Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | |
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The 2023 recipient: Ali Wong | |
Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Miniseries or Television Film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
First awarded | January 30, 1982 |
Currently held by | Ali Wong, Beef (2023) |
Most awards | Judy Davis (2) Ann-Margret (2) Helen Mirren (2) Kate Winslet (2) |
Most nominations | Jessica Lange (8) Helen Mirren (8) |
Website | goldenglobes.org |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film or Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30, 1982, to Jane Seymour, for her performance in East of Eden (1981). Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress – Television Series Drama category, before the creation of this category.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 actresses. Ali Wong is the current recipient of the award, for her performance in Beef (2023). Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, and Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet have won the most awards in the category, winning two times. Jessica Lange and Mirren have been nominated for the award on eight occasions, the most for the category.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Key | Meaning |
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‡ | Indicates the winning actress |
1980s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref. |
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1981 (39th) | |||||
Jane Seymour ‡ | Cathy Ames / Kate Albey | East of Eden | ABC | [1] | |
Ellen Burstyn | Jean Harris | The People vs. Jean Harris | NBC | ||
Glenda Jackson | Patricia Neal | The Patricia Neal Story | CBS | ||
Jaclyn Smith | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | ABC | ||
Joanne Woodward | Elizabeth Huckaby | Crisis at Central High | CBS | ||
1982 (40th) | |||||
Ingrid Bergman ‡ | Golda Meir | A Woman Called Golda | CBS | [2] | |
Carol Burnett | Beatrice O'Reilly | Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice | CBS | ||
Lucy Gutteridge | Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | NBC | ||
Ann Jillian | Mae West | Mae West | ABC | ||
Lee Remick | Leslie Crosbie | The Letter | |||
Jean Stapleton | Eleanor Roosevelt | Eleanor, First Lady of the World | CBS | ||
1983 (41st) | |||||
Ann-Margret ‡ | Lucile Fray | Who Will Love My Children? | ABC | [3] | |
Susan Blakely | Frances Farmer | Will There Really Be a Morning? | CBS | ||
Blair Brown | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Kennedy | NBC | ||
Gena Rowlands | Victoria Alden | Thursday's Child | CBS | ||
Rachel Ward | Meggie Cleary | The Thorn Birds | ABC | ||
1984 (42nd) | |||||
Ann-Margret ‡ | Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire | ABC | [4] | |
Glenn Close | Gail Bennett | Something About Amelia | ABC | ||
Farrah Fawcett | Francine Hughes | The Burning Bed | NBC | ||
Jane Fonda | Gertie Nevels | The Dollmaker | ABC | ||
Glenda Jackson | Yelena Bonner | Sakharov | HBO | ||
1985 (43rd) | |||||
Liza Minnelli ‡ | Mary-Lou Weisman | A Time to Live | NBC | [5] | |
Peggy Ashcroft | Barbara Batchelor | The Jewel in the Crown | PBS | ||
Gena Rowlands | Katherine Pierson | An Early Frost | NBC | ||
Marlo Thomas | Tess Lynd | Consenting Adult | ABC | ||
Joanne Woodward | Barbara Wyatt-Hollis | Do You Remember Love | CBS | ||
1986 (44th) | |||||
Loretta Young ‡ | Amanda Kingsley | Christmas Eve | NBC | [6] | |
Farrah Fawcett | Beate Klarsfeld | Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story | ABC | ||
Amy Irving | Anastasia "Anna" Anderson | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | NBC | ||
Vanessa Redgrave | Renée Richards | Second Serve | CBS | ||
Marlo Thomas | Marie Balter | Nobody's Child | |||
1987 (45th) | |||||
Gena Rowlands ‡ | Betty Ford | The Betty Ford Story | ABC | [7] | |
Ann-Margret | Ann Arden Grenville | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | NBC | ||
Farrah Fawcett | Barbara Hutton | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | |||
Shirley MacLaine | Herself | Out on a Limb | ABC | ||
Raquel Welch | Emily Bauer | Right to Die | NBC | ||
1988 (46th) | |||||
Ann Jillian ‡ | Herself | The Ann Jillian Story | NBC | [8] | |
Vanessa Redgrave | Alice More | A Man for All Seasons | TNT | ||
Jane Seymour | Natalie Henry | War and Remembrance (Parts I – VII) | ABC | ||
