The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors.
The award was introduced in 2012. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.
Jessica Lange holds the record for most nominations in this category with 6 nominations. She was nominated four times for her work on the American Horror Story anthology series, specifically for Murder House (2012), Asylum (2013) Coven (2014), and Freak Show (2015), once for Feud: Bette and Joan (2018) and her latest nomination for The Great Lillian Hall (2025).
Sarah Snook is the current winner in this category for All Her Fault (2026).
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Actor Role Program Network 2012 Julianne Moore Game Change Sarah Palin HBO Gillian Anderson Great Expectations Miss Havisham PBS Lara Pulver Sherlock Irene Adler Patricia Clarkson Five Mia Knowles Lifetime Jessica Lange American Horror Story Constance Langdon FX Emily Watson Appropriate Adult Janet Leach Sundance Channel 2013 Elisabeth Moss Top of the Lake Det. Robin Griffin Sundance Channel Angela Bassett Betty & Coretta Coretta Scott King Lifetime Romola Garai The Hour Bel Rowley BBC America Rebecca Hall Parade's End Sylvia Tietjens HBO Jessica Lange American Horror Story: Asylum Sister Jude Martin FX Sigourney Weaver Political Animals Elaine Barrish Hammond USA 2014 Jessica Lange American Horror Story: Coven Fiona Goode FX Holliday Grainger Bonnie & Clyde Bonnie Parker A&E / Lifetime Helena Bonham Carter Burton & Taylor Elizabeth Taylor BBC America Minnie Driver Return to Zero Maggie Royal Lifetime Whoopi Goldberg A Day Late and a Dollar Short Viola Cicely Tyson The Trip to Bountiful Mrs. Carrie Watts 2015 Frances McDormand Olive Kitteridge Olive Kitteridge HBO Aunjanue Ellis The Book of Negroes Aminata Diallo BET Maggie Gyllenhaal The Honourable Woman Nessa Stein SundanceTV Felicity Huffman American Crime Barbara Hanlon ABC Jessica Lange American Horror Story: Freak Show Elsa Mars FX Queen Latifah Bessie Bessie Smith HBO 2016 (1) Kirsten Dunst Fargo Peggy Blumquist FX Rachel McAdams True Detective Det. Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides HBO Kathy Bates American Horror Story: Hotel Iris FX Sarah Hay Flesh and Bone Claire Robbins Starz Shanice Williams The Wiz Live! Dorothy Gale NBC Alyvia Alyn Lind Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 2016 (2) Sarah Paulson The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Marcia Clark FX Olivia Colman The Night Manager Angela Burr AMC Felicity Huffman American Crime Leslie Graham ABC Lili Taylor Anne Blaine Cynthia Nixon Killing Reagan Nancy Reagan Nat Geo Kerry Washington Confirmation Anita Hill HBO 2018 Nicole Kidman Big Little Lies Celeste Wright HBO Jessica Biel The Sinner Cora Tannetti USA Alana Boden I Am Elizabeth Smart Elizabeth Smart Lifetine Carrie Coon Fargo Gloria Burgle FX Jessica Lange Feud: Bette and Joan Joan Crawford Reese Witherspoon Big Little Lies Madeline Martha Mackenzie HBO2019 Amy Adams Sharp Objects Camille Preaker HBOPatricia Arquette Escape at Dannemora Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell ShowtimeConnie Britton Dirty John Debra Newell BravoCarrie Coon The Sinner Vera Walker USALaura Dern The Tale Jennifer Fox HBOAnna Deavere Smith Notes from the Field Various Characters
2020s Year Actor Role Program Network 2020 Michelle Williams Fosse/Verdon Gwen Verdon FXKaitlyn Dever Unbelievable Marie Adler NetflixMerritt Wever Det. Karen DuvallAnne Hathaway Modern Love Lexi Prime VideoMegan Hilty Patsy & Loretta Patsy Cline LifetimeJessie Mueller Loretta LynnJoey King The Act Gypsy Blanchard Hulu 2021 Anya Taylor-Joy The Queen's Gambit Beth Harmon NetflixCate Blanchett Mrs. America Phyllis Schlafly FX on HuluMichaela Coel I May Destroy You Arabella Essiedu HBODaisy Edgar-Jones Normal People Marianne Sheridan HuluShira Haas Unorthodox Esther "Esty" Shapiro NetflixTessa Thompson Sylvie's Love Sylvie Parker Prime Video 2022 Kate Winslet Mare of Easttown Mare Sheehan HBO Danielle Brooks Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia Mahalia Jackson Lifetime Cynthia Erivo Genius: Aretha Aretha Franklin NatGeo Thuso Mbedu The Underground Railroad Cora Randall Prime Video Elizabeth Olsen WandaVision Wanda Maximoff Disney+ Margaret Qualley Maid Alex Russell Netflix 2023 Amanda Seyfried The Dropout Elizabeth Holmes Hulu Julia Garner Inventing Anna Anna Delvey / Anna Sorokin Netflix Lily James Pam & Tommy Pamela Anderson Hulu Amber Midthunder Prey Naru Julia Roberts Gaslit Martha Mitchell Starz Michelle Pfeiffer The First Lady Betty Ford Showtime 2024 Ali Wong Beef Amy Lau Netflix Kaitlyn Dever No One Will Save You Brynn Hulu Carla Gugino The Fall of the House of Usher Verna Netflix Brie Larson Lessons in Chemistry Elizabeth Zott Apple TV+ Bel Powley A Small Light Miep Gies National Geographic Sydney Sweeney Reality Reality Winner HBO Max Juno Temple Fargo Dorothy "Dot" Lyon FX 2025 Cristin Milioti The Penguin Sofia Falcone / Sofia Gigante / The Hangman HBO Cate Blanchett Disclaimer Catherine Ravenscroft Apple TV+ Jodie Foster True Detective: Night Country Detective Liz Danvers HBO Jessica Lange The Great Lillian Hall Lillian Hall Phoebe Rae-Taylor Out of My Mind Melody Brooks Disney+ Naomi Watts Feud: Capote vs. the Swans Barbara "Babe" Paley FX 2026 Sarah Snook All Her Fault Marissa Irvine Peacock Jessica Biel The Better Sister Chloe Taylor Prime Video Meghann Fahy Sirens Devon DeWitt Netflix Michelle Williams Dying for Sex Molly Kochan FX on Hulu Robin Wright The Girlfriend Laura Sanderson Prime Video Renée Zellweger Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Bridget Jones Peacock
Multiple nominations 6 nominations Jessica Lange
2 nominations Jessica Biel Cate Blanchett Carrie Coon Kaitlyn Dever Felicity Huffman Michelle Williams
See also Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 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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