1990s
Year | Actor | Program | Role | Network |
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1989-1990 |
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Patricia Wettig | thirtysomething | Nancy Krieger-Weston | ABC | |
Dana Delany | China Beach | Colleen McMurphy | ABC | |
Jill Eikenberry | L.A. Law | Ann Kelsey | NBC | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Piper Laurie | Twin Peaks | Catherine Martell | ABC | |
1990-1991 |
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Patricia Wettig | thirtysomething | Nancy Krieger-Weston | ABC | |
Dana Delany | China Beach | Colleen McMurphy | ABC | |
Sharon Gless | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Rosie O'Neill | CBS | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
1991-1992 |
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Dana Delany | China Beach | Colleen McMurphy | ABC | |
Sharon Gless | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Rosie O'Neill | CBS | |
Shirley Knight | Law & Order | Melanie Currants | NBC | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Kate Nelligan | Road to Avonlea | Sydney Carver | Disney Channel | |
Regina Taylor | I'll Fly Away | Lilly Harper | NBC | |
1992-1993 |
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Kathy Baker | Picket Fences | Jill Brock | CBS | |
Swoosie Kurtz | Sisters | Alex Reed | NBC | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Regina Taylor | I'll Fly Away | Lilly Harper | NBC | |
Janine Turner | Northern Exposure | Maggie O'Connell | CBS | |
1993-1994 |
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Sela Ward | Sisters | Teddy Reed | NBC | |
Kathy Baker | Picket Fences | Jill Brock | CBS | |
Swoosie Kurtz | Sisters | Alex Reed | NBC | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Jane Seymour | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Michaela Quinn | CBS | |
1994-1995 |
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Kathy Baker | Picket Fences | Jill Brock | CBS | |
Claire Danes | My So-Called Life | Angela Chase | ABC | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Sherry Stringfield | ER | Susan Lewis | NBC | |
Cicely Tyson | Sweet Justice | Carrie Grace Battle | NBC | |
1995-1996 |
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Kathy Baker | Picket Fences | Jill Brock | CBS | |
Gillian Anderson | The X-Files | Dana Scully | Fox | |
Christine Lahti | Chicago Hope | Kathryn Austin | CBS | |
Angela Lansbury | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica Fletcher | CBS | |
Sherry Stringfield | ER | Susan Lewis | NBC | |
1996-1997 |
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Gillian Anderson | The X-Files | Dana Scully | Fox | |
Roma Downey | Touched by an Angel | Monica | CBS | |
Christine Lahti | Chicago Hope | Kathryn Austin | CBS | |
Julianna Margulies | ER | Carol Hathaway | NBC | |
Sherry Stringfield | ER | Susan Lewis | NBC | |
1997-1998 |
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Christine Lahti | Chicago Hope | Kathryn Austin | CBS | |
Gillian Anderson | The X-Files | Dana Scully | Fox | |
Roma Downey | Touched by an Angel | Monica | CBS | |
Julianna Margulies | ER | Carol Hathaway | NBC | |
Jane Seymour | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Michaela Quinn | CBS | |
1998-1999 |
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Edie Falco | The Sopranos | Carmela Soprano | HBO | |
Gillian Anderson | The X-Files | Dana Scully | Fox | |
Lorraine Bracco | The Sopranos | Jennifer Melfi | HBO | |
Christine Lahti | Chicago Hope | Kathryn Austin | CBS | |
Julianna Margulies | ER | Carol Hathaway | NBC |
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