Wallis Simpson | The Woman He Loved | CBS | |||
JoBeth Williams | Mary Beth Whitehead | Baby M | ABC | ||
1989 (47th) | |||||
Christine Lahti ‡ | Zan Cooper | No Place Like Home | CBS | [9] | |
Farrah Fawcett | Diane Downs | Small Sacrifices | ABC | ||
Holly Hunter | Ellen Russell / Jane Doe | Roe vs. Wade | NBC | ||
Jane Seymour | Natalie Henry | War and Remembrance (Parts VIII – XII) | ABC | ||
Loretta Young | Grace Guthrie | Lady in the Corner | NBC |
1990s
2000s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref. |
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2000 (58th) | |||||
Judi Dench ‡ | Elizabeth Harman | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | HBO | [20] | |
Holly Hunter | Ruby Kincaid | Harlan County War | Showtime | ||
Christine Lahti | Lyssa Dent Hughes | An American Daughter | Lifetime | ||
Frances O'Connor | Emma Bovary | Madame Bovary | PBS | ||
Rachel Ward | Moira Davidson | On the Beach | Showtime | ||
Alfre Woodard | Wanda Dean | Holiday Heart | |||
2001 (59th) | |||||
Judy Davis ‡ | Judy Garland | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | ABC | [21] | |
Bridget Fonda | Linda Sinclair | After Amy | Lifetime | ||
Julianna Margulies | Morgaine | The Mists of Avalon | TNT | ||
Leelee Sobieski | Tosia Altman | Uprising | NBC | ||
Hannah Taylor-Gordon | Anne Frank | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | ABC | ||
Emma Thompson | Vivian Bearing | Wit | HBO | ||
2002 (60th) | |||||
Uma Thurman ‡ | Debby Miller | Hysterical Blindness | HBO | [22] | |
Helena Bonham Carter | Ingrid Formanek | Live from Baghdad | HBO | ||
Shirley MacLaine | Mary Kay Ash | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | CBS | ||
Helen Mirren | Mrs. Porter | Door to Door | HBO | ||
Vanessa Redgrave | Clementine Churchill | The Gathering Storm | HBO | ||
2003 (61st) | |||||
Meryl Streep ‡ | Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia | Angels in America | HBO | [23] | |
Judy Davis | Nancy Reagan | The Reagans | Showtime | ||
Jessica Lange | Irma Applewood | Normal | HBO | ||
Helen Mirren | Karen Stone | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Showtime | ||
Maggie Smith | Emily Delahunty | My House in Umbria | HBO | ||
2004 (62nd) | |||||
Glenn Close ‡ | Queen Eleanor | The Lion in Winter | Showtime | [24] | |
Blythe Danner | Rebecca Holmes Davitch | Back When We Were Grownups | CBS | ||
Julianna Margulies | Maren Jackson | The Grid | TNT | ||
Miranda Richardson | Queen Mary | The Lost Prince | PBS | ||
Hilary Swank | Alice Paul | Iron Jawed Angels | HBO | ||
2005 (63rd) | |||||
S. Epatha Merkerson ‡ | Rachel "Nanny" Crosby | Lackawanna Blues | HBO | [25] | |
Halle Berry | Janie Crawford | Their Eyes Were Watching God | ABC | ||
Kelly Macdonald | Gina | The Girl in the Café | HBO | ||
Cynthia Nixon | Eleanor Roosevelt | Warm Springs | |||
Mira Sorvino | Agent Kate Morozov / Katya Morozova | Human Trafficking | Lifetime | ||
2006 (64th) | |||||
Helen Mirren ‡ | Queen Elizabeth I | Elizabeth I | HBO | [26] | |
Gillian Anderson | Lady Honoria Dedlock | Bleak House | PBS | ||
Annette Bening | Jean Harris | Mrs. Harris | HBO | ||
Helen Mirren | Jane Tennison | Prime Suspect: The Final Act | PBS | ||
Sophie Okonedo | Susie Carter | Tsunami: The Aftermath | HBO | ||
2007 (65th) | |||||
Queen Latifah ‡ | Ana Wallace | Life Support | HBO | [27] | |
Bryce Dallas Howard | Rosalind | As You Like It | HBO | ||
Debra Messing | Molly Kagan | The Starter Wife | USA | ||
Sissy Spacek | Josie Cahill | Pictures of Hollis Woods | CBS | ||
Ruth Wilson | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | PBS | ||
2008 (66th) | |||||
Laura Linney ‡ | Abigail Adams | John Adams | HBO | [28] | |
Judi Dench | Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns | Cranford | PBS | ||
Catherine Keener | Gertrude Baniszewski | An American Crime | Showtime | ||
Shirley MacLaine | Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel | Lifetime | ||
Susan Sarandon | Doris Duke | Bernard and Doris | HBO | ||
2009 (67th) | |||||
Drew Barrymore ‡ | Edith "Little Edie" Beale | Grey Gardens | HBO | [29] | |
Joan Allen | Georgia O'Keeffe | Georgia O'Keeffe | Lifetime | ||
Jessica Lange | Edith "Big Edie" Beale | Grey Gardens | HBO | ||
Anna Paquin | Irena Sendler | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | CBS | ||
Sigourney Weaver | Mary Griffith | Prayers for Bobby | Lifetime |
2010s
