Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film or Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
The 2024 recipient: Jodie Foster
Awarded for	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Country	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Foreign Press Association
First award	January 30, 1982
Currently held by	Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country (2024)
Most awards	Judy Davis, Ann-Margret, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet (all have 2 each)
Most nominations	Jessica Lange (8) Helen Mirren (8)
Website	goldenglobes.org

It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year. The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30, 1982, to Jane Seymour, for her performance in East of Eden (1981). Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress – Television Series Drama category, before the creation of this category.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 actresses. Jodie Foster is the current recipient of the award, for her performance in True Detective: Night Country (2024). Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, and Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet have won the most awards in the category, winning two times. Jessica Lange and Mirren have been nominated for the award on eight occasions, the most for the category.

Winners and nominees

Jane Seymour was the first recipient of the award, for East of Eden (1981)

Ingrid Bergman won for A Woman Called Golda (1982).

Ann-Margret won two consecutive times, for her roles in Who Will Love My Children? (1983) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)

Liza Minnelli won for A Time to Live (1985)

Judy Davis won for One Against the Wind (1991) and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).

Jessica Lange won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1995).

Alfre Woodard won for Miss Evers' Boys (1997)

Helen Mirren won twice for Losing Chase (1996) and Elizabeth I (2005).

Angelina Jolie won for Gia (1998).

Halle Berry won for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999).

Dame Judi Dench won for The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)

Meryl Streep won for Angels in America (2003).

Glenn Close won for The Lion in Winter (2003).

Laura Linney won for John Adams (2008).

Drew Barrymore won for Grey Gardens (2009)

Claire Danes won for Temple Grandin (2010).

Kate Winslet won this award twice for her roles in Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).

Julianne Moore won for playing Sarah Palin Game Change (2012).

Elisabeth Moss won for Top of the Lake (2013).

Lady Gaga won for American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016).

Sarah Paulson won playing Marcia Clark The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016).

Nicole Kidman won for Big Little Lies (2017).

Patricia Arquette won for Escape at Dannemora (2018).

Michelle Williams won playing Gwen Verdon Fosse/Verdon (2019)

Anya Taylor-Joy won for The Queen's Gambit (2020).

Amanda Seyfried won playing Elizabeth Holmes The Dropout (2022)

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning actress

1980s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1981 (39th)
	Jane Seymour ‡	Cathy Ames / Kate Albey	East of Eden	ABC	[1]
	Ellen Burstyn	Jean Harris	The People vs. Jean Harris	NBC
	Glenda Jackson	Patricia Neal	The Patricia Neal Story	CBS
	Jaclyn Smith	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	ABC
	Joanne Woodward	Elizabeth Huckaby	Crisis at Central High	CBS
1982 (40th)
	Ingrid Bergman ‡	Golda Meir	A Woman Called Golda	CBS	[2]
	Carol Burnett	Beatrice O'Reilly	Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice	CBS
	Lucy Gutteridge	Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt	Little Gloria... Happy at Last	NBC
	Ann Jillian	Mae West	Mae West	ABC
	Lee Remick	Leslie Crosbie	The Letter
	Jean Stapleton	Eleanor Roosevelt	Eleanor, First Lady of the World	CBS
1983 (41st)
	Ann-Margret ‡	Lucile Fray	Who Will Love My Children?	ABC	[3]
	Susan Blakely	Frances Farmer	Will There Really Be a Morning?	CBS
	Blair Brown	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	Kennedy	NBC
	Gena Rowlands	Victoria Alden	Thursday's Child	CBS
	Rachel Ward	Meggie Cleary	The Thorn Birds	ABC
1984 (42nd)
	Ann-Margret ‡	Blanche DuBois	A Streetcar Named Desire	ABC	[4]
	Glenn Close	Gail Bennett	Something About Amelia	ABC
	Farrah Fawcett	Francine Hughes	The Burning Bed	NBC
	Jane Fonda	Gertie Nevels	The Dollmaker	ABC
	Glenda Jackson	Yelena Bonner	Sakharov	HBO
1985 (43rd)
	Liza Minnelli ‡	Mary-Lou Weisman	A Time to Live	NBC	[5]
	Peggy Ashcroft	Barbara Batchelor	The Jewel in the Crown	PBS
	Gena Rowlands	Katherine Pierson	An Early Frost	NBC
	Marlo Thomas	Tess Lynd	Consenting Adult	ABC
	Joanne Woodward	Barbara Wyatt-Hollis	Do You Remember Love	CBS
1986 (44th)
	Loretta Young ‡	Amanda Kingsley	Christmas Eve	NBC	[6]
	Farrah Fawcett	Beate Klarsfeld	Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story	ABC
	Amy Irving	Anastasia "Anna" Anderson	Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna	NBC
	Vanessa Redgrave	Renée Richards	Second Serve	CBS
	Marlo Thomas	Marie Balter	Nobody's Child
1987 (45th)
	Gena Rowlands ‡	Betty Ford	The Betty Ford Story	ABC	[7]
	Ann-Margret	Ann Arden Grenville	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	NBC
	Farrah Fawcett	Barbara Hutton	Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
	Shirley MacLaine	Herself	Out on a Limb	ABC
	Raquel Welch	Emily Bauer	Right to Die	NBC
1988 (46th)
	Ann Jillian ‡	Herself	The Ann Jillian Story	NBC	[8]
	Vanessa Redgrave	Alice More	A Man for All Seasons	TNT
	Jane Seymour	Natalie Henry	War and Remembrance (Parts I – VII)	ABC
		Wallis Simpson	The Woman He Loved	CBS
	JoBeth Williams	Mary Beth Whitehead	Baby M	ABC
1989 (47th)
	Christine Lahti ‡	Zan Cooper	No Place Like Home	CBS	[9]
	Farrah Fawcett	Diane Downs	Small Sacrifices	ABC
	Holly Hunter	Ellen Russell / Jane Doe	Roe vs. Wade	NBC
	Jane Seymour	Natalie Henry	War and Remembrance (Parts VIII – XII)	ABC
	Loretta Young	Grace Guthrie	Lady in the Corner	NBC

