El Primetime Emmy a la millor actriu en sèrie dramàtica (en anglès Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series) és el Premi Emmy que s'atorga anualment a la millor actuació femenina en una sèrie dramàtica de televisió.
Guanyadores i nominades La guanyadora de cada any es mostra sobre fons groc:
Dècada del 1950 Any Actriu Programa Personatge 1952 Helen Hayes 1953 No hi va haver premi 1954 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show 1955 No hi va haver premi 1956 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show 1957 No hi va haver premi 1958 No hi va haver premi 1959 Loretta Young The Loretta Young Show
Dècada del 1960 Any Actor Programa Personatge 1960 No hi va haver premi 1961 Barbara Stanwyck The Barbara Stanwyck Show 1962 No hi va haver premi 1963 No hi va haver premi 1964 No hi va haver premi 1965 No hi va haver premi 1966 Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley Victoria Barkley Anne Francis Honey West Honey West Barbara Parkins Peyton Place Betty Anderson 1967 Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible Cinnamon Carter Diana Rigg The Avengers Emma Peel Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley Victoria Barkley 1968 Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible Cinnamon Carter Diana Rigg The Avengers Emma Peel Barbara Stanwyck The Big Valley Victoria Barkley 1969 Barbara Bain Mission: Impossible Cinnamon Carter Joan Blondell Here Come the Brides Lottie Hatfield Peggy Lipton The Mod Squad Julie Barnes
Dècada del 1970 Any Actriu Programa Personatge Cadena 1969-1970 Susan Hampshire The Forsyte Saga Fleur Mont BBC Joan Blondell Here Come the Brides Lottie HatfieldABC Peggy Lipton The Mod Squad Julie Barnes 1970-1971 Susan Hampshire The First Churchills Sarah Churchill BBC Linda Cristal The High Chaparral Victoria Montoya NBC Peggy Lipton The Mod Squad Julie Barnes ABC 1971-1972 Glenda Jackson Elizabeth R Elisabet I d'Anglaterra BBC Two Peggy Lipton The Mod Squad Julie Barnes ABC Susan Saint James McMillan & Wife Sally McMillian NBC 1972-1973 Michael Learned The Waltons Olivia Walton CBS Lynda Day George Mission: Impossible Lisa Casey CBS Susan Saint James McMillan & Wife Sally McMillian NBC 1973-1974 Michael Learned The Waltons Olivia Walton CBS Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs Rose Buck ITV Jeanette Nolan Dirty Sally Sally Fergus CBS 1974-1975 Jean Marsh Upstairs, Downstairs Rose Buck ITV Angie Dickinson Police Woman Sgt. Leann Anderson NBC Michael Learned The Waltons Olvia Walton CBS 1975-1976 Michael Learned The Waltons Olivia Walton CBS Angie Dickinson Police Woman Sgt. Leann Anderson NBC Anne Meara Kate McShane Kate McShaneCBS Brenda Vaccaro Sara Sara Yarnell 1976-1977 Lindsay Wagner The Bionic Woman Jaime Sommers ABC Angie Dickinson Police Woman Sgt. Leann Anderson NBC Kate Jackson Charlie's Angels Sabrina Duncan ABC Michael Learned The Waltons Olivia Walton CBS Sada Thompson Family Kate Lawrence ABC 1977-1978 Sada Thompson Family Kate Lawrence ABC Melissa Sue Anderson Little House on the Prairie Mary Ingalls NBC Fionnula Flanagan How the West Was Won Aunt Molly CulhaneABC Kate Jackson Charlie's Angels Sabrina Duncan Michael Learned The Waltons Olivia Walton CBS Susan Sullivan Having Babies Dr. Julie Farr ABC 1978-1979 Mariette Hartley The Incredible Hulk Dr. Caroline Fields CBS Barbara Bel Geddes Dallas Miss Ellie Ewing CBS Rita Moreno The Rockford Files Rita Capkovick NBC Sada Thompson Family Kate Lawrence ABC
Dècada del 1980 Any Actriu Programa Personatge Cadena 1979-1980 Barbara Bel Geddes Dallas Miss Ellie Ewing CBS Lauren BacallThe Rockford Files Kendall WarrenNBC Mariette Hartley Althea Morgan Kristy McNicholFamily Buddy LawrenceABC Sada Thompson Kate Lawrence 1980-1981 Barbara Babcock Hill Street Blues Grace Gardner HBO Barbara Bel GeddesDallas Miss Ellie EwingCBS Linda Gray Sue Ellen Ewing Veronica Hamel Hill Street Blues Joyce DavenportNBC Michael Learned Nurse Mary Benjamin Stefanie Powers Hart to Hart Jennifer Hart ABC 1981-1982 Michael Learned Nurse Mary Benjamin NBC Debbie Allen Fame Lydia GrantNBC Veronica Hamel Hill Street Blues Joyce Davenport Michele Lee Knots Landing Karen Fairgate CBS Stefanie Powers Hart to Hart