Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
	The 2023 recipient: Jennifer Coolidge
Awarded for	Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series
Country	United States
Presented by	International Press Academy
First awarded	1996
Currently held by	Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (2023)

The Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy is one of the annual Satellite Awards given by the International Press Academy.

Winners and nominees

indicates the winner

1990s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
1996	Jane Curtin	3rd Rock from the Sun	Mary Albright	NBC
	Fran Drescher	The Nanny	Fran Fine	CBS
	Cybill Shepherd	Cybill	Cybill Sheridan	CBS
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Stemple Buchman	NBC
	Lea Thompson	Caroline in the City	Caroline Duffy	NBC
1997	Tracey Ullman	Tracey Takes On...	Various characters	HBO
	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen	Ellen Morgan	ABC
	Jane Curtin	3rd Rock from the Sun	Mary Albright	NBC
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Stemple Buchman
	Brooke Shields	Suddenly Susan	Susan Keane
1998	Ellen DeGeneres	Ellen	Ellen Morgan	ABC
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal	Fox
	Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Stemple Buchman	NBC
	Brooke Shields	Suddenly Susan	Susan Keane	NBC
	Phylicia Rashad	Cosby	Ruth Lucas	CBS
1999	Illeana Douglas	Action	Wendy Ward	Fox
	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	Rachel Green	NBC
	Jane Leeves	Frasier	Daphne Moon	NBC
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma & Greg	Dharma Montgomery	ABC
	Calista Flockhart	Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal	Fox

2000s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2000	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay	NBC
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma & Greg	Dharma Montgomery	ABC
	Wendie Malick	Just Shoot Me!	Nina Van Horn	NBC
	Laura San Giacomo	Just Shoot Me!	Maya Gallo	NBC
	Jane Krakowski	Ally McBeal	Elaine Vassal	Fox
2001	Debra Messing	Will & Grace	Grace Adler	NBC
	Jenna Elfman	Dharma & Greg	Dharma Montgomery	ABC
	Lisa Kudrow	Friends	Phoebe Buffay	NBC
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore	The CW
	Jane Kaczmarek	Malcolm in the Middle	Lois	Fox
2002	Debra Messing	Will & Grace	Grace Adler	NBC
	Alexis Bledel	Gilmore Girls	Rory Gilmore	The CW
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore	The CW
	Jennifer Aniston	Friends	Rachel Green	NBC
	Bonnie Hunt	Life with Bonnie	Bonnie Molloy	ABC
2003	Jane Kaczmarek	Malcolm in the Middle	Lois	Fox
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore	The CW
	Bonnie Hunt	Life with Bonnie	Bonnie Molloy	ABC
	Wanda Sykes	Wanda at Large	Wanda Mildred Hawkins	Fox
	Debra Messing	Will & Grace	Grace Adler	NBC
	Alicia Silverstone	Miss Match	Kate Fox	NBC
2004	Portia de Rossi	Arrested Development	Lindsay Bluth Fünke	Fox
	Marcia Cross	Desperate Housewives	Bree Van de Kamp	ABC
	Teri Hatcher		Susan Mayer
	Felicity Huffman		Lynette Scavo
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore	The CW
	Maya Rudolph	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	NBC
2005	Felicity Huffman	Desperate Housewives	Lynette Scavo	ABC
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin	Showtime
	Candice Bergen	Boston Legal	Shirley Schmidt	ABC
	Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls	Lorelai Gilmore	The CW
	Elizabeth Perkins	Weeds	Celia Hodes	Showtime
2006	Marcia Cross	Desperate Housewives	Bree Van de Kamp	ABC
	Laura Kightlinger	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	Jackie Woodman	IFC
	Lisa Kudrow	The Comeback	Valerie Cherish	HBO
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez	ABC
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Christine Campbell	CBS
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin	Showtime
2007	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez	ABC
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon	NBC
	Felicity Huffman	Desperate Housewives	Lynette Scavo	ABC
	Anna Friel	Pushing Daisies	Charlotte Charles	ABC
	Patricia Heaton	Back to You	Kelly Carr	Fox
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Christine Campbell	CBS
2008	Tracey Ullman	State of the Union	Various characters	Showtime
	America Ferrera	Ugly Betty	Betty Suarez	ABC
	Christina Applegate	Samantha Who?	Samantha Newly	ABC
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon	NBC
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Christine Campbell	CBS
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin	Showtime
2009	Lea Michele	Glee	Rachel Berry	Fox
	Julie Bowen	Modern Family	Claire Dunphy	ABC
	Toni Collette	United States of Tara	Tara Gregson/T/Buck/Alice	Showtime
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Payton, RN	Showtime
	Brooke Elliott	Drop Dead Diva	Jane Bingum/Deb Dobson	Lifetime
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon	NBC
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botw	Showtime

