title: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
text: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season.
  
  The award was first presented at the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 19, 1975, to Juliet Mills, for her role as Samantha Cody in QB VII. The award ceremony garnered criticism during the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, when Ellen Burstyn received a nomination for her work in Mrs. Harris (2005), despite having only 14 seconds of screen time and 38 words of dialogue. This resulted in a rule change, requiring nominees submitting for the category to have more than 5% screen-time on their respective projects. 
  
  Since its inception, the award has been given to 38 actresses. Regina King, Jane Alexander, Judy Davis, Colleen Dewhurst, and Mare Winningham have each won two awards. Kathy Bates is the most nominated actress in the category, with seven nominations.
  
  Winners and nominations 
  Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
  
  1970s
  
  1980s
  
  1990s
  
  2000s
  
  2010s
  
  2020s
  
  Programs with multiple wins 
  
  2 wins
   American Crime
   American Horror Story
  
  Programs with multiple nominations 
  
  12 nominations
   American Horror Story
  
  5 nominations
   The White Lotus
  
  3 nominations
   American Crime
   Eleanor and Franklin
   Mildred Pierce
   Miss Rose White
   Mrs. America
  
  2 nominations
   American Crime Story
   And the Band Played On
   Backstairs at the White House
   Big Little Lies
   Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
   Dopesick
   Fargo
   Feud
   George Wallace
   Hamilton
   Hysterical Blindness
   Indictment: The McMartin Trial
   Joan of Arc
  
   Mare of Easttown
   The Mists of Avalon
   Mrs. Harris
   Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
   Playing for Time
   QB VII
   Temple Grandin
   The Thorn Birds
   Warm Springs
   Welcome to Chippendales
   When They See Us
   The Women's Room
   You Don't Know Jack
  
  Performers with multiple wins 
  
  2 wins
   Jane Alexander
   Judy Davis
   Colleen Dewhurst
   Regina King (consecutive)
   Mare Winningham
  
  Performers with multiple nominations 
  
  7 nominations
   Kathy Bates
  
  6 nominations
   Mare Winningham
  
  5 nominations
   Anne Bancroft
   Judy Davis
   Colleen Dewhurst
   Alfre Woodard
  
  4 nominations
   Sarah Paulson
  
  3 nominations
   Ellen Burstyn
   Stockard Channing
   Ruby Dee
   Patty Duke
   Penny Fuller
   Eileen Heckart
   Regina King
   Piper Laurie
   Cloris Leachman
   Vanessa Redgrave
   Jean Smart
   Cicely Tyson
  
  2 nominations
   Jane Alexander
   Eileen Atkins
   Angela Bassett
   Polly Bergen
   Toni Collette
   Frances Conroy
   Laura Dern
   Olympia Dukakis
   Julie Harris
   Glenne Headly
   Anjelica Huston
   Shirley Knight
   Swoosie Kurtz
   Melissa Leo
   Juliette Lewis
   Audra McDonald
   Rosemary Murphy
   Patricia Neal
   Diana Rigg
   Greta Scacchi
   Sissy Spacek
   Maggie Smith
   Merritt Wever
  
  See also 
   TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama
   Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
   Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
   Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
  
  References 
  
  Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Movie
   
  Emmy Award