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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Awarded for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded 1954
Currently held by Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
Veep (2016)
Official website emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below:


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