1990s
- 1990 (17th) - Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Mary Jo Catlett as Mary Finnegan, General Hospital
- Michelle Forbes as Sonni Carrera, Guiding Light)
- Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe, General Hospital
- Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- 1991 (18th) - Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Darlene Conley as Sally Spectra, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Maureen Garrett as Holly Lindsey, Guiding Light
- Jill Larson as Opal Cortlandt, All My Children
- Kathleen Widdoes as Emma Snyder, As the World Turns
- 1992 (19th) - Maeve Kinkead as Vanessa Chamberlain, Guiding Light
- Darlene Conley as Sally Spectra, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Maureen Garrett as Holly Lindsey, Guiding Light
- Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe, General Hospital
- 1993 (20th) - Ellen Parker as Maureen Bauer, Guiding Light
- Kimberlin Brown as Sheila Carter, The Young and the Restless
- Jane Elliot as Tracy Quartermaine, General Hospital
- Jill Larson as Opal Cortlandt, All My Children
- Tonja Walker as Alex Olanov, One Life to Live
- 1994 (21st) - Susan Haskell as Marty Saybrooke, One Life to Live
- Signy Coleman as Hope Adams Wilson, The Young and the Restless
- Hilary Edson as Eve Guthrie, Guiding Light
- Maureen Garrett as Holly Lindsey, Guiding Light
- Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany Hill, General Hospital
- 1995 (22nd) - Rena Sofer as Lois Cerullo, General Hospital
- Jean Carol as Nadine Cooper, Guiding Light
- Melina Kanakaredes as Eleni Andros Cooper, Guiding Light
- Sydney Penny as Julia Santos, All My Children
- Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital
- 1996 (23rd) - Anna Holbrook as Sharlene Frame, Another World
- Rosalind Cash as Mary Mae Ward, General Hospital
- Victoria Rowell as Drucilla Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Romalotti, The Young and the Restless
- Tonya Lee Williams as Olivia Barber Hastings, The Young and the Restless
- 1997 (24th) - Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Romalotti, The Young and the Restless
- Eva LaRue as Maria Santos Grey, All My Children
- Vanessa Marcil as Brenda Barrett, General Hospital
- Victoria Rowell as Drucilla Winters, The Young and the Restless
- Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital
- 1998 (25th) - Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Amy Carlson as Josie Watts, Another World
- Amy Ecklund as Abigail Blume, Guiding Light
- Vanessa Marcil as Brenda Barrett, General Hospital
- Victoria Rowell as Drucilla Winters, The Young and the Restless
- 1999 (26th) - Sharon Case as Sharon Collins Newman, The Young and the Restless
- Jennifer Bassey as Marian Colby, All My Children
- Beth Ehlers as Harley Cooper, Guiding Light
- Kathleen Noone as Bette Katzenkazrahi, Sunset Beach
- Kelly Ripa as Hayley Vaughan, All My Children
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