1990s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
1990 (48th)
	Barbara Hershey ‡	Candy Morrison	A Killing in a Small Town	CBS	[10]
	Annette O'Toole	Rose Kennedy	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	ABC
	Suzanne Pleshette	Leona Helmsley	Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean	CBS
	Lesley Ann Warren	Barbara Walker	Family of Spies
	Stephanie Zimbalist	Caroline	Caroline?
1991 (49th)
	Judy Davis ‡	Mary Lindell	One Against the Wind	CBS	[11]
	Glenn Close	Sarah Whedon	Sarah, Plain and Tall	CBS
	Sally Kirkland	Janet Smurl	The Haunted	Fox
	Jessica Tandy	Grace	The Story Lady	NBC
	Lynn Whitfield	Josephine Baker	The Josephine Baker Story	HBO
1992 (50th)
	Laura Dern ‡	Janet Harduvel	Afterburn	HBO	[12]
	Drew Barrymore	Anita Minteer	Guncrazy	Showtime
	Katharine Hepburn	Victoria Brown	The Man Upstairs	CBS
	Jessica Lange	Alexandra Bergson	O Pioneers!
	Kyra Sedgwick	Reyzel Weiss / Rose White	Miss Rose White	NBC
1993 (51st)
	Bette Midler ‡	Rose Hovick	Gypsy	HBO	[13]
	Helena Bonham Carter	Marina Oswald Porter	Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald	NBC
	Faye Dunaway	Lauren Staton	Columbo	ABC
	Holly Hunter	Wanda Holloway	The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom	HBO
	Anjelica Huston	Lainey Eberlin	Family Pictures	ABC
1994 (52nd)
	Joanne Woodward ‡	Maggie Moran	Breathing Lessons	CBS	[14]
	Kirstie Alley	Sally Goodson	David's Mother	CBS
	Irene Bedard	Mary Crow Dog	Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee	TNT
	Diane Keaton	Amelia Earhart	Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
	Diana Ross	Pauline "Paulie" Cooper	Out of Darkness	ABC
1995 (53rd)
	Jessica Lange ‡	Blanche DuBois	A Streetcar Named Desire	CBS	[15]
	Glenn Close	Margarethe Cammermeyer	Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story	NBC
	Jamie Lee Curtis	Heidi Holland	The Heidi Chronicles	TNT
	Sally Field	Bess Garner Steed	A Woman of Independent Means	NBC
	Linda Hamilton	Rosemary Holmstrom	A Mother's Prayer	USA
1996 (54th)
	Helen Mirren ‡	Chase Phillips	Losing Chase	Showtime	[16]
	Ashley Judd	Norma Jean Dougherty	Norma Jean & Marilyn	HBO
	Demi Moore	Claire Donnelly	If These Walls Could Talk
	Isabella Rossellini	Anna Hauptmann	Crime of the Century
	Mira Sorvino	Marilyn Monroe	Norma Jean & Marilyn
1997 (55th)
	Alfre Woodard ‡	Eunice Evers	Miss Evers' Boys	HBO	[17]
	Ellen Barkin	Glory Marie Jackson	Before Women Had Wings	ABC
	Jena Malone	Lily Kate Burns	Hope	TNT
	Vanessa Redgrave	Graziella Luciano	Bella Mafia	CBS
	Meryl Streep	Lori Reimuller	...First Do No Harm	ABC
1998 (56th)
	Angelina Jolie ‡	Gia Carangi	Gia	HBO	[18]
	Stockard Channing	Rachel Luchman	The Baby Dance	Showtime
	Laura Dern	Wanda LeFauve
	Ann-Margret	Pamela Harriman	Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story	Lifetime
	Miranda Richardson	Queen Mab	Merlin	CBS
1999 (57th)
	Halle Berry ‡	Dorothy Dandridge	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	HBO	[19]
	Judy Davis	Lillian Hellman	Dash and Lilly	A&E
	Mia Farrow	Diana McGowin	Forget Me Never	CBS
	Helen Mirren	Ayn Rand	The Passion of Ayn Rand	Showtime
	Leelee Sobieski	Joan of Arc	Joan of Arc	CBS

