This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. These awards, like the guest acting awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but, rather, at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
In January 2024, the Television Academy announced several rule changes for the 76th Emmy Awards, including adjustments to the short form categories. Due to a decline in submissions over the past five years, the Academy combined the separate awards for Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series into a single, gender-neutral category: Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. This consolidation aimed to streamline the awards process and better reflect the current state of short form content.
Winners and nominations
2010s Year Actor Program Role Network 2016(68th) Patrika Darbo Acting Dead Margot Mullen ActingDead.com Michelle Ang Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 Alex AMC Erinn Hayes Childrens Hospital Lola Spratt Adult Swim Tracie Thoms Send Me: an original web series Gwen BET.com Janet Varney Everyone's Crazy But Us Denie Silverman funnyordie.com 2017(69th) Jane Lynch Dropping the Soap Olivia Vanderstein Amazon Lauren Lapkus The Earliest Show Samantha Newman Funny or Die Kelsey Scott Fear the Walking Dead: Passage Sierra AMC.comMindy Sterling Con Man Bobbie Comic-Con HQ secs & EXECS Shirla tellofilms.com 2018(70th) Christina Pickles Break a Hip Biz Vimeo Megan Amram An Emmy for Megan Megan Amram anemmyformegan.com Lee Garlington Broken Darlene Vimeo Naomi Grossman Ctrl Alt Delete Lorna Facebook.com Diarra Kilpatrick American Koko Akosua Millard abc.go.com Kelli O'Hara The Accidental Wolf Katie Bonner theaccidentalwolf.com 2019(71st) Rosamund Pike State of the Union Louise Sundance Ilana Glazer Hack Into Broad City Ilana Wexler Comedy Central Jessica Hecht Special Mom Netflix Abbi Jacobson Hack Into Broad City Abbi Abrams Comedy Central Punam Patel Special Kim Laghari Netflix
2020s Year Actor Program Role Network 2020(72nd) Jasmine Cephas Jones #FreeRayshawn Tyisha Quibi Anna Kendrick Dummy Cody Heller Quibi Kerri Kenney-Silver Reno 911! Deputy Trudy Wiegel Kaitlin Olson Flipped Cricket Melfi Rain Valdez Razor Tongue Belle Jonas YouTube 2021(73rd) Keke Palmer Keke Palmer's Turnt Up with the Taylors Barbie / Gammy Tay / Lil Thad / Miranda / Rick Facebook Watch Nathalie Emmanuel Die Hart Jordan King Quibi Kerri Kenney-Silver Reno 911! Deputy Trudy Wiegel Paula Pell Mapleworth Murders Mrs. Abigail Mapleworth 2022(74th) Patricia Clarkson State of the Union Ellen Sundance TV Jacinte Blankenship Intersection JenayaYouTube Desi Lydic Desi Lydic Foxsplains Desi Lydic Rhea Seehorn Cooper's Bar Kris Latimer Sydnee Washington Bridesman Judith 2023(75th) Jasmine Guy Chronicles of Jessica Wu Barbara Baldwin Prime Video Nathalie EmmanuelDie Hart 2: Die Harter Jordan KingThe Roku Channel Paula Pell Cynthia
Multiple nominations 2 nominations Nathalie Emmanuel Kerri Kenney-Silver Paula Pell Mindy Sterling
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