Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television is one of the television awards given annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Winners and nominees

1970s

Best Supporting Actress — Television Series
1970: Gail Fisher — Mannix as Peggy Fair

• Sue Ane Langdon — Arnie
• Miyoshi Umeki — The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• Karen Valentine — Room 222
• Lesley Ann Warren — Mission: Impossible

1971: Sue Ane Langdon — Arnie as Lilian Nuvo

• Amanda Blake — Gunsmoke
• Gail Fisher — Mannix
• Sally Struthers — All in the Family
• Lily Tomlin — Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

1972: Ruth Buzzi — Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In as various characters

• Susan Dey — The Partridge Family
• Vicki Lawrence — The Carol Burnett Show
• Audra Lindley — Bridget Loves Bernie
• Sally Struthers — All in the Family
• Elena Verdugo — Marcus Welby, M.D.

1973: Ellen Corby — The Waltons as Esther Walton

• Gail Fisher — Mannix
• Valerie Harper — The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Sally Struthers — All in the Family
• Loretta Swit — M*A*S*H

1974: Betty Garrett — All in the Family as Irene Lorenzo

• Ellen Corby — The Waltons
• Julie Kavner — Rhoda
• Vicki Lawrence — The Carol Burnett Show
• Nancy Walker — McMillan & Wife

1975: Hermione Baddeley — Maude as Mrs. Nell Naugatuck

• Susan Howard — Petrocelli
• Julie Kavner — Rhoda
• Nancy Walker — McMillan & Wife
• Nancy Walker — Rhoda

1976: Josette Banzet — Rich Man, Poor Man as Miss Lenaut

• Adrienne Barbeau — Maude
• Ellen Corby — The Waltons
• Darleen Carr — Once an Eagle
• Julie Kavner — Rhoda
• Vicki Lawrence — The Carol Burnett Show
• Anne Meara — Rhoda
• Sally Struthers — All in the Family

1977: none given

1978: Polly Holliday — Alice as Florence Jean Castleberry

• Marilu Henner — Taxi
• Julie Kavner — Rhoda
• Linda Kelsey — Lou Grant
• Audra Lindley — Three's Company
• Nancy Walker — Rhoda

1979: Polly Holliday — Alice as Florence Jean Castleberry

• Loni Anderson — WKRP in Cincinnati
• Marilu Henner — Taxi
• Beth Howland — Alice
• Linda Kelsey — Lou Grant

1980s

Best Supporting Actress — Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1980: Tie: Valerie Bertinelli — One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper and Diane Ladd — Alice as Belle Dupree

• Marilu Henner — Taxi as Elaine Nardo
• Beth Howland — Alice as Vera
• Linda Kelsey — Lou Grant as Billie Newman

1981: Valerie Bertinelli — One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper

• Danielle Brisebois — Archie Bunker's Place as Stephanie Mills
• Beth Howland — Alice as Vera
• Marilu Henner — Taxi as Elaine Nardo
• Lauren Tewes — The Love Boat as Julie McCoy

1982: Shelley Long — Cheers as Diane Chambers

• Valerie Bertinelli — One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper
• Marilu Henner — Taxi as Elaine Nardo
• Beth Howland — Alice as Vera
• Carol Kane — Taxi as Simka Dahblitz
• Loretta Swit — M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan

1983: Barbara Stanwyck — The Thorn Birds as Mary Carson

• Polly Holliday — The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Aunt Minerva
• Angela Lansbury — The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story as Amanda Fenwick
• Piper Laurie — The Thorn Birds as Anne Mueller
• Jean Simmons — The Thorn Birds as Fee Cleary
• Victoria Tennant — The Winds of War as Pamela Tudsbury

1984: Faye Dunaway — Ellis Island as Maud Charteris

• Selma Diamond — Night Court as Selma Hacker
• Marla Gibbs — The Jeffersons as Florence Johnston
• Gina Lollobrigida — Falcon Crest as Francesca Gioberti
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli
• Roxana Zal — Something About Amelia as Amelia Bennett

1985: Sylvia Sidney — An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna

• Lesley-Anne Down — North and South as Madeline Fabray LaMotte Main
• Katherine Helmond — Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson
• Kate Reid — Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman
• Inga Swenson — Benson as Gretchen Kraus

1986: Olivia de Havilland — Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna as Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)