2000s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2000 (58th)
	Judi Dench ‡	Elizabeth Harman	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	HBO	[20]
	Holly Hunter	Ruby Kincaid	Harlan County War	Showtime
	Christine Lahti	Lyssa Dent Hughes	An American Daughter	Lifetime
	Frances O'Connor	Emma Bovary	Madame Bovary	PBS
	Rachel Ward	Moira Davidson	On the Beach	Showtime
	Alfre Woodard	Wanda Dean	Holiday Heart
2001 (59th)
	Judy Davis ‡	Judy Garland	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	ABC	[21]
	Bridget Fonda	Linda Sinclair	After Amy	Lifetime
	Julianna Margulies	Morgaine	The Mists of Avalon	TNT
	Leelee Sobieski	Tosia Altman	Uprising	NBC
	Hannah Taylor-Gordon	Anne Frank	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	ABC
	Emma Thompson	Vivian Bearing	Wit	HBO
2002 (60th)
	Uma Thurman ‡	Debby Miller	Hysterical Blindness	HBO	[22]
	Helena Bonham Carter	Ingrid Formanek	Live from Baghdad	HBO
	Shirley MacLaine	Mary Kay Ash	Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay	CBS
	Helen Mirren	Mrs. Porter	Door to Door	HBO
	Vanessa Redgrave	Clementine Churchill	The Gathering Storm	HBO
2003 (61st)
	Meryl Streep ‡	Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia	Angels in America	HBO	[23]
	Judy Davis	Nancy Reagan	The Reagans	Showtime
	Jessica Lange	Irma Applewood	Normal	HBO
	Helen Mirren	Karen Stone	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Showtime
	Maggie Smith	Emily Delahunty	My House in Umbria	HBO
2004 (62nd)
	Glenn Close ‡	Queen Eleanor	The Lion in Winter	Showtime	[24]
	Blythe Danner	Rebecca Holmes Davitch	Back When We Were Grownups	CBS
	Julianna Margulies	Maren Jackson	The Grid	TNT
	Miranda Richardson	Queen Mary	The Lost Prince	PBS
	Hilary Swank	Alice Paul	Iron Jawed Angels	HBO
2005 (63rd)
	S. Epatha Merkerson ‡	Rachel "Nanny" Crosby	Lackawanna Blues	HBO	[25]
	Halle Berry	Janie Crawford	Their Eyes Were Watching God	ABC
	Kelly Macdonald	Gina	The Girl in the Café	HBO
	Cynthia Nixon	Eleanor Roosevelt	Warm Springs
	Mira Sorvino	Agent Kate Morozov / Katya Morozova	Human Trafficking	Lifetime
2006 (64th)
	Helen Mirren ‡	Queen Elizabeth I	Elizabeth I	HBO	[26]
	Gillian Anderson	Lady Honoria Dedlock	Bleak House	PBS
	Annette Bening	Jean Harris	Mrs. Harris	HBO
	Helen Mirren	Jane Tennison	Prime Suspect: The Final Act	PBS
	Sophie Okonedo	Susie Carter	Tsunami: The Aftermath	HBO
2007 (65th)
	Queen Latifah ‡	Ana Wallace	Life Support	HBO	[27]
	Bryce Dallas Howard	Rosalind	As You Like It	HBO
	Debra Messing	Molly Kagan	The Starter Wife	USA
	Sissy Spacek	Josie Cahill	Pictures of Hollis Woods	CBS
	Ruth Wilson	Jane Eyre	Jane Eyre	PBS
2008 (66th)
	Laura Linney ‡	Abigail Adams	John Adams	HBO	[28]
	Judi Dench	Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns	Cranford	PBS
	Catherine Keener	Gertrude Baniszewski	An American Crime	Showtime
	Shirley MacLaine	Coco Chanel	Coco Chanel	Lifetime
	Susan Sarandon	Doris Duke	Bernard and Doris	HBO
2009 (67th)
	Drew Barrymore ‡	Edith "Little Edie" Beale	Grey Gardens	HBO	[29]
	Joan Allen	Georgia O'Keeffe	Georgia O'Keeffe	Lifetime
	Jessica Lange	Edith "Big Edie" Beale	Grey Gardens	HBO
	Anna Paquin	Irena Sendler	The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler	CBS
	Sigourney Weaver	Mary Griffith	Prayers for Bobby	Lifetime