Jennifer Hart ABC 1982-1983 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Fame Lydia Grant NBC Linda Evans Dynasty Krystle Carrington ABC Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris Cagney CBS Veronica Hamel Hill Street Blues Joyce Davenport NBC 1983-1984 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Fame Lydia Grant Redifusió Joan Collins Dynasty Alexis Colby ABC Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris Cagney CBS Veronica Hamel Hill Street Blues Joyce Davenport NBC 1984-1985 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey CBS Debbie Allen Fame Lydia Grant Redifusió Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris Cagney CBS Veronica Hamel Hill Street Blues Joyce Davenport NBC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS 1985-1986 Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris Cagney CBS Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth LaceyCBS Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher Cybill Shepherd Moonlighting Maddie Hayes ABC Alfre Woodard St. Elsewhere Roxanne Turner NBC 1986-1987 Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris Cagney CBS Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey CBS Susan DeyL.A. Law Grace Van OwenNBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS 1987-1988 Tyne Daly Cagney & Lacey Mary Beth Lacey CBS Susan DeyL.A. Law Grace Van OwenNBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey Sharon Gless Cagney & Lacey Chris CagneyCBS Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher 1988-1989 Dana Delany China Beach Colleen McMurphy ABC Susan DeyL.A. Law Grace Van OwenNBC Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey Linda Hamilton La Bella i la Bèstia (Beauty and the Beast) Catherine ChandlerCBS Angela Lansbury S'ha escrit un crim (Murder, She Wrote) Jessica Fletcher
Dècada del 1990 Any Actriu Programa Personatge Cadena 1989-1990 Patricia Wettig thirtysomething Nancy Krieger-Weston ABC Dana Delany China Beach Colleen McMurphy ABC Jill Eikenberry L.A. Law Ann Kelsey NBC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS Piper Laurie Twin Peaks Catherine Martell ABC 1990-1991 Patricia Wettig thirtysomething Nancy Krieger-Weston ABC Dana Delany China Beach Colleen McMurphy ABC Sharon Gless The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Rosie O'NeillCBS Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher 1991-1992 Dana Delany China Beach Colleen McMurphy ABC Sharon Gless The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Rosie O'Neill CBS Shirley Knight Law & Order Melanie Currants NBC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS Kate Nelligan Road to Avonlea Sydney Carver Disney Channel Regina Taylor I'll Fly Away Lilly Harper NBC 1992-1993 Kathy Baker Picket Fences Jill Brock CBS Swoosie Kurtz Sisters Alex Reed NBC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS Regina Taylor I'll Fly Away Lilly Harper NBC Janine Turner Northern Exposure Maggie O'Connell CBS 1993-1994 Sela Ward Sisters Teddy Reed NBC Kathy Baker Picket Fences Jill Brock CBS Swoosie Kurtz Sisters Alex Reed NBC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica FletcherCBS Jane Seymour Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Michaela Quinn 1994-1995 Kathy Baker Picket Fences Jill Brock CBS Claire Danes My So-Called Life Angela Chase ABC Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher CBS Sherry Stringfield ER Susan Lewis NBC Cicely Tyson Sweet Justice Carrie Grace Battle NBC 1995-1996 Kathy Baker Picket Fences Jill Brock CBS Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully Fox Christine Lahti Chicago Hope Kathryn AustinCBS Angela Lansbury Murder, She Wrote Jessica Fletcher Sherry Stringfield ER Susan Lewis NBC 1996-1997 Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully Fox Roma Downey Touched by an Angel MonicaCBS Christine Lahti Chicago Hope Kathryn Austin Julianna MarguliesER Carol HathawayNBC Sherry Stringfield Susan Lewis 1997-1998 Christine Lahti Chicago Hope Kathryn Austin CBS Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully Fox Roma Downey Touched by an Angel Monica CBS Julianna Margulies ER Carol Hathaway NBC Jane Seymour Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Michaela Quinn CBS 1998-1999 Edie Falco The Sopranos Carmela Soprano HBO Gillian Anderson The X-Files Dana Scully Fox Lorraine Bracco The Sopranos Jennifer Melfi HBO Christine Lahti Chicago Hope Kathryn Austin CBS Julianna Margulies ER Carol Hathaway NBC