• Justine Bateman — Family Ties as Mallory Keaton
• Piper Laurie — Promise as Annie Gilbert
• Lilli Palmer — Peter the Great as Natalya
• Geraldine Page — Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story as Itta Halaunbrenner
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli

1987: Claudette Colbert — The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Alice Grenville

• Allyce Beasley — Moonlighting as Agnes DiPesto
• Julia Duffy — Newhart as Stephanie Vanderkellen
• Christine Lahti — Amerika as Althea Milford
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli

1988: Katherine Helmond — Who's the Boss? as Mona Robinson

• Jackée Harry — 227 as Sandra Clark
• Swoosie Kurtz — Baja Oklahoma as Doris Steadman
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli
• Susan Ruttan — L.A. Law as Roxanne Melman

1989: Amy Madigan — Roe vs. Wade as Sarah Weddington

• Anjelica Huston — Lonesome Dove as Clara Allen
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli
• Susan Ruttan — L.A. Law as Roxanne Melman
• Julie Sommars — Matlock as Julie March

1990s

1990: Piper Laurie — Twin Peaks as Catherine Martell

• Sherilyn Fenn — Twin Peaks as Audrey Horne
• Faith Ford — Murphy Brown as Corky Sherwood
• Marg Helgenberger — China Beach as K.C. Koloski
• Park Overall — Empty Nest as LaVerne Todd

1991: Amanda Donohoe — L.A. Law as Cara Jean Lamb

• Sammi Davis — Homefront as Caroline Hailey
• Faith Ford — Murphy Brown as Corky Sherwood
• Estelle Getty — The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
• Park Overall — Empty Nest as LaVerne Todd
• Rhea Perlman — Cheers as Carla Tortelli LeBec
• Jean Stapleton — Fire in the Dark as Henny

1992: Joan Plowright — Stalin as Olga

• Olympia Dukakis — Sinatra as Dolly Sinatra
• Laurie Metcalf — Roseanne as Jackie Harris
• Park Overall — Empty Nest as LaVerne Todd
• Amanda Plummer — Miss Rose White as Lusia
• Gena Rowlands — Crazy in Love as Honora Swift

1993: Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Seinfeld as Elaine Benes

• Ann-Margret — Alex Haley's Queen as Sally Jackson
• Cynthia Gibb — Gypsy as Gypsy Rose Lee
• Cecilia Peck — The Portrait as Margaret Church
• Theresa Saldana — The Commish as Rachel Scali

1994: Miranda Richardson — Fatherland as Charlie Maguire

• Sônia Braga — The Burning Season as Regina de Catrvalho
• Tyne Daly — Christy as Alice Henderson
• Jane Leeves — Frasier as Daphne Moon
• Laura Leighton — Melrose Place as Sydney Andrews
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Seinfeld as Elaine Benes
• Laurie Metcalf — Roseanne as Jackie Harris
• Leigh Taylor-Young — Picket Fences as Rachel Harris
• Liz Torres — The John Larroquette Show as Mahalia Sanchez

1995: Shirley Knight — Indictment: The McMartin Trial as Peggy Buckey

• Christine Baranski — Cybill as Maryanne Thorpe
• Judy Davis — Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Diane
• Melanie Griffith — Buffalo Girls as Dora DuFran
• Lisa Kudrow — Friends as Phoebe Buffay
• Julianna Margulies — ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway

1996: Kathy Bates — The Late Shift as Helen Kushnick

• Christine Baranski — Cybill as Maryanne Thorpe
• Cher — If These Walls Could Talk as Dr. Beth Thompson
• Kristen Johnston — 3rd Rock from the Sun as Sally Solomon
• Greta Scacchi — Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny as Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia

1997: Angelina Jolie — George Wallace as Cornelia Wallace

• Joely Fisher — Ellen as Paige Clark
• Della Reese — Touched by an Angel as Tess
• Gloria Reuben — ER as Nurse Jeanie Boulet
• Mare Winningham — George Wallace as Lurleen Wallace

1998: Faye Dunaway — Gia as Wilhelmina Cooper and
1998: Camryn Manheim — The Practice as Ellenor Frutt

• Helena Bonham Carter — Merlin as Morgan le Fay
• Jane Krakowski — Ally McBeal as Elaine Vassal
• Wendie Malick — Just Shoot Me! as Nina Van Horn
• Susan Sullivan — Dharma & Greg as Kitty Montgomery

