Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
The 2023 recipient: Rachel Weisz
Awarded for	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Country	United States
Presented by	International Press Academy
First awarded	1996
Currently held by	Rachel Weisz – Dead Ringers (2023)

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
1996	Helen Mirren	Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment	DSI Jane Tennison	ITV
	Kirstie Alley	Suddenly	Marty Doyle	ABC
	Jena Malone	Hidden in America	Willa Januson	Showtime
	Lolita Davidovich	Harvest of Fire	Sally Russell	CBS
	Laura Dern	The Siege at Ruby Ridge	Vicki Weaver
1997	Jennifer Beals	The Twilight of the Golds	Suzanne Stein	Showtime
	Alfre Woodard	Miss Evers' Boys	Eunice Rivers Laurie	HBO
	Greta Scacchi	The Odyssey	Penelope	NBC
	Glenn Close	In the Gloaming	Janet	HBO
	Meryl Streep	...First Do No Harm	Lori Reimuller	ABC
1998	Angelina Jolie	Gia	Gia Carangi	HBO
	Olympia Dukakis	More Tales of the City	Anna Madrigal	Channel 4
	Mia Farrow	Miracle at Midnight	Doris Koster	ABC
	Barbara Hershey	The Staircase	Mother Madalyn	CBS
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Teri Small	Showtime
1999	Linda Hamilton	The Color of Courage	Anna Sipes	USA Network
	Kathy Bates	Annie	Miss Agatha Hannigan	ABC
	Halle Berry	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge	Dorothy Dandridge	HBO
	Leelee Sobieski	Joan of Arc	Joan d'Arc	CBS
	Regina Taylor	Strange Justice	Anita Hill	Showtime

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2000	Jill Hennessy	Nuremberg	Elsie Douglas	TNT
	Jennifer Beals	A House Divided	Amanda Dickson	Showtime
	Holly Hunter	Harlan County War	Ruby Kincaid
	Vanessa Redgrave	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Edith Tree	HBO
	Gena Rowlands	The Color of Love: Jacey's Story	Georgia Porter	CBS
2001	Judy Davis	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Judy Garland	ABC
	Laura Linney	Wild Iris	Iris Bravard	Showtime
	Sissy Spacek	Midwives	Sibyl Danforth	Lifetime
	Hannah Taylor-Gordon	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Anne Frank	ABC
	Emma Thompson	Wit	Vivian Bearing	HBO
2002	Vanessa Williams	Keep the Faith, Baby	Hazel Scott	Showtime
	Kathy Bates	My Sister's Keeper	Christine Chapman	CBS
	Vanessa Redgrave	The Gathering Storm	Clementine Churchill	HBO
	Stockard Channing	The Matthew Shepard Story	Judy Shepard	NBC
	Marcia Gay Harden	King of Texas	Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson	TNT
2003	Meryl Streep	Angels in America	Various Characters	HBO
	Felicity Huffman	Out of Order	Lorna Colm	Showtime
	Helen Mirren	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Karen Stone
	Mary Tyler Moore	Blessings	Lydia Blessing	CBS
	Jessica Lange	Normal	Irma Applewood	HBO
	Maggie Smith	My House in Umbria	Mrs. Emily Delahunty
2004	Dianne Wiest	The Blackwater Lightship	Lily Devereux Breen	CBS
	Helen Mirren	Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness	DSI Jane Tennison	ITV
	Clea DuVall	Helter Skelter	Linda Kasabian	CBS
	Angela Lansbury	The Blackwater Lightship	Dora Devereux
	Miranda Richardson	The Lost Prince	Queen Mary	BBC One
2005	Kristen Bell	Reefer Madness	Mary Lane	Showtime
	Natascha McElhone	Revelations	Sister Josepha Montafiore	NBC
	Geraldine McEwan	Agatha Christie's Marple	Miss Marple	ITV
	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lackawanna Blues	Rachel "Nanny" Crosby	HBO
	Cynthia Nixon	Warm Springs	Eleanor Roosevelt
	Keri Russell	The Magic of Ordinary Days	Livvy Dunne	CBS
2006	Judy Davis	A Little Thing Called Murder	Sante Kimes	Lifetime
	Annette Bening	Mrs. Harris	Jean Harris	HBO
	Helen Mirren	Elizabeth I	Elizabeth I
	Gillian Anderson	Bleak House	Lady Dedlock	BBC One
	Miranda Richardson	Gideon's Daughter	Stella
2007	Samantha Morton	Longford	Myra Hindley	HBO
	Ellen Burstyn	For One More Day	Pauline "Posey" Benetto	ABC
	Queen Latifah	Life Support	Ana Wallace	HBO
	Debra Messing	The Starter Wife	Molly Kagan	USA Network
	Sharon Small	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	DS Barbara Havers	BBC One
	Ruth Wilson	Jane Eyre	Jane Eyre
2008	Judi Dench	Cranford	Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns	PBS
	Jacqueline Bisset	An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving	Isabella Caldwell	Hallmark Channel
	Laura Linney	John Adams	Abigail Adams	HBO
	Phylicia Rashad	A Raisin in the Sun	Lena Younger	ABC
	Susan Sarandon	Bernard and Doris	Doris Duke	HBO
	Julie Walters	Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story	Mary Whitehouse	BBC Two
2009	Drew Barrymore	Grey Gardens	"Little" Edith Bouvier Beale	HBO
	Lauren Ambrose	Loving Leah	Leah Lever	CBS
	Judy Davis	Diamonds	Senator Joan Cameron	ABC
	Jessica Lange	Grey Gardens	"Big" Edith Bouvier Beale	HBO
	Janet McTeer	Into the Storm	Clementine Churchill
	Sigourney Weaver	Prayers for Bobby	Mary Griffith	Lifetime

