Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees. was the first recipient in the category, winning for her performance in Kojak (1975). won twice in 1975 and 1998. won for The Waltons (1977). won for Roots (1977). won for The Rockford Files (1978). won for Holocaust (1977). won twice for L.A. Law (1987) and The Practice (2003). won twice for thirtysomething (1988) and NYPD Blue (1995). won for Midnight Caller (1989). won for ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' (1991). won for Law & Order (1993). won for ''Columbo: It's All in the Game'' (1994). won for Road to Avonlea (1997). won for NYPD Blue (1999). won for ER (2001). twice for Six Feet Under (2002, 2006). won for The Practice (2004). won for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007). won for Law & Order: SVU (2008). won for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009). won for Law & Order: SVU (2010) won for ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2011). won for The Good Wife (2012). won for The Good Wife (2013). won for Masters of Sex (2014). won twice consecutively for The Americans (2014, 2015). won for ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017). won for ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2018). twice for ''The Handmaid's Tale (2019) and Succession'' (2020). won The Crown (2021). won for Squid Game (2022). won for The Last of Us (2023). 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Performers with multiple wins==

;2 wins • Patricia Clarkson • Cherry Jones (consecutive) • Shirley Knight • Margo Martindale (consecutive) • Amanda Plummer • Alfre Woodard ==Programs with multiple wins==

;5 wins • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (4 consecutive) ;3 awards • ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (consecutive) • The Practice (2 consecutive) ;2 wins • The Americans (consecutive) • The Good Wife (consecutive) • NYPD Blue • Six Feet Under ==Performers with multiple nominations==

;5 nominations • Cherry Jones • Cicely Tyson ;4 nominations • Shirley Knight • Margo Martindale • Diana Rigg • Alfre Woodard ;3 nominations • Alexis Bledel • Ellen Burstyn • Kate Burton • Veronica Cartwright • Laverne Cox • Joan Cusack • Penny Fuller • Marcia Gay Harden • Allison Janney • Swoosie Kurtz • Cloris Leachman • Kay Lenz • Marlee Matlin • Phylicia Rashad • Jean Smart • Harriet Walter ;2 nominations • Jane Alexander • Kathy Baker • Patricia Clarkson • Colleen Dewhurst • Loretta Devine • Patty Duke • Sally Field • Louise Fletcher • Jane Fonda • Claire Foy • Eileen Heckart • Diane Ladd • Mary McDonnell • Jayne Meadows • Martha Plimpton • Amanda Plummer • CCH Pounder • Carrie Preston • Lili Taylor • Lily Tomlin ==Programs with multiple nominations==

;14 nominations • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ;9 nominations • ''Grey's Anatomy'' • ''The Handmaid's Tale'' ;8 nominations • ER • Succession ;6 nominations • Six Feet Under • St. Elsewhere ;5 nominations • The Americans • Game of Thrones • How to Get Away with Murder • The Last of Us • The Practice • Road to Avonlea ;4 nominations • Homicide: Life on the Street • House of Cards • Law & Order • Mad Men • NYPD Blue • Touched by an Angel • The X-Files ;3 nominations • Big Love • China Beach • The Good Wife • Masters of Sex • Mr. & Mrs. Smith • Orange Is the New Black • Scandal • Severance • Shameless • thirtysomething • This Is Us ;2 nominations • Cagney & Lacey • Chicago Hope • The Crown • Fallen Angels • Huff • Joan of Arcadia • L.A. Law • Midnight Caller • Moonlighting • The Morning Show • The Newsroom • Nip/Tuck • Picket Fences ==See also==