1999: Nancy Marchand — The Sopranos as Livia Soprano

• Kathy Bates — Annie as Miss Agatha Hannigan
• Jacqueline Bisset — Joan of Arc as Isabelle d'Arc
• Kim Cattrall — Sex and the City as Samantha Jones
• Melanie Griffith — RKO 281 as Marion Davies
• Cynthia Nixon — Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
• Miranda Richardson — The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin

2000s

2000: Vanessa Redgrave — If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Edith Tree

• Kim Cattrall — Sex and the City as Samantha Jones
• Faye Dunaway — Running Mates as Meg Gable
• Allison Janney — The West Wing as C. J. Cregg
• Megan Mullally — Will & Grace as Karen Walker
• Cynthia Nixon — Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes

2001: Rachel Griffiths — Six Feet Under as Brenda Chenowith

• Jennifer Aniston — Friends as Rachel Green
• Tammy Blanchard — Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows as Judy Garland (young)
• Allison Janney — The West Wing as C. J. Cregg
• Megan Mullally — Will & Grace as Karen Walker

2002: Kim Cattrall — Sex and the City as Samantha Jones

• Megan Mullally — Will & Grace as Karen Walker
• Cynthia Nixon — Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
• Parker Posey — Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Jinger Heath
• Gena Rowlands — Hysterical Blindness as Virginia Miller

2003: Mary-Louise Parker — Angels in America as Harper Pitt

• Kim Cattrall — Sex and the City as Samantha Jones
• Kristin Davis — Sex and the City as Charlotte York
• Megan Mullally — Will & Grace as Karen Walker
• Cynthia Nixon — Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes

2004: Anjelica Huston — Iron Jawed Angels as Carrie Chapman Catt

• Drea de Matteo — The Sopranos as Adriana La Cerva
• Nicollette Sheridan — Desperate Housewives as Edie Britt
• Charlize Theron — The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Britt Ekland
• Emily Watson — The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Anne Howe

2005: Sandra Oh — Grey's Anatomy as Cristina Yang

• Candice Bergen — Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt
• Camryn Manheim — Elvis as Gladys Presley
• Elizabeth Perkins — Weeds as Celia Hodes
• Joanne Woodward — Empire Falls as Francine Whiting

2006: Emily Blunt — Gideon's Daughter as Natasha Warner

• Toni Collette — Tsunami: The Aftermath as Kathy Graham
• Katherine Heigl — Grey's Anatomy as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
• Sarah Paulson — Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Harriet Hayes
• Elizabeth Perkins — Weeds as Celia Hodes

2007: Samantha Morton — Longford as Myra Hindley

• Rose Byrne — Damages as Ellen Parsons
• Rachel Griffiths — Brothers & Sisters as Sarah Whedon
• Katherine Heigl — Grey's Anatomy as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
• Anna Paquin — Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Elaine Goodale
• Jaime Pressly — My Name Is Earl as Joy Farrah Turner

2008: Laura Dern — Recount as Katherine Harris

• Eileen Atkins — Cranford as Deborah Jenkyns
• Melissa George — In Treatment as Laura
• Rachel Griffiths — Brothers & Sisters as Sarah Whedon
• Dianne Wiest — In Treatment as Gina

2009: Chloë Sevigny — Big Love as Nicki Grant

• Jane Adams — Hung as Tanya Skagle
• Rose Byrne — Damages as Ellen Parsons
• Jane Lynch — Glee as Sue Sylvester
• Janet McTeer — Into the Storm as Clementine Churchill

2010s

2010: Jane Lynch — Glee as Sue Sylvester

• Hope Davis — The Special Relationship as Hillary Clinton
• Kelly Macdonald — Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder
• Julia Stiles — Dexter as Lumen Pierce
• Sofía Vergara — Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

2011: Jessica Lange — American Horror Story as Constance Langdon

• Kelly Macdonald – Boardwalk Empire as Margaret Schroeder
• Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
• Sofía Vergara – Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
• Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce as Veda Pierce

2012: Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

• Hayden Panettiere - Nashville as Juliette Barnes
• Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife as Kalinda Sharma
• Sarah Paulson - Game Change as Nicolle Wallace
• Sofía Vergara - Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

See also

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie