Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners

The list Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners includes Katherine Heigl, Kristy McNichol, Jenny Agutter, Tyne Daly and Barbara Hale. The list consists of 50 members.

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Katherine Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

Overview: Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an American actress and former fashion model. She started her career as a child model with Wilhelmina Models before turning her attention to acting, making ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Josh Kelley (Married)

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Television producers from Connecticut 29T

American women television producers 822T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
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Gillian Anderson

American actress (born 1968)

Overview: Gillian Leigh Anderson OBE ( JIL-ee-ən; born August 9, 1968) is an American-British actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite ...

Date of birth: 9 August 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American LGBT actresses 29T

American bisexual actors 159T

American women television directors 304T
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Holland Taylor

American, Actress

Overview: Holland Taylor (born January 14, 1943) is an American actress and playwright. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta K ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1943

Age: 82

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Sarah Paulson (Long-Term)

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American comedy actresses 409T

American LGBT actors 312T

American lesbian actresses 156T
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Kristy McNichol

American actress

Overview: Christina Ann McNichol (born September 11, 1962) is a retired American actress, comedian, producer, and singer. She is known for such roles as Angel in the film Little Darlings, Polly in the film Only ...

Date of birth: 11 September 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Martie Allen (Long-Term)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

LGBT actresses 115T

LGBT people from California 626T
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Jenny Agutter

British, Actress

Overview: Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in East of Sudan, Star!, and two adaptations of The Railway Children; the ...

Date of birth: 20 December 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Johan Tham (Married)

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Actors from Taunton 11T

Actresses from Somerset 47T

People educated at the Elmhurst School for Dance 29T
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Tyne Daly

American actress (born 1946)

Overview: Ellen Tyne Daly (born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.

Date of birth: 21 February 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American Musical and Dramatic Academy alumni 36T

Actors from Madison, Wisconsin 34T

American Theater Hall of Fame inductees 561T
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Barbara Hale

American actress (1922–2017)

Overview: Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 – January 26, 2017) was an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street in the television series Perry Mason (1957–1966), earning her a 1959 Emmy ...

Date of birth: 18 April 1922

Date of death: 26 January 2017

Age: 94 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

2017 deaths 9,371T

Actresses from Illinois 217T
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Thandiwe Newton

English actress

Overview: Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE ( TAN-dee-way; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( TAN-dee), is a British actress.

Date of birth: 6 November 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Ol Parker (Married)

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Actors from Westminster 1T

Shona people 30T

English people of Zimbabwean descent 57T
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Marg Helgenberger

American actress

Overview: Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s and first came to attention for playing the role of Siobhan Ryan on the daytime soap ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Charlie Haugk (Married)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Actresses of German descent 622T

Northwestern University School of Communication alumni 200T
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Julianna Margulies

American actress

Overview: Julianna Margulies (born June 8, 1966) is an American actress and producer. After several small television roles, Margulies achieved wide recognition for her starring role as Carol Hathaway on NBC's ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses from Manhattan 333T

American Ashkenazi Jews 288T

American women television producers 840T
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Jennifer Coolidge

American actress (born 1961)

Overview: Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress. A character actress with performances across screen and television, primarily in the comedy genre, Coolidge is the recipient of numerous ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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21st-century American comedians 2,204T

20th-century American comedians 1,336T

Comedians from Massachusetts 78T
12.

Elizabeth Debicki

Australian actress (born 1990)

Overview: Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian actress. After studying drama at the Victorian College of the Arts, she made her film debut with a brief role in the Australian comedy A Few Best ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Kristian Rasmussen (Dating)

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People from Glen Waverley, Victoria 10T

Chopard Trophy for Female Revelation winners 23T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T
13.

Archie Panjabi

British actress

Overview: Archana "Archie" Panjabi (born 31 May 1972) is an English actress. She has had various roles in both UK and US television including as Mya Roy in Life on Mars and Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife. Her ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Rajesh Nihalani (Married)

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British actresses of Indian descent 54T

English people of Sindhi descent 3T

British actresses of South Asian descent 27T
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Susan Saint James

American actress and activist

Overview: Susan Saint James (born Susan Jane Miller; August 14, 1946) is an American actress and activist, most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially the detective ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1946

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Dick Ebersol (Married)

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Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni 62T

Actresses from Illinois 217T

Actresses from California 904T
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Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959)

Overview: Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. Known for her performances across the screen and stage, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British ...

Date of birth: 19 November 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

American comedy actresses 409T

Voluntary childlessness 55T
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Camryn Manheim

American actress (born 1961)

Overview: Debra Frances "Camryn" Manheim (born March 8, 1961) is an American actress who first came to attention with her off-Broadway one-woman show, "Wake Up, I'm Fat", in 1994. She is known for her portrayals ...

Date of birth: 8 March 1961

Age: 64

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Actresses from Long Beach, California 46T

Actresses from New Jersey 414T

Jewish American actresses 755T
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Kim Delaney

American actress (born 1961)

Overview: Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961) is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series NYPD Blue, for which she won an Emmy Award. Early in ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: James Morgan (Married)

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Actresses of Irish descent 598T

Actresses from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 193T

21st-century American actresses 6,171T
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Agnes Moorehead

American actress (1900–1974)

Overview: Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is best known for her role as Endora ...

Date of birth: 6 December 1900

Date of death: 30 April 1974

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Actresses of Irish descent 598T

Hollywood Walk of Fame 371T

Actresses of British descent 497T
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Cherry Jones

Actor

Overview: Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, she has twice won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: for the 1995 revival ...

Date of birth: 21 November 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Sophie Huber (Married)

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People from Paris, Tennessee 27T

Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni 248T

American Theater Hall of Fame inductees 561T
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Anna Gunn

American actress (born 1968)

Overview: Anna Gunn (born August 11, 1968) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for ...

Date of birth: 11 August 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Actresses from Santa Fe, New Mexico 5T

Actors from Santa Fe, New Mexico 23T

Alumni of the British American Drama Academy 36T