This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Television for Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series. This category was first introduced in 2017 and won by Issa Rae for Insecure. Rae leads the pack with most wins with 4 (consecutively). Tracee Ellis Ross is currently the most nominated actor with 5 nominations. In 2023, the Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress categories were combined into one Outstanding Performance category.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s Year Actress Series Network Ref 2017 Issa Rae Insecure HBO 2017 Black Reel Awards for Televisionhttp://blackreelawards.com/blackish-paces-the-black-reel-awards-for-telvision/ BLACK*ISH PACES THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TELEVISION FIELDhttps://www.blackfilm.com/read/2017/08/1st-annual-black-reel-awards-television-winners/ NEW EDITION STORY AND THIS IS US DOMINATE THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TELEVISION Michaela Coel Chewing Gum E4/ Netflix Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Logan Browning Dear White People Netflix Gina Rodriguez Jane the Virgin The CW 2018 Issa Rae Insecure HBO 2018 Black Reel Awards for Televisionhttp://blackreelawards.com/historic-night-for-queen-sugar/ VOTERS ARE “SWEET” ON QUEEN SUGAR Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Tiffany Haddish The Last O.G. TBS Logan Browning Dear White People Netflix Yara Shahidi Grown-ish Freeform 2019 Issa Rae Insecure HBO 2019 Black Reel Awards for Television Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Regina Hall Black Monday Showtime Tiffany Haddish The Last O.G. TBS DeWanda Wise She's Gotta Have It Netflix

2020s Year Actress Series Network Ref 2020 Issa Rae Insecure HBO 2020 Black Reel Awards for Televisionhttps://awardswatch.com/watchmen-insecure-top-black-reel-awards-for-television-winners/ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Insecure’ top Black Reel Awards for Television winnershttp://blackreelawards.com/watchmen-insecure-pace-the-black-reel-awards-for-tv-nominations/ WATCHMEN & INSECURE PACE THE BLACK REEL AWARDS FOR TV NOMINATIONS Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Zoe Kravitz High Fidelity HULU Rashida Jones blackAF Netflix Logan Browning Dear White People Netflix 2021 Robin Thede A Black Lady Sketch Show HBO Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Renée Elise Goldsberry Girls5eva Peacock Yara Shahidi grown-ish Freeform Bresha Webb Run the World Starz 2022 Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary ABC Regina Hall Black Monday Showtime Issa Rae Insecure HBO Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC Robin Thede A Black Lady Sketch Show HBO

Superlatives Superlative Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series Actress with most awardsIssa Rae (4) Actress with most nominationsTracee Ellis Ross (6) Actress with most nominations without ever winningTracee Ellis Ross (6)

Programs with multiple awards

4 awards Insecure

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards Issa Rae (4 consecutive)

Programs with multiple nominations

6 nominations Black-ish

5 nominations Insecure

3 nominations Dear White People

2 nominations Grown-ish The Last O.G.

Performers with multiple nominations

6 nominations Tracee Ellis Ross

5 nominations Issa Rae

3 nominations Logan Browning

2 nominations Tiffany Haddish Yara Shahidi

Total awards by network HBO - 5

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