Dècada del 2000 Any Actriu Programa Personatge Cadena 1999-2000 Sela Ward | Once and Again| Lily Manning| ABC|- | Lorraine Bracco | The Sopranos | Jennifer Melfi | HBO |- | Amy Brenneman | Judging Amy | Amy Gray | CBS |- | Edie Falco | The Sopranos | Carmela Soprano | HBO |- | Julianna Margulies | ER | Infermera Carol Hathaway | NBC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2000-2001|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Edie Falco| The Sopranos| Carmela Soprano| HBO|- | Lorraine Bracco | The Sopranos | Jennifer Melfi | HBO |- | Amy Brenneman | Judging Amy | Amy Gray | rowspan=2|CBS |- | Marg Helgenberger | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Catherine Willows |- | Sela Ward | Once and Again | Lily Manning | ABC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2001-2002|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Allison Janney| The West Wing| C. J. Cregg| NBC Amy Brenneman Judging Amy Amy Gray CBS Frances Conroy Six Feet Under Ruth Fisher HBO Jennifer Garner Alias Sydney Bristow ABC Rachel Griffiths Six Feet Under Brenda Chenowith HBO 2002-2003 Edie Falco The Sopranos Carmela Soprano HBO Frances Conroy Six Feet Under Ruth Fisher HBO Jennifer Garner Alias Sydney Bristow ABC Marg Helgenberger CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Catherine Willows CBS Allison Janney The West Wing C. J. Cregg NBC 2003-2004 Allison Janney The West Wing C. J. Cregg NBC |- | Edie Falco | The Sopranos | Carmela Soprano | HBO |- | Jennifer Garner | Alias | Sydney Bristow | ABC |- | Mariska Hargitay | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Olivia Benson | NBC |- | Amber Tamblyn | Joan of Arcadia | Joan Girardi | CBS |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2004-2005|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Patricia Arquette| Medium| Allison DuBois| NBC|- | Glenn Close | The Shield | Monica Rawling | FX |- | Frances Conroy | Six Feet Under | Ruth Fisher | HBO |- | Jennifer Garner | Alias | Sydney Bristow | ABC |- | Mariska Hargitay | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Olivia Benson | NBC |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2005-2006|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Mariska Hargitay| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit| Olivia Benson| NBC|- | Frances Conroy | Six Feet Under | Ruth Fisher | HBO |- | Geena Davis | Commander in Chief | Mackenzie Allen | ABC |- | Allison Janney | The West Wing | C. J. Cregg | NBC |- | Kyra Sedgwick | The Closer | Brenda Leigh Johnson | TNT |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2006-2007|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Sally Field| Brothers & Sisters| Nora Walker| ABC|- | Patricia Arquette | Medium | Allison DuBois | NBC |- | Minnie Driver | The Riches | Dahlia Malloy | FX |- | Edie Falco | The Sopranos | Carmela Soprano | HBO |- | Mariska Hargitay | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Olivia Benson | NBC |- | Kyra Sedgwick | The Closer | Brenda Leigh Johnson | TNT |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2007-2008|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Glenn Close| Damages| Patty Hewes| FX|- | Sally Field | Brothers & Sisters | Nora Walker | ABC |- | Mariska Hargitay | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Olivia Benson | NBC |- | Holly Hunter | Saving Grace | Grace Hanadarko | rowspan=2|TNT |- | Kyra Sedgwick | The Closer | Brenda Leigh Johnson |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2008-2009|- style="background:#FAEB86" | Glenn Close| Damages| Patty Hewes| FX'|- | Sally Field | Brothers & Sisters| Nora Walker | ABC |- | Mariska Hargitay | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit| Olivia Benson | NBC |- | Holly Hunter | Saving Grace| Grace Hanadarko | TNT |- | Elisabeth Moss | Mad Men| Peggy Olson | AMC |- | Kyra Sedgwick | The Closer'' Brenda Leigh Johnson TNT
Dècada del 2010