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2010	Claire Danes	Temple Grandin	Temple Grandin	HBO
	Hope Davis	The Special Relationship	Hillary Clinton	HBO
	Judi Dench	Return to Cranford	Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns	BBC One
	Naomie Harris	Small Island	Hortense Roberts
	Ellie Kendrick	The Diary of Anne Frank	Anne Frank
	Ruth Wilson	Luther	Alice Morgan
	Winona Ryder	When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story	Lois Wilson	CBS
2011	Kate Winslet	Mildred Pierce	Mildred Pierce	HBO
	Taraji P. Henson	Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story	Tiffany Rubin	LMN
	Diane Lane	Cinema Verite	Pat Loud	HBO
	Jean Marsh	Upstairs Downstairs	Rose Buck	BBC One
	Elizabeth McGovern	Downton Abbey	Cora Crawley, The Countess of Grantham	ITV
	Rachel Weisz	Page Eight	Nancy Pierpan	BBC Two
2012	Julianne Moore	Game Change	Sarah Palin	HBO
	Gillian Anderson	Great Expectations	Miss Havisham	BBC One
	Romola Garai	The Crimson Petal and the White	Sugar	BBC Two
	Nicole Kidman	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Martha Gellhorn	HBO
	Sienna Miller	The Girl	Tippi Hedren
	Sigourney Weaver	Political Animals	Elaine Barrish	USA Network
2013	Elisabeth Moss	Top of the Lake	Det. Robin Griffin	Sundance TV
	Helena Bonham Carter	Burton & Taylor	Elizabeth Taylor	BBC America
	Holliday Grainger	Bonnie & Clyde	Bonnie Parker	Lifetime
	Melissa Leo	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Robin
	Rebecca Hall	Parade's End	Sylvia Tietjens	HBO
	Helen Mirren	Phil Spector	Linda Kenney Baden
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Coven	Fiona Goode	FX
	Laura Linney	The Big C: Hereafter	Cathy Jamison	Showtime
2014	Frances McDormand	Olive Kitteridge	Olive Kitteridge	HBO
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	The Honourable Woman	Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury	Sundance TV
	Sarah Lancashire	Happy Valley	Catherine Cawood	BBC One
	Cicely Tyson	The Trip to Bountiful	Carrie Watts	Lifetime
	Kristen Wiig	The Spoils of Babylon	Cynthia Morehouse	IFC
2015	Sarah Hay	Flesh and Bone	Claire Robbins	Starz
	Samantha Bond	Home Fires	Frances Barden	ITV
	Aunjanue Ellis	The Book of Negroes	Aminata Diallo	BET
	Claire Foy	Wolf Hall	Anne Boleyn	PBS
	Queen Latifah	Bessie	Bessie Smith	HBO
	Cynthia Nixon	Stockholm, Pennsylvania	Marcy Dargon	Lifetime
2016	Sarah Paulson	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Marcia Clark	FX
	Lily James	War & Peace	Natasha Rostova	BBC One
	Melissa Leo	All the Way	Lady Bird Johnson	HBO
	Kerry Washington	Confirmation	Anita Hill
	Audra McDonald	Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill	Billie Holiday
	Emily Watson	The Dresser	Her Ladyship	BBC Two
2017 [1][2]	Nicole Kidman	Big Little Lies	Celeste Wright	HBO
	Joanne Froggatt	Dark Angel	Mary Ann Cotton	ITV
	Michelle Pfeiffer	The Wizard of Lies	Ruth Madoff	HBO
	Jessica Lange	Feud: Bette and Joan	Joan Crawford	FX
	Susan Sarandon		Bette Davis
	Elisabeth Moss	Top of the Lake: China Girl	Robin Griffin	Sundance TV
2018 [3]	Amy Adams	Sharp Objects	Camille Preaker	HBO
	Dakota Fanning	The Alienist	Sara Howard	TNT
	Laura Dern	The Tale	Jennifer Fox	HBO
	Julia Roberts	Homecoming	Heidi Bergman	Prime Video
	Emma Stone	Maniac	Annie Landsberg	Netflix
2019 [4]	Michelle Williams	Fosse/Verdon	Gwen Verdon	FX
	India Eisley	I Am the Night	Fauna Hodel	TNT
	Aunjanue Ellis	When They See Us	Sharonne Salaam	Netflix
	Niecy Nash		Delores Wise
	Joey King	The Act	Gypsy Blanchard	Hulu
	Helen Mirren	Catherine the Great	Catherine the Great	HBO

