Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama | |
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Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
First awarded | March 5, 1962 |
Currently held by |
Claire Foy, The Crown (2016) |
Most awards | Angela Lansbury, (4) |
Most nominations | Angela Lansbury, (10) |
Official website | goldenglobes.org |
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The award honors the best performance by an actress in a drama television series.
It was first awarded at the 19th Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 under the title Best TV Star - Female, encompassing performances in comedy and drama television series, to Pauline Frederick. The nominees for the award announced annually starting in 1963. In 1969, the award was split into the drama and comedy categories, presented under the new title Best TV Actress - Drama and in 1980 under its current title.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 50 actresses. Angela Lansbury has won the most awards in this category, winning four times, and received ten nominations for the awards, the most in the category.
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.