roma Downey - "Touched by an Angel"
**Julianna Margulies - "ER"

*"'1999: Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Lorraine Bracco - "The Sopranos"
**Amy Brenneman - "Judging Amy"
**Julianna Margulies - "ER"
**Sela Ward - "Once and Again"

2000s

*"'2000: Sela Ward - "Once and Again"
**Lorraine Bracco - "The Sopranos"
**Amy Brenneman - "Judging Amy"
**Jessica Alba - "Dark Angel"
**Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

*"'2001: Jennifer Garner - "Alias"
**Lorraine Bracco - "The Sopranos"
**Amy Brenneman - "Judging Amy"
**Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Lauren Graham - "Gilmore Girls"
**Marg Helgenberger - ""
**Sela Ward - "Once and Again"

*"'2002: Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Jennifer Garner - "Alias"
**Rachel Griffiths - "Six Feet Under"
**Marg Helgenberger - ""
**Allison Janney - "The West Wing"
*"'2003: Frances Conroy - "Six Feet Under"
**Jennifer Garner - "Alias"
**Allison Janney - "The West Wing"
**Joely Richardson - "Nip/Tuck"
**Amber Tamblyn - "Joan of Arcadia"

*2004: Mariska Hargitay - '
**Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Jennifer Garner - "Alias"
**Christine Lahti - "Jack & Bobby"
**Joely Richardson - "Nip/Tuck"

*"'2005: Geena Davis - "Commander In Chief"
**Patricia Arquette - "Medium"
**Glenn Close - "The Shield"
**Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"
**Polly Walker - "Rome"

*"'2006: Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"
**Patricia Arquette - "Medium"
**Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Evangeline Lilly - "Lost"
**Ellen Pompeo - "Grey's Anatomy"

*"'2007: Glenn Close - "Damages"
**Patricia Arquette - "Medium"
**Minnie Driver - "The Riches"
**Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
**Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
**Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
**Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"