Outstanding Lead Actress in A Drama Series
- Jennifer Garner for playing Sydney Bristow on Alias (Episode: "Phase One")
- Marg Helgenberger for playing Catherine Willows on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Episode: "Lady Heather's Box")
- Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under (Episode: "Nobody Sleeps")
- Edie Falco for playing Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos (Episode: "Whitecaps")
- Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing (Episode: "The Long Goodbye")
Read more about this topic: 55th Primetime Emmy Awards
Famous quotes containing the words outstanding, lead, actress, drama and/or series:
“Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the religion of their community; neither of them wrote anything; both of them were executed; and both have become the subject of traditions that are difficult or impossible to harmonize.”
—Jaroslav Pelikan (b. 1932)
“Persons who insist to themselves that under one set of conditions only can they lead interesting and satisfying lives lay themselves open to bitter disappointments and frustrations.”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)
“An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she believes suits the character and situation best. There’s an aspect of the rehearsing actress about the girl on the verge of her teens. Playfully, she is starting to try out ways to be a grown-up person.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)
“War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)
“Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)