Emmy Award Winners
The Emmy Awards have been given out annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences since 1949. They are only awarded for American television programming. Included in this list are the winners in the Lead Actors and Lead Actresses categories. Some winners for Directing may also be included.
| Name | Year | Category | Show | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Dinsdale | 1949 | actress |  | ||
| Ed Wynn | 1950 | actor | (Isaiah, Edwin) | | |
| Milton Berle | 1950 | actor | | ||
| Alan Young | 1951 | actor | | ||
| Gertrude Berg | 1951 | actress | | ||
| Imogene Coca | 1952 | actress | (Emogeane) | | |
| Red Skelton | 1952 | actor | (Richard) | | |
| Sid Caesar | 1952 | actor | (Isaac, Sidney) | | |
| Helen Hayes | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Jimmy Durante | 1953 | actor | (James) | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Thomas Mitchell | 1953 | actor | | ||
| Donald O'Connor | 1954 | actor | Colgate Comedy Hour | | |
| Eve Arden | 1954 | actress | Our Miss Brooks | | |
| Danny Thomas | 1955 | actor | Make Room for Daddy | | |
| Loretta Young | 1955 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1956 | actress | I Love Lucy | | |
| Phil Silvers | 1956 | actor | The Phil Silvers Show | | |
| Loretta Young | 1957 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Nanette Fabray | 1957 | actress | Caesar's Hour | (Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa) | |
| Robert Young | 1957 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Sid Caesar | 1957 | actor | Caesar's Hour | (Isaac, Sidney) | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1958 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Polly Bergen | 1958 | actress | The Helen Morgan Story | (Nellie, Paulina) | |
| Robert Young | 1958 | actor | Father Knows Best | | |
| Jack Benny | 1959 | actor | The Jack Benny Show | (Benjamin) | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1959 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Loretta Young | 1959 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1959 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1960 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Robert Stack | 1960 | actor | The Untouchables | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1961 | actress | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | | |
| Raymond Burr | 1961 | actor | Perry Mason | | |
| E. G. Marshall | 1962 | actor | The Defenders | | |
| Shirley Booth | 1962 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Jack Klugman | 1963 | actor | The Defenders | | |
| Shirley Booth | 1963 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1964 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1964 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1965 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1966 | actress | The Big Valley | | |
| Bill Cosby | 1966 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Dick Van Dyke | 1966 | actor | The Dick Van Dyke Show | (Richard, Wayne) | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1966 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1967 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Bill Cosby | 1967 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Don Adams | 1967 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Lucille Ball | 1967 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1968 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Bill Cosby | 1968 | actor | I Spy | (William, Henry) | |
| Don Adams | 1968 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Lucille Ball | 1968 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1969 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Carl Betz | 1969 | actor | Judd for the Defense | | |
| Don Adams | 1969 | actor | Get Smart | (Donald) | |
| Hope Lange | 1969 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Hope Lange | 1970 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Robert Young | 1970 | actor | Marcus Welby, M.D. | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1970 | actress | The Forsyte Saga | | |
| William Windom | 1970 | actor | My World and Welcome to It | | |
| Hal Holbrook | 1971 | actor | The Bold Ones: The Senator | (Harold, Rowe) | |
| Jack Klugman | 1971 | actor | The Odd Couple | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1971 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1971 | actress | The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1972 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Glenda Jackson | 1972 | actress | Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1972 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Peter Falk | 1972 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Jack Klugman | 1973 | actor | The Odd Couple | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1973 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1973 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Richard Thomas | 1973 | actor | The Waltons | | |
| Alan Alda | 1974 | actor | M*A*S*H | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1974 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Telly Savalas | 1974 | actor | Kojak | (Aristotelis) | |
| Jean Marsh | 1975 | actress | Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Robert Blake | 1975 | actor | Baretta | (Michael, James, Vincenzo) | |
| Tony Randall | 1975 | actor | The Odd Couple | (Anthony) | |
| Valerie Harper | 1975 | actress | Rhoda | | |
| Jack Albertson | 1976 | actor | Chico and the Man | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1976 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1976 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Peter Falk | 1976 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1977 | actress | Maude | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1977 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| James Garner | 1977 | actor | The Rockford Files | | |
| Lindsay Wagner | 1977 | actress | The Bionic Woman | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1978 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Ed Asner | 1978 | actor | Lou Grant | (Eddie) | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1978 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Sada Thompson | 1978 | actress | Family | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1979 | actor | All in the Family | | |
| Mariette Hartley | 1979 | actress | The Incredible Hulk | | |
| Ron Leibman | 1979 | actor | Kaz | | |
| Ruth Gordon | 1979 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | 1980 | actress | Dallas | | |
| Cathryn Damon | 1980 | actress | Soap | | |
| Ed Asner | 1980 | actor | Lou Grant | (Eddie) | |
| Powers Boothe | 1980 | actor | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | (Allen) | |
| Richard Mulligan | 1980 | actor | Soap | | |
| Barbara Babcock | 1981 | actress | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1981 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Isabel Sanford | 1981 | actress | The Jeffersons | | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1981 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Alan Alda | 1982 | actor | M*A*S*H | | |
