Outstanding Lead Actress in A Miniseries or A Movie
- Meryl Streep for playing Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia in Angels in America
- Glenn Close for playing Eleanor in The Lion in Winter
- Judy Davis for playing Nancy Reagan in The Reagans
- Helen Mirren for playing Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness (Masterpiece Theatre)
- Emma Thompson for playing Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel America in Angels in America
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