Il Primetime Emmy Awards per la migliore attrice protagonista in una serie commedia (Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series) è un premio annuale consegnato nell'ambito del Primetime Emmy Awards dal 1954 all'attrice protagonista di una serie televisiva di genere commedia dell'anno in corso. Fino al 1966 il premio era assegnato indistintamente al genere della serie televisiva.
Vincitori e candidati I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire gli altri candidati.
Anni 1950
1954 Eve Arden - Our Miss Brooks Lucille Ball - Lucy ed io (I Love Lucy) Imogene Coca - Your Show of Shows Dinah Shore - The Dinah Shore Show Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show 1955 Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show Gracie Allen - The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Eve Arden - Our Miss Brooks Lucille Ball - Lucy ed io (I Love Lucy) Ann Sothern - Private Secretary 1956 Lucille Ball - Lucy ed io (I Love Lucy) Gracie Allen - The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Eve Arden - Our Miss Brooks Jean Hagen - Make Room for Daddy Ann Sothern - Private Secretary 1957 Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show Jan Clayton - Lassie Ida Lupino - Four Star Playhouse Peggy Wood - Mama Jane Wyman - Jane Wyman Theatre 1958 Jane Wyatt - Papà ha ragione (Father Knows Best) Eve Arden - The Eve Arden Show Spring Byington - December Bride Jan Clayton - Lassie Ida Lupino - Mr. Adams and Eve 1959 Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show Phyllis Kirk - L'uomo ombra (The Thin Man) June Lockhart - Lassie Jane Wyman - The Jane Wyman Show
Anni 1960
1960 Jane Wyatt - Papà ha ragione (Father Knows Best) Donna Reed - The Donna Reed Show Teresa Wright - Sunday Showcase Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show 1961 Barbara Stanwyck - The Barbara Stanwyck Show Donna Reed - The Donna Reed Show Loretta Young - The Loretta Young Show 1962 Shirley Booth - Hazel Gertrude Berg - The Gertrude Berg Show Donna Reed - The Gertrude Berg Show Mary Stuart - Aspettando il domani (Search for Tomorrow) Cara Williams - Pete and Gladys 1963 Shirley Booth - Hazel Lucille Ball - The Lucy Show Shirl Conway - The Nurses Mary Tyler Moore - The Dick Van Dyke Show Irene Ryan - The Beverly Hillbillies 1964 Mary Tyler Moore - The Dick Van Dyke Show Shirley Booth - Hazel Patty Duke - The Patty Duke Show Irene Ryan - The Beverly Hillbillies Inger Stevens - The Farmer's Daughter 1966 Mary Tyler Moore - The Dick Van Dyke Show Lucille Ball - The Lucy Show Elizabeth Montgomery - Vita da strega (Bewitched) 1967 Lucille Ball - The Lucy Show Elizabeth Montgomery - Vita da strega (Bewitched) Agnes Moorehead - Vita da strega (Bewitched) Marlo Thomas - Quella strana ragazza (That Girl) 1968 Lucille Ball - The Lucy Show Barbara Feldon - Get Smart Elizabeth Montgomery - Vita da strega (Bewitched) Paula Prentiss - He & She Marlo Thomas - Quella strana ragazza (That Girl) 1969 Hope Lange - La signora e il fantasma (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) Diahann Carroll - Giulia (Julia) Barbara Feldon - Get Smart Elizabeth Montgomery - Vita da strega (Bewitched)
Anni 1970
1970 Hope Lange - La signora e il fantasma (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) Elizabeth Montgomery - Vita da strega (Bewitched) Marlo Thomas - Quella strana ragazza (That Girl) 1971 Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Marlo Thomas - Quella strana ragazza (That Girl) Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1972 Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Sandy Duncan - The Sandy Duncan Show Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1973 Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Bea Arthur - Maude 1974 Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show Bea Arthur - Maude Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) 1975 Valerie Harper - Rhoda Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1976 Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show Lee Grant - Fay Bea Arthur - Maude Cloris Leachman - Phyllis Valerie Harper - Rhoda 1977 Bea Arthur - Maude Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Valerie Harper - Rhoda Suzanne Pleshette - The Bob Newhart Show Mary Tyler Moore - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1978 Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Bea Arthur - Maude Valerie Harper - Rhoda Cathryn Damon - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Katherine Helmond - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Suzanne Pleshette - The Bob Newhart Show 1979 Ruth Gordon - Taxi Linda Lavin - Alice Jean Stapleton - Arcibaldo (All in the Family) Katherine Helmond - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
Anni 1980 1980 Cathryn Damon - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Polly Holliday - Flo Sheree North - Archie Bunker's Place Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) Katherine Helmond - Bolle di sapone (Soap) 1981 Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) Eileen Brennan - Taxi Cathryn Damon - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Katherine Helmond - Bolle di sapone (Soap) Lynn Redgrave - Visite a domicilio (House Calls) 1982 Carol Kane - Taxi Swoosie Kurtz - Con affetto, tuo Sidney (Love, Sidney) Nell Carter - La piccola grande Nell (Gimme a Break!) Charlotte Rae - L'albero delle mele (The Facts of Life) Bonnie Franklin - Giorno per giorno (One Day at a Time) Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) 1983 Shelley Long - Cin cin (Cheers) Mariette Hartley - Signore e signori buonasera (Goodnight, Beantown) Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) Nell Carter - La piccola grande Nell (Gimme a Break!) Swoosie Kurtz - Con affetto, tuo Sidney (Love, Sidney) Rita Moreno - Dalle 9 alle 