2010s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2010 (68th)
	Claire Danes ‡	Temple Grandin	Temple Grandin	HBO	[30]
	Hayley Atwell	Aliena	The Pillars of the Earth	Starz
	Judi Dench	Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns	Return to Cranford	PBS
	Romola Garai	Emma Woodhouse	Emma
	Jennifer Love Hewitt	Samantha Horton	The Client List	Lifetime
2011 (69th)
	Kate Winslet ‡	Mildred Pierce	Mildred Pierce	HBO	[31]
	Romola Garai	Bel Rowley	The Hour	BBC America
	Diane Lane	Pat Loud	Cinema Verite	HBO
	Elizabeth McGovern	Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham	Downton Abbey	PBS
	Emily Watson	Janet Leach	Appropriate Adult	Sundance Channel
2012 (70th)
	Julianne Moore ‡	Sarah Palin	Game Change	HBO	[32]
	Nicole Kidman	Martha Gellhorn	Hemingway & Gellhorn	HBO
	Jessica Lange	Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin	American Horror Story: Asylum	FX
	Sienna Miller	Tippi Hedren	The Girl	HBO
	Sigourney Weaver	Elaine Barrish	Political Animals	USA
2013 (71st)
	Elisabeth Moss ‡	Det. Robin Griffin	Top of the Lake	Sundance Channel	[33]
	Helena Bonham Carter	Elizabeth Taylor	Burton & Taylor	BBC America
	Rebecca Ferguson	Elizabeth Woodville	The White Queen	Starz
	Jessica Lange	Fiona Goode	American Horror Story: Coven	FX
	Helen Mirren	Linda Kenney Baden	Phil Spector	HBO
2014 (72nd)
	Maggie Gyllenhaal ‡	Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury	The Honourable Woman	Sundance Channel	[34]
	Jessica Lange	Elsa Mars	American Horror Story: Freak Show	FX
	Frances McDormand	Olive Kitteridge	Olive Kitteridge	HBO
	Frances O'Connor	Emily Hughes	The Missing	Starz
	Allison Tolman	Molly Solverson	Fargo	FX
2015 (73rd)
	Lady Gaga ‡	Elizabeth Johnson / The Countess	American Horror Story: Hotel	FX	[35]
	Kirsten Dunst	Peggy Blumquist	Fargo	FX
	Sarah Hay	Claire Robbins	Flesh and Bone	Starz
	Felicity Huffman	Barbara "Barb" Hanlon	American Crime	ABC
	Queen Latifah	Bessie Smith	Bessie	HBO
2016 (74th)
	Sarah Paulson ‡	Marcia Clark	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	FX	[36]
	Felicity Huffman	Leslie Graham	American Crime	ABC
	Riley Keough	Christine Reade	The Girlfriend Experience	Starz
	Charlotte Rampling	Frances Turner	London Spy	BBC America
	Kerry Washington	Anita Hill	Confirmation	HBO
2017 (75th)
	Nicole Kidman ‡	Celeste Wright	Big Little Lies	HBO	[37]
	Jessica Biel	Cora Tannetti	The Sinner	USA
	Jessica Lange	Joan Crawford	Feud: Bette and Joan	FX
	Susan Sarandon	Bette Davis
	Reese Witherspoon	Madeline Martha Mackenzie	Big Little Lies	HBO
2018 (76th)
	Patricia Arquette ‡	Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell	Escape at Dannemora	Showtime	[38]
	Amy Adams	Camille Preaker	Sharp Objects	HBO
	Connie Britton	Debra Newell	Dirty John	Bravo
	Laura Dern	Jennifer Fox	The Tale	HBO
	Regina King	Latrice Butler	Seven Seconds	Netflix
2019 (77th)
	Michelle Williams ‡	Gwen Verdon	Fosse/Verdon	FX
	Kaitlyn Dever	Marie Adler	Unbelievable	Netflix
	Joey King	Gypsy Blanchard	The Act	Hulu
	Helen Mirren	Catherine the Great	Catherine the Great	HBO
	Merritt Wever	Detective Karen Duvall	Unbelievable	Netflix

