The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). It is the Golden Globe Award given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role on a television series, miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 28th Golden Globe Awards on February 5, 1971, to Gail Fisher for her role in Mannix. It was presented under the title Best Supporting Actress – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. For the 80th Golden Globe Awards, the category was split into two categories: Comedy/Drama Series and Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 56 actresses. Erin Doherty is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Briony Ariston in Adolescence. Valerie Bertinelli, Laura Dern, Faye Dunaway, and Polly Holliday have all won the most awards in this category with two each. Rhea Perlman has been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category; she lost all six times.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees:
Key Meaning Indicates the winning actress
Best Supporting Actress – Television Series
1970s Year Actor Role Program Network Ref 1970 (28th) Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS Sue Ane Langdon Lilian Nuvo Arnie CBS Miyoshi Umeki Mrs. Livingston The Courtship of Eddie's Father ABC Karen Valentine Miss Alice Johnson Room 222 Lesley Ann Warren Dana Lambert Mission: Impossible CBS 1971 (29th) Sue Ane Langdon Lilian Nuvo Arnie CBS Amanda Blake Miss Kitty Russell Gunsmoke CBS Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Lily Tomlin Various Characters Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In NBC 1972 (30th) Ruth Buzzi Various Characters Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In NBC Susan Dey Laurie Partridge The Partridge Family ABC Vicki Lawrence Various Characters The Carol Burnett Show CBS Audra Lindley Amy Fitzgerald Bridget Loves Bernie Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Elena Verdugo Consuelo Lopez Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC 1973 (31st) Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS Gail Fisher Peggy Fair Mannix CBS Valerie Harper Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan M*A*S*H 1974 (32nd) Betty Garrett Irene Lorenzo All in the Family CBS Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Vicki Lawrence Various Characters The Carol Burnett Show Nancy Walker Mildred McMillan & Wife NBC 1975 (33rd) Hermione Baddeley Mrs. Nell Naugatuck Maude CBS Susan Howard Maggie Petrocelli Petrocelli NBC Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Nancy Walker Mildred McMillan & Wife NBC Ida Morgenstern Rhoda CBS 1976 (34th) Josette Banzet Miss Lenaut Rich Man, Poor Man ABC Adrienne Barbeau Carol Traynor Maude CBS Darleen Carr Tommy Caldwell Once an Eagle NBC Ellen Corby Esther Walton The Waltons CBS Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Vicki Lawrence Various Characters The Carol Burnett Show Anne Meara Sally Gallagher Rhoda Sally Struthers Gloria Stivic All in the Family 1977 (35th) No Award 1978 (36th) Polly Holliday Florence "Flo" Castleberry Alice CBS Marilu Henner Elaine Nardo Taxi ABC Julie Kavner Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda CBS Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant Audra Lindley Helen Roper Three's Company ABC Nancy Walker Ida Morgenstern Rhoda CBS 1979 (37th) Polly Holliday Florence "Flo" Castleberry Alice CBS Loni Anderson Jennifer Marlowe WKRP in Cincinnati CBS Marilu Henner Elaine Nardo Taxi ABC Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman Alice CBS Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
1980s Year Actor Role Program Network Ref 1980 (38th) Valerie Bertinelli Barbara Cooper One Day at a Time CBS Diane Ladd Isabelle "Belle" Dupree Alice Marilu Henner Elaine Nardo Taxi ABC Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman Alice CBS Linda Kelsey Billie Newman Lou Grant 1981 (39th) Valerie Bertinelli Barbara Cooper One Day at a Time CBS Danielle Brisebois Stephanie Mills Archie Bunker's Place CBS Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman Alice Marilu Henner Elaine Nardo Taxi ABC Lauren Tewes Julie McCoy The Love Boat 1982 (40th) Shelley Long Diane Chambers Cheers NBC Valerie Bertinelli Barbara Cooper One Day at a Time CBS Marilu Henner Elaine Nardo Taxi ABC Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman Alice CBS Carol Kane Simka Dahblitz Taxi ABC Loretta Swit Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan M*A*S*H CBS 1983 (41st) Barbara Stanwyck Mary Carson The Thorn Birds ABC Polly Holliday Aunt Minerva The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story CBS Angela Lansbury Amanda Fenwick Piper Laurie Anne Mueller The Thorn Birds ABC Jean Simmons Fee Cleary Victoria Tennant Pamela Tudsbury The Winds of War 1984 (42nd) Faye Dunaway Maud Charteris