The Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie is an award presented by the Critics Choice Association to the best performance by a female actress in an action television series or TV-movie.

This award was first presented in 2021 to Angela Bassett for her role as Athena Carter Grant Nash on 9-1-1. Bassett also holds the record for most nominations, with six consecutive nods for the same role.

The current recipient of the award is Kaitlin Olson for her role as Morgan Gillory in High Potential.

Winners and nominees Year Actress Role Series Network RefBest Actress in an Action Series2021 Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash9-1-1 Fox Jennifer Connelly Melanie Cavill Snowpiercer TNT Esmé Creed-Miles HannaHanna Amazon Prime Video Mireille Enos Marissa Wiegler Katheryn Winnick Lagertha Vikings History Alison Wright Ruth Wardell Snowpiercer TNT 2022 HoYeon Jung Kang Sae-byeokSquid Game Netflix Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash 9-1-1 Fox Kim Joo-ryoung Han Mi-nyeo Squid Game Netflix Queen Latifah Robyn McCall The Equalizer CBS Olivia Liang Nicky Shen Kung Fu The CW Mary McCormack Willie Day Heels Starz Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie2023 Helen Mirren Cara Dutton 1923 Paramount+ Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash 9-1-1 Fox Queen Latifah Robyn McCall The Equalizer CBS Olivia Liang Nicky Shen Kung Fu The CW Katherine McNamara Abby Walker Walker: Independence Kelly Reilly Beth Dutton Yellowstone Paramount Network 2024Zoe Saldaña Joe McNamara Special Ops: Lioness Paramount+ Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash 9-1-1 Fox Luciane Buchanan Rose Larkin The Night Agent Netflix Priyanka Chopra Jonas Nadia Sinh Citadel Amazon Prime Video Queen Latifah Robyn McCall The Equalizer CBS Maria Sten Frances Neagley Reacher Amazon Prime Video 2025Anna Sawai Toda Mariko Shōgun FX Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash 9-1-1 ABC Viola Davis Danielle Sutton G20 Amazon Prime Video Keira Knightley Helen Webb Black Doves Netflix Lashana Lynch Bianca Pullman The Day of the Jackal Peacock Zoe Saldaña Joe McNamara Lioness Paramount+ 2026Kaitlin OlsonMorgan GilloryHigh Potential ABC Angela Bassett Athena Grant-Nash 9-1-1 ABC Julianne Nicholson Samantha "Sinatra" Redmond Paradise Hulu Gloria Reuben Mae Silver Boston Blue CBS Octavia Spencer Debbie Ride or Die Amazon Prime Video Hannah Waddingham Judith

Series with multiple nominations 6 nominations 9-1-1

3 nominations The Equalizer

2 nominations Hanna Kung Fu Lioness Ride or Die Snowpiercer Squid Game

Performers with multiple nominations

6 nominations Angela Bassett

3 nominations Queen Latifah

2 nominations Olivia Liang Zoe Saldaña

See also Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Action Series Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actor in an Action Series

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