2020s

Year	Actor	Role	Program	Network	Ref
2020 (78th)
	Anya Taylor-Joy ‡	Beth Harmon	The Queen's Gambit	Netflix	[39]
	Cate Blanchett	Phyllis Schlafly	Mrs. America	FX / Hulu
	Daisy Edgar-Jones	Marianne Sheridan	Normal People	BBC / Hulu
	Shira Haas	Esther "Esty" Shapiro	Unorthodox	Netflix
	Nicole Kidman	Grace Fraser	The Undoing	HBO
2021 (79th)
	Kate Winslet ‡	Marianne "Mare" Sheehan	Mare of Easttown	HBO	[40]
	Jessica Chastain	Mira Phillips	Scenes from a Marriage	HBO
	Cynthia Erivo	Aretha Franklin	Genius	NatGeo
	Elizabeth Olsen	Wanda Maximoff	WandaVision	Disney+
	Margaret Qualley	Alex Russell	Maid	Netflix
2022 (80th)
	Amanda Seyfried ‡	Elizabeth Holmes	The Dropout	Hulu	[41]
	Jessica Chastain	Tammy Wynette	George & Tammy	Showtime
	Julia Garner	Anna Delvey	Inventing Anna	Netflix
	Lily James	Pamela Anderson	Pam & Tommy	Hulu
	Julia Roberts	Martha Mitchell	Gaslit	Starz
2023 (81st)
	Ali Wong ‡	Amy Lau	Beef	Netflix	[42]
	Riley Keough	Daisy Jones	Daisy Jones & the Six	Prime Video
	Brie Larson	Elizabeth Zott	Lessons in Chemistry	Apple TV+
	Elizabeth Olsen	Candy Montgomery	Love & Death	HBO Max
	Juno Temple	Dorothy "Dot" Lyon	Fargo	FX
	Rachel Weisz	Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle	Dead Ringers	Prime Video
2024 (82nd)
	Jodie Foster ‡	Liz Danvers	True Detective: Night Country	HBO	[43]
	Cate Blanchett	Catherine Ravenscroft	Disclaimer	Apple TV+
	Cristin Milioti	Sofia Falcone	The Penguin	HBO
	Sofia Vergara	Griselda Blanco	Griselda	Netflix
	Naomi Watts	Barbara "Babe" Paley	Feud: Capote vs. the Swans	FX
	Kate Winslet	Elena Vernham	The Regime	HBO

Superlatives

Multiple wins Wins Name 2 Ann-Margret Judy Davis Helen Mirren Kate Winslet

Multiple nominations Nominations Name 8 Jessica Lange Helen Mirren 4 Ann-Margret Glenn Close Judy Davis Farrah Fawcett Vanessa Redgrave Jane Seymour 3 Helena Bonham Carter Judi Dench Laura Dern Holly Hunter Nicole Kidman Shirley MacLaine Gena Rowlands Kate Winslet Joanne Woodward 2 Drew Barrymore Halle Berry Cate Blanchett Jessica Chastain Romola Garai Felicity Huffman Glenda Jackson Ann Jillian Riley Keough Christine Lahti Queen Latifah Julianna Margulies Frances O'Connor Elizabeth Olsen Miranda Richardson Susan Sarandon Leelee Sobieski Mira Sorvino Meryl Streep Marlo Thomas Rachel Ward Sigourney Weaver Alfre Woodard Loretta Young

See also

• Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
• 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