5, orario continuato (9 to 5) 1984 Jane Curtin - Kate e Allie (Kate & Allie) Joanna Cassidy - Buffalo Bill Shelley Long - Cin cin (Cheers) Susan Saint James - Kate e Allie (Kate & Allie) Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) 1985 Jane Curtin - Kate e Allie (Kate & Allie) Shelley Long - Cin cin (Cheers) Phylicia Rashad - I Robinson (The Cosby Show) Susan Saint James - Kate e Allie (Kate & Allie) Isabel Sanford - I Jefferson (The Jeffersons) 1986 Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Shelley Long - Cin cin (Cheers) Bea Arthur - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Rue McClanahan - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Phylicia Rashad - I Robinson (The Cosby Show) 1987 Rue McClanahan - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Bea Arthur - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Jane Curtin - Kate e Allie (Kate & Allie) 1988 Bea Arthur - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Kirstie Alley - Cin cin (Cheers) Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Rue McClanahan - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) 1989 Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Bea Arthur - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Rue McClanahan - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls)
Anni 1990
1990 Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Kirstie Alley - Cin cin (Cheers) Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Delta Burke - Quattro donne in carriera (Designing Women) 1991 Kirstie Alley - Cin cin (Cheers) Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Delta Burke - Quattro donne in carriera (Designing Women) Blair Brown - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) 1992 Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Roseanne Barr - Pappa e ciccia (Roseanne) Kirstie Alley - Cin cin (Cheers) Tyne Daly - Wings Betty White - Cuori senza età (The Golden Girls) Marion Ross - Oltre il ponte (Brooklyn Bridge) 1993 Roseanne Barr - Pappa e ciccia (Roseanne) Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Marion Ross - Oltre il ponte (Brooklyn Bridge) Kirstie Alley - Cin cin (Cheers) Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) 1994 Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Annie Potts - Love & War Roseanne Barr - Pappa e ciccia (Roseanne) Patricia Richardson - Quell'uragano di papà (Home Improvement) 1995 Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown Roseanne Barr - Pappa e ciccia (Roseanne) Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Cybill Shepherd - Cybill 1996 Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen Fran Drescher - La tata (The Nanny) Cybill Shepherd - Cybill Patricia Richardson - Quell'uragano di papà (Home Improvement) 1997 Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen Patricia Richardson - Quell'uragano di papà (Home Improvement) Fran Drescher - La tata (The Nanny) Cybill Shepherd - Cybill 1998 Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Ellen DeGeneres - Ellen Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg Patricia Richardson - Quell'uragano di papà (Home Improvement) Kirstie Alley - L'atelier di Veronica (Veronica's Closet) Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal 1999 Helen Hunt - Innamorati pazzi (Mad About You) Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
Anni 2000 2000 Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Jenna Elfman - Dharma & Greg Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) Debra Messing - Will & Grace Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City 2001 Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) Debra Messing - Will & Grace Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City 2002 Jennifer Aniston - Friends Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) Debra Messing - Will & Grace Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City 2003 Debra Messing - Will & Grace Jennifer Aniston - Friends Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City 2004 Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City Jennifer Aniston - Friends Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Bonnie Hunt - Una mamma quasi perfetta (Life with Bonnie) Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) 2005 Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives Patricia Heaton - Tutti amano Raymond (Everybody Loves Raymond) Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) 2006 Julia Louis-Dreyfus - La complicata vita di Christine (The New Adventures of Old Christine) Stockard Channing - Out of Practice - Medici senza speranza (Out of Practice) Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm (Malcolm in the Middle) Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback Debra Messing - Will & Grace 2007 America Ferrera - Ugly Betty Tina Fey - 30 Rock Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives Julia Louis-Dreyfus - La complicata vita di Christine (The New Adventures of Old Christine) Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds 2008 Tina Fey - 30 Rock Christina Applegate - Samantha chi? (Samantha Who?) America Ferrera - Ugly Betty Julia Louis-Dreyfus - La complicata vita di Christine (The New Adventures of Old Christine) Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds 2009 Toni Collette - United States of Tara Christina Applegate - Samantha chi? (Samantha Who?) Tina Fey - 30 Rock Julia Louis-Dreyfus - La complicata vita di Christine (The New Adventures of Old Christine) Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds Sarah Silverman - The Sarah Silverman Program
Anni 2010
2010 Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie - Terapia d'urto (Nurse Jackie) Tina Fey - 30 Rock Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation Toni Collette - United States of Tara