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2020 [5][6]	Cate Blanchett	Mrs. America	Phyllis Schlafly	FX on Hulu
	Shira Haas	Unorthodox	Esther "Esty" Shapiro	Netflix
	Anya Taylor-Joy	The Queen's Gambit	Beth Harmon
	Nicole Kidman	The Undoing	Grace Fraser	HBO
	Zendaya	Euphoria	Rue Bennett
	Letitia Wright	Small Axe	Altheia Jones-LeCointe	Prime Video
2021 [7]	Kate Winslet	Mare of Easttown	Marianne "Mare" Sheehan	HBO
	Danielle Brooks	Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia	Mahalia Jackson	Lifetime
	Jodie Comer	Help	Sarah	Channel 4
	Cynthia Erivo	Genius: Aretha	Aretha Franklin	National Geographic
	Julianne Moore	Lisey's Story	Lisey Landon	Apple TV+
	Ruth Wilson	Oslo	Mona Juul	HBO
2022 [8]	Lily James	Pam & Tommy	Pamela Anderson	Hulu
	Jessica Biel	Candy	Candy Montgomery	Hulu
	Toni Collette	The Staircase	Kathleen Peterson	HBO Max
	Elle Fanning	The Girl from Plainville	Michelle Carter	Hulu
	Julia Roberts	Gaslit	Martha Mitchell	Starz
	Renée Zellweger	The Thing About Pam	Pam Hupp	NBC
2023 [9]	Rachel Weisz	Dead Ringers	Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle	Prime Video
	Kathryn Hahn	Tiny Beautiful Things	Clare Pierce	Hulu
	Brie Larson	Lessons in Chemistry	Elizabeth Zott	Apple TV+
	Anna Maxwell Martin	A Spy Among Friends	Lily Thomas	MGM+
	Juno Temple	Fargo	Dorothy "Dot" Lyon	FX
	Ali Wong	Beef	Amy Lau	Netflix

References

1. "'Dunkirk,' 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations". TheWrap. November 30, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
2. "Satellite Awards 2017". International Press Academy. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
3. "Satellite Awards 2018". International Press Academy. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
4. "Satellite Awards 2019". International Press Academy. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
5. "'One Night in Miami' and 'Nomadland' Lead Nominations for 25th Satellite Awards". Vimooz. February 1, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
6. Anderson, Erik (February 15, 2021). "Satellite Awards winners: 'Nomadland,' 'Forty-Year Old Version' top film prizes; 'Schitt's Creek,' 'Better Call Saul' take TV". Awards Watch. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
7. "2021 Winners". International Press Academy. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
8. "2022 Awardees". International Press Academy. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
9. "2023 Awardees". International Press Academy. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

External links

• Official website