Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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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 |
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: