Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy is one of the annual awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The formal title has varied since its inception and as of 2002 is officially called: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

Winners and nominees

1960s

1969: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters and
1969: Julie Sommars – The Governor & J.J. as J.J.

• Lucille Ball – Here's Lucy as Lucy Carter
• Diahann Carroll – Julia as Julia Baker
• Barbara Eden – I Dream of Jeannie as Jeannie
• Debbie Reynolds – The Debbie Reynolds Show as various characters

1970s

1970: Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
• Juliet Mills – Nanny and the Professor as Nanny Phoebe Figgalily
• Elizabeth Montgomery – Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
• Shirley Jones – The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge

1971: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters

• Lucille Ball – Here's Lucy as Lucy Carter
• Shirley Jones – The Partridge Family as Shirley Partridge
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker

1972: Jean Stapleton – All In the Family as Edith Bunker

• Julie Andrews – The Julie Andrews Hour as various characters
• Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1973: Cher – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as various characters and
1973: Jean Stapleton – All In the Family as Edith Bunker

• Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1974: Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morgenstern

• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
• Esther Rolle – Good Times as Florida Evans
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker

1975: Cloris Leachman – Phyllis as Phyllis Lindstrom

• Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters
• Valerie Harper – Rhoda as Rhoda Morgenstern
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards

1976: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters

• Bernadette Peters – All's Fair as Charlotte "Charley" Drake
• Mary Tyler Moore – The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Mary Richards
• Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Wheezie" Jefferson
• Dinah Shore – Dinah! as Dinah

1977: Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various characters

• Beatrice Arthur – Maude as Maude Findlay
• Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
• Isabel Sanford – The Jeffersons as Louise "Wheezie" Jefferson
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
• Cindy Williams – Laverne & Shirley as Shirley Feeney

1978: Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt

• Carol Burnett – The Carol Burnett Show as various character
• Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
• Suzanne Somers – Three's Company as Chrissy Snow
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker

1979: Linda Lavin – Alice as Alice Hyatt

• Penny Marshall – Laverne & Shirley as Laverne DeFazio
• Donna Pescow – Angie as Angie Falco
• Jean Stapleton – All in the Family as Edith Bunker
• Loretta Swit – M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret Houlihan

1980s

1980: Katherine Helmond - Soap as Jessica Tate

• • Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe
  • Polly Holliday - Flo as Flo Castleberry
  • Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt
  • Lynn Redgrave - House Calls as Ann Anderson

1981: Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin as Capt. Doreen Lewis

• • Loni Anderson - WKRP in Cincinnati as Jennifer Marlowe
  • Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time as Ann Romano
  • Barbara Mandrell - Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as herself
  • Loretta Swit - M*A*S*H as Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan

1982: Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant

• • Eileen Brennan - Private Benjamin as Capt. Doreen Lewis
  • Nell Carter - Gimme a Break! as Nell Harper
  • Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time as Ann Romano
  • Rita Moreno - 9 to 5 as Violet Newstead
  • Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson

1983: Joanna Cassidy - Buffalo Bill as Jojo White

• • Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant
  • Madeline Kahn - Oh Madeline as Madeline Wayne
  • Shelley Long - Cheers as Diane Chambers
  • Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson

1984: Shelley Long - Cheers as Diane Chambers

• • Debbie Allen - Fame as Lydia Grant
  • Nell Carter - Gimme a Break! as Nell Harper
  • Susan Clark - Webster as Katherine Papadapolis
  • Jane Curtin - Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell
  • Isabel Sanford - The Jeffersons as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson

• 1985: Estelle Getty - The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
• 1985: Cybill Shepherd - Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
  • Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
  • Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
  • Betty White - The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1986: Cybill Shepherd - Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes

• • Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
  • Estelle Getty - The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo
  • Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
  • Betty White - The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1987: Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters

• • Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
  • Rue McClanahan - The Golden Girls as Blanche Devereaux
  • Cybill Shepherd - Moonlighting as Maddie Hayes
  • Betty White - The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1988: Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown

• • Beatrice Arthur - The Golden Girls as Dorothy Zbornak
  • Roseanne - Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
  • Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters
  • Betty White - The Golden Girls as Rose Nylund

1989: Jamie Lee Curtis - Anything but Love as Hannah Miller

• • Kirstie Alley - Cheers as Rebecca Howe
  • Stephanie Beacham - Sister Kate as Sister Kate Lambert
  • Candice Bergen - Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
  • Tracey Ullman - The Tracey Ullman Show as various characters

1990s

1990: Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe

• Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
• Carol Burnett – Carol & Company as various characters
• Roseanne – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
• Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy

1991: Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown

• Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Anything but Love as Hannah Miller
• Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
• Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy

1992: Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner

• Kirstie Alley – Cheers as Rebecca Howe
• Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
• Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
• Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy

1993: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

• Roseanne Barr – Roseanne as Roseanne Conner
• Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
• Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor
• Katey Sagal – Married... with Children as Peggy Bundy

1994: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

• Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
• Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire as Grace Kelly
• Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
• Patricia Richardson – Home Improvement as Jill Taylor

1995: Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan

• Candice Bergen – Murphy Brown as Murphy Brown
• Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
• Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
• Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

1996: Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman

• Brett Butler – Grace Under Fire as Grace Kelly
• Fran Drescher – The Nanny as Fran Fine
• Cybill Shepherd – Cybill as Cybill Sheridan
• Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan as Susan Keane
• Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On... as various characters

1997: Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal

• Kirstie Alley – Veronica's Closet as Veronica Chase
• Ellen DeGeneres – Ellen as Ellen Morgan
• Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
• Helen Hunt – Mad About You as Jamie Buchman
• Brooke Shields – Suddenly Susan as Susan Keane

1998: Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery

• Christina Applegate – Jesse as Jesse Warner
• Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
• Laura San Giacomo – Just Shoot Me! as Maya Gallo
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

1999: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

• Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery
• Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
• Felicity Huffman – Sports Night as Dana Whitaker
• Heather Locklear – Spin City as Caitlin Moore
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler

2000s

2000: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

• Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
• Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
• Bette Midler – Bette as Bette

2001: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

• Calista Flockhart – Ally McBeal as Ally McBeal
• Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
• Heather Locklear – Spin City as Caitlin Moore
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler

2002: Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green

• Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie as Bonnie Molloy
• Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois Wilkerson
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2003: Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

• Bonnie Hunt – Life with Bonnie as Bonnie Molloy
• Reba McEntire – Reba as Reba Nell Hart
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
• Bitty Schram – Monk as Sharona Fleming
• Alicia Silverstone – Miss Match as Kate Fox

2004: Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer

• Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Van De Kamp
• Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
• Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw

2005: Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

• Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Hodge
• Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer
• Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
• Eva Longoria – Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis

2006: America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez

• Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Hodge
• Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures of Old Christine as Christine Campbell
• Mary Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

2007: Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon

• Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha "Sam" Newly
• America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
• Anna Friel – Pushing Daisies as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
• Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

2008: Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon

• Christina Applegate – Samantha Who? as Samantha "Sam" Newly
• America Ferrera – Ugly Betty as Betty Suarez
• Debra Messing – The Starter Wife as Molly Kagan
• Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds as Nancy Botwin

2009: Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara Gregson

• Courteney Cox – Cougar Town as Jules Cobb
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
• Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
• Lea Michele – Glee as Rachel Berry

2010s

2010: Laura Linney – The Big C as Cathy Jamison

• Toni Collette – United States of Tara as Tara Gregson
• Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
• Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
• Lea Michele – Glee as Rachel Berry

2011: TBA

• Laura Dern – Enlightened as Amy Jellicoe
• Zooey Deschanel – New Girl as Jessica Day
• Tina Fey – 30 Rock as Liz Lemon
• Laura Linney – The Big C as Cathy Jamison
• Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope

Multiple Winners

2 wins

• Candice Bergen
• Tina Fey
• Linda Lavin
• Jean Stapleton

3 wins

• Helen Hunt
• Cybill Shepherd

4 wins

• Carol Burnett
• Sarah Jessica Parker

Multiple Nominations