1990s
- 1990 (17th) - Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding Light
- Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1991 (18th) - Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1992 (19th) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Buchanan, One Life to Live
- Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jessica Tuck as Megan Gordon Harrison, One Life to Live
- 1993 (20th) - Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Ellen Dolan as Margo Montgomery Hughes, As the World Turns
- Maeve Kinkead as Vanessa Chamberlain, Guiding Light
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1994 (21st) - Hillary B. Smith as Nora Hanen Gannon, One Life to Live
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Fiona Hutchison as Jenna Bradshaw, Guiding Light
- Kathleen Widdoes as Emma Snyder, As the World Turns
- 1995 (22nd) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Carpenter, One Life to Live
- Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital
- Marj Dusay as Alexandra Spaulding, Guiding Light
- Maeve Kinkead as Vanessa Chamberlain, Guiding Light
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1996 (23rd) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord Carpenter, One Life to Live
- Jensen Buchanan as Vicky Hudson, Another World
- Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- 1997 (24th) - Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Jensen Buchanan as Vicky Hudson, Another World
- Genie Francis as Laura Spencer, General Hospital
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1998 (25th) - Cynthia Watros as Annie Dutton, Guiding Light
- Eileen Davidson as Kristen Blake, Days of our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital
- Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding Light
- 1999 (26th) - Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding Light
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