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2010	Laura Linney	The Big C	Cathy Jamison	Showtime
	Jane Adams	Hung	Tanya Skagle	HBO
	Toni Collette	United States of Tara	Tara Gregson/T/Buck/Alice/Shoshana Schoenbaum/Chicken	Showtime
	Mary-Louise Parker	Weeds	Nancy Botwin
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Payton, RN
	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon	NBC
	Lea Michele	Glee	Rachel Berry	Fox
2011	Martha Plimpton	Raising Hope	Virginia Chance	Fox
	Felicity Huffman	Desperate Housewives	Lynette Scavo	ABC
	Laura Linney	The Big C	Cathy Jamison	Showtime
	Zooey Deschanel	New Girl	Jessica Day	Fox
	Melissa McCarthy	Mike and Molly	Molly Flynn	CBS
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope	NBC
2012	Kaley Cuoco	The Big Bang Theory	Penny	CBS
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope	NBC
	Christina Applegate	Up All Night	Reagan Brinkley	NBC
	Laura Dern	Enlightened	Amy Jellicoe	HBO
	Lena Dunham	Girls	Hannah Horvath
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
2013	Taylor Schilling	Orange Is the New Black	Piper Chapman	Netflix
	Laura Dern	Enlightened	Amy Jellicoe	HBO
	Lena Dunham	Girls	Hannah Horvath
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Zooey Deschanel	New Girl	Jessica "Jess" Day	Fox
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Payton, RN	Showtime
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope	NBC
	Jessica Walter	Arrested Development	Lucille Bluth	Netflix
2014	Mindy Kaling	The Mindy Project	Mindy Lahiri	Fox
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Payton, RN	Showtime
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer	HBO
	Taylor Schilling	Orange Is the New Black	Piper Chapman	Netflix
	Emmy Rossum	Shameless	Fiona Gallagher	Showtime
	Zooey Deschanel	New Girl	Jessica "Jess" Day	Fox
2015	Taylor Schilling	Orange Is the New Black	Piper Chapman	Netflix
	Jamie Lee Curtis	Scream Queens	Dean Cathy Munsch	Fox
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer	HBO
	Lily Tomlin	Grace and Frankie	Frankie Bergstein	Netflix
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope	NBC
	Gina Rodriguez	Jane the Virgin	Jane Gloriana Villanueva	The CW
2016	Taylor Schilling	Orange Is the New Black	Piper Chapman	Netflix
	Pamela Adlon	Better Things	Sam Fox	FX
	Sharon Horgan	Catastrophe	Sharon Morris	Prime Video
	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt	HBO
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson	ABC
2017 ^[1]^[2]	Niecy Nash	Claws	Desna Simms	TNT
	Alison Brie	GLOW	Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder	Netflix
	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt	Netflix
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	President Selina Meyer	HBO
	Issa Rae	Insecure	Issa Dee	HBO
	Kathryn Hahn	I Love Dick	Chris Kraus	Prime Video
2018 ^[3]	Issa Rae	Insecure	Issa Dee	HBO
	Alison Brie	GLOW	Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder	Netflix
	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt	Netflix
	Christina Hendricks	Good Girls	Beth Boland	NBC
	Niecy Nash	Claws	Desna Simms	TNT
	Tracee Ellis Ross	Black-ish	Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson	ABC
2019 ^[4]	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag	Prime Video
	Pamela Adlon	Better Things	Sam Fox	FX
	Christina Applegate	Dead to Me	Jen Harding	Netflix
	Alison Brie	GLOW	Ruth "Zoya the Destroya" Wilder
	Natasha Lyonne	Russian Doll	Nadia Vulvokov
	Rachel Brosnahan	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	Prime Video
	Catherine O'Hara	Schitt's Creek	Moira Rose	Pop TV

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Role	Network
2020 ^[5]^[6]	Elle Fanning	The Great	Catherine the Great	Hulu
	Christina Applegate	Dead to Me	Jen Harding	Netflix
	Linda Cardellini	Dead to Me	Judy Hale	Netflix
	Zoe Kravitz	High Fidelity	Robyn "Rob" Brooks	Hulu
	Catherine O'Hara	Schitt's Creek	Moira Rose	Pop TV
	Issa Rae	Insecure	Issa Dee	HBO
2021	Jean Smart	Hacks	Deborah Vance	HBO Max
	Selena Gomez	Only Murders in the Building	Mabel Mora	Hulu
	Jennifer Jason Leigh	Atypical	Elsa Gardner	Netflix
	Sandra Oh	The Chair	Ji-Yoon Kim	Netflix
	Hannah Waddingham	Ted Lasso	Rebecca Welton	Apple TV+
	Lena Waithe	Master of None	Denise	Netflix
2022	Selena Gomez	Only Murders in the Building	Mabel Mora	Hulu
	Quinta Brunson	Abbott Elementary	Janine Teagues	ABC
	Kaley Cuoco	The Flight Attendant	Cassandra "Cassie" Bowden	HBO Max
	Ophelia Lovibond	Minx	Joyce Prigger	HBO Max
	Edi Patterson	The Righteous Gemstones	Judy Gemstone	HBO
	Jean Smart	Hacks	Deborah Vance	HBO Max
2023 ^[7]^[8]	Jennifer Coolidge	The White Lotus	Tanya McQuoid-Hunt	HBO
	Rachel Brosnahan	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Miriam "Midge" Maisel	Prime Video
	Ayo Edebiri	The Bear	Sydney Adamu	FX on Hulu
	Elle Fanning	The Great	Catherine the Great	Hulu
	Selena Gomez	Only Murders in the Building	Mabel Mora	Hulu

References

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Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy

Contents

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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