Year | Actor | Role | Program | Network | Ref. |
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2010 (68th) | |||||
Claire Danes ‡ | Temple Grandin | Temple Grandin | HBO | [30] | |
Hayley Atwell | Aliena | The Pillars of the Earth | Starz | ||
Judi Dench | Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns | Return to Cranford | PBS | ||
Romola Garai | Emma Woodhouse | Emma | |||
Jennifer Love Hewitt | Samantha Horton | The Client List | Lifetime | ||
2011 (69th) | |||||
Kate Winslet ‡ | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | HBO | [31] | |
Romola Garai | Bel Rowley | The Hour | BBC America | ||
Diane Lane | Pat Loud | Cinema Verite | HBO | ||
Elizabeth McGovern | Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham | Downton Abbey | PBS | ||
Emily Watson | Janet Leach | Appropriate Adult | Sundance Channel | ||
2012 (70th) | |||||
Julianne Moore ‡ | Sarah Palin | Game Change | HBO | [32] | |
Nicole Kidman | Martha Gellhorn | Hemingway & Gellhorn | HBO | ||
Jessica Lange | Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin | American Horror Story: Asylum | FX | ||
Sienna Miller | Tippi Hedren | The Girl | HBO | ||
Sigourney Weaver | Elaine Barrish | Political Animals | USA | ||
2013 (71st) | |||||
Elisabeth Moss ‡ | Det. Robin Griffin | Top of the Lake | Sundance Channel | [33] | |
Helena Bonham Carter | Elizabeth Taylor | Burton & Taylor | BBC America | ||
Rebecca Ferguson | Elizabeth Woodville | The White Queen | Starz | ||
Jessica Lange | Fiona Goode | American Horror Story: Coven | FX | ||
Helen Mirren | Linda Kenney Baden | Phil Spector | HBO | ||
2014 (72nd) | |||||
Maggie Gyllenhaal ‡ | Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury | The Honourable Woman | Sundance Channel | [34] | |
Jessica Lange | Elsa Mars | American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX | ||
Frances McDormand | Olive Kitteridge | Olive Kitteridge | HBO | ||
Frances O'Connor | Emily Hughes | The Missing | Starz | ||
Allison Tolman | Molly Solverson | Fargo | FX | ||
2015 (73rd) | |||||
Lady Gaga ‡ | Elizabeth Johnson / The Countess | American Horror Story: Hotel | FX | [35] | |
Kirsten Dunst | Peggy Blumquist | Fargo | FX | ||
Sarah Hay | Claire Robbins | Flesh and Bone | Starz | ||
Felicity Huffman | Barbara "Barb" Hanlon | American Crime | ABC | ||
Queen Latifah | Bessie Smith | Bessie | HBO | ||
2016 (74th) | |||||
Sarah Paulson ‡ | Marcia Clark | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | FX | [36] | |
Felicity Huffman | Leslie Graham | American Crime | ABC | ||
Riley Keough | Christine Reade | The Girlfriend Experience | Starz | ||
Charlotte Rampling | Frances Turner | London Spy | BBC America | ||
Kerry Washington | Anita Hill | Confirmation | HBO | ||
2017 (75th) | |||||
Nicole Kidman ‡ | Celeste Wright | Big Little Lies | HBO | [37] | |
Jessica Biel | Cora Tannetti | The Sinner | USA | ||
Jessica Lange | Joan Crawford | Feud: Bette and Joan | FX | ||
Susan Sarandon | Bette Davis | ||||
Reese Witherspoon | Madeline Martha Mackenzie | Big Little Lies | HBO | ||
2018 (76th) | |||||
Patricia Arquette ‡ | Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell | Escape at Dannemora | Showtime | [38] | |
Amy Adams | Camille Preaker | Sharp Objects | HBO | ||
Connie Britton | Debra Newell | Dirty John | Bravo | ||
Laura Dern | Jennifer Fox | The Tale | HBO | ||
Regina King | Latrice Butler | Seven Seconds | Netflix | ||
2019 (77th) | |||||
Michelle Williams ‡ | Gwen Verdon | Fosse/Verdon | FX | ||
Kaitlyn Dever | Marie Adler | Unbelievable | Netflix | ||
Joey King | Gypsy Blanchard | The Act | Hulu | ||
Helen Mirren | Catherine the Great | Catherine the Great | HBO | ||
Merritt Wever | Detective Karen Duvall | Unbelievable | Netflix |
2020s
Superlatives
See also
- Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
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- Gena Rowlands (1987)
- Ann Jillian (1988)
- Christine Lahti (1989)
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- Laura Dern (1992)
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- Joanne Woodward (1994)
- Jessica Lange (1995)
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- Judy Davis (2001)
- Uma Thurman (2002)
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- Claire Danes (2010)
- Kate Winslet (2011)
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- Elisabeth Moss (2013)
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