Ellis Island CBS Selma Diamond Selma Hacker Night Court NBC Marla Gibbs Florence Johnston The Jeffersons CBS Gina Lollobrigida Francesca Gioberti Falcon Crest Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Roxana Zal Amelia Bennett Something About Amelia ABC 1985 (43rd) Sylvia Sidney Beatrice McKenna An Early Frost NBC Lesley-Anne Down Madeline Fabray North and South ABC Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? Kate Reid Linda Loman Death of a Salesman CBS Inga Swenson Gretchen Kraus Benson ABC 1986 (44th) Olivia de Havilland Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna NBC Justine Bateman Mallory Keaton Family Ties NBC Piper Laurie Annie Gilbert Promise CBS Lilli Palmer Tsarina Natalya Peter the Great NBC Geraldine Page Itta Halaunbrenner Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story ABC Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC 1987 (45th) Claudette Colbert Alice Grenville The Two Mrs. Grenvilles NBC Allyce Beasley Agnes DiPesto Moonlighting ABC Julia Duffy Stephanie Vanderkellen Newhart CBS Christine Lahti Althea Milford Amerika ABC Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC 1988 (46th) Katherine Helmond Mona Robinson Who's the Boss? ABC Jackée Harry Sandra Clark 227 NBC Swoosie Kurtz Doris Steadman Baja Oklahoma HBO Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman L.A. Law 1989 (47th) Amy Madigan Sarah Weddington Roe vs. Wade NBC Anjelica Huston Clara Allen Lonesome Dove CBS Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers NBC Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman L.A. Law Julie Sommars Julie Marsh Matlock
1990s Year Actor Role Program Network Ref 1990 (48th) Piper Laurie Catherine Martell Twin Peaks ABC Sherilyn Fenn Audrey Horne Twin Peaks ABC Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown CBS Marg Helgenberger Karen "K.C." Koloski China Beach ABC Park Overall Laverne Todd Empty Nest NBC 1991 (49th) Amanda Donohoe Cara Jean Lamb L.A. Law NBC Sammi Davis Caroline Hailey Homefront ABC Faith Ford Corky Sherwood Murphy Brown CBS Estelle Getty Sophia Petrillo The Golden Girls NBC Park Overall Laverne Todd Empty Nest Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli Cheers Jean Stapleton Henny Fire in the Dark CBS 1992 (50th) Joan Plowright Olga Alliluyeva Stalin HBO Olympia Dukakis Dolly Sinatra Sinatra CBS Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne ABC Park Overall Laverne Todd Empty Nest NBC Amanda Plummer Lusia Burke Miss Rose White Gena Rowlands Honora Swift Crazy in Love TNT 1993 (51st) Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld NBC Cynthia Gibb Louise / Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy CBS Ann-Margret Sally Jackson Alex Haley's Queen Cecilia Peck Margaret Church The Portrait TNT Theresa Saldana Rachel Scali The Commish ABC 1994 (52nd) Miranda Richardson Charlie Maguire Fatherland HBO Sônia Braga Regina de Carvalho The Burning Season HBO Tyne Daly Alice Henderson Christy CBS Jane Leeves Daphne Moon Frasier NBC Laura Leighton Sydney Andrews Melrose Place Fox Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes Seinfeld NBC Laurie Metcalf Jackie Harris Roseanne ABC Leigh Taylor-Young Rachel Harris Picket Fences CBS Liz Torres Mahalia Sanchez The John Larroquette Show NBC 1995 (53rd) Shirley Knight Peggy Buckey Indictment: The McMartin Trial HBO Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill CBS Judy Davis Diane Divelbess Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NBC Melanie Griffith Dora DuFran Buffalo Girls CBS Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay Friends NBC Julianna Margulies Carol Hathaway ER 1996 (54th) Kathy Bates Helen Kushnick The Late Shift HBO Christine Baranski Maryann Thorpe Cybill CBS Cher Dr. Beth Thompson If These Walls Could Talk HBO Kristen Johnston Sally Solomon 3rd Rock from the Sun NBC Greta Scacchi Tsarina Alexandra Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny HBO 1997 (55th) Angelina Jolie Cornelia Wallace George Wallace TNT Joely Fisher Paige Clark Ellen ABC Della Reese Tess Touched by an Angel CBS Gloria Reuben Jeanie Boulet ER NBC Mare Winningham Lurleen Wallace George Wallace TNT 1998 (56th) Faye Dunaway Wilhelmina Cooper Gia HBO Camryn Manheim Ellenor Frutt The Practice ABC Helena Bonham Carter Morgan le Fay Merlin NBC Jane Krakowski Elaine Vassal Ally McBeal Fox Wendie Malick Nina Van Horn Just Shoot Me! NBC Susan Sullivan Kitty Montgomery Dharma & Greg ABC 1999 (57th) Nancy Marchand Livia Soprano The Sopranos HBO Kathy Bates Miss Agatha Hannigan Annie ABC Jacqueline Bisset Isabelle d'Arc Joan of Arc CBS Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones Sex and the City HBO Melanie Griffith Marion Davies RKO 281 Cynthia Nixon Miranda Hobbes Sex and the City Miranda Richardson Dinah Pellerin The Big Brass Ring Showtime
2000s