| Carol Kane | 1982 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Daniel J. Travanti | 1982 | actor | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Michael Learned | 1982 | actress | Nurse | | |
| Ed Flanders | 1983 | actor | St. Elsewhere | (Edward) | |
| Judd Hirsch | 1983 | actor | Taxi | | |
| Shelley Long | 1983 | actress | Cheers | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1983 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1984 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| John Ritter | 1984 | actor | Three's Company | | |
| Judi Evans | 1984 | actress | Guiding Light | | |
| Tom Selleck | 1984 | actor | Magnum, P.I. | (Thomas, William) | |
| Tyne Daly | 1984 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1985 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Robert Guillaume | 1985 | actor | Benson | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1985 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| William Daniels | 1985 | actor | St. Elsewhere | | |
| Betty White | 1986 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Marion) | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1986 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Sharon Gless | 1986 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| William Daniels | 1986 | actor | St. Elsewhere | | |
| Bruce Willis | 1987 | actor | Moonlighting | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1987 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Rue McClanahan | 1987 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Eddi) | |
| Sharon Gless | 1987 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1988 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Michael J. Fox | 1988 | actor | Family Ties | | |
| Richard Kiley | 1988 | actor | A Year in the Life | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1988 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1989 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Carroll O'Connor | 1989 | actor | In the Heat of the Night | | |
| Dana Delany | 1989 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Richard Mulligan | 1989 | actor | Empty Nest | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1990 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Marg Helgenberger | 1990 | actress | China Beach | (Mary) | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1990 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| Peter Falk | 1990 | actor | Columbo | | |
| Ted Danson | 1990 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Burt Reynolds | 1991 | actor | Evening Shade | (Burton, Leon) | |
| James Earl Jones | 1991 | actor | Gabriel's Fire | | |
| Kirstie Alley | 1991 | actress | Cheers | (Louise) | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1991 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| Ruby Dee | 1991 | actress | Decoration Day | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1992 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Christopher Lloyd | 1992 | actor | Avonlea | | |
| Craig T. Nelson | 1992 | actor | Coach | (Theodore) | |
| Dana Delany | 1992 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Chad Lowe | 1993 | actor | Life Goes On | (Charles, Conrad) | |
| Kathy Baker | 1993 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Roseanne Barr | 1993 | actress | Roseanne | | |
| Ted Danson | 1993 | actor | Cheers | | |
| Tom Skerritt | 1993 | actor | Picket Fences | (Thomas) | |
| Candice Bergen | 1994 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1994 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1994 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Sela Ward | 1994 | actress | Sisters | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1995 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1995 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1995 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Mandy Patinkin | 1995 | actor | Chicago Hope | (Mandel) | |
| Alan Rickman | 1996 | actor | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | (Sidney, Patrick) | |
| Dennis Franz | 1996 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1996 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| John Lithgow | 1996 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1996 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Dennis Franz | 1997 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Gillian Anderson | 1997 | actress | The X-Files | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1997 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| John Lithgow | 1997 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| Andre Braugher | 1998 | actor | Homicide: Life on the Street | (Keith) | |
| Christine Lahti | 1998 | actress | Chicago Hope | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1998 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 1998 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Debra Monk | 1999 | actress | NYPD Blue | | |
| Dennis Franz | 1999 | actor | NYPD Blue | | |
| Edie Falco | 1999 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Helen Hunt | 1999 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| John Lithgow | 1999 | actor | 3rd Rock from the Sun | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2000 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| Michael J. Fox | 2000 | actor | Spin City | | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2000 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Sela Ward | 2000 | actress | Once and Again | | |
| Edie Falco | 2001 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Eric McCormack | 2001 | actor | Will & Grace | | |
| James Gandolfini | 2001 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2001 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Tammy Blanchard | 2001 | actress | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | | |
| Allison Janney | 2002 | actress | The West Wing | | |
| Jennifer Aniston | 2002 | actress | Friends | | |
| Michael Chiklis | 2002 | actor | The Shield | | |
| Ray Romano | 2002 | actor | Everybody Loves Raymond | (Raymond) | |
| Debra Messing | 2003 | actress | Will & Grace | | |
| Edie Falco | 2003 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| James Gandolfini | 2003 | actor | The Sopranos | | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2003 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| Allison Janney | 2004 | actress | The West Wing | | |
| James Spader | 2004 | actor | The Practice | | |
| Kelsey Grammer | 2004 | actor | Frasier | | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 2004 | actress | Sex and the City | | |
| Felicity Huffman | 2005 | actress | Desperate Housewives | | |
| James Spader | 2005 | actor | Boston Legal | | |
| Patricia Arquette | 2005 | actress | Medium | | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2005 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| Christian Clemenson | 2006 | actor | Boston Legal | (Dayton) | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2006 | actress | The New Adventures of Old Christine | | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | 2006 | actor | 24 | | |
| Mariska Hargitay | 2006 | actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | | |
| Tony Shalhoub | 2006 | actor | Monk | (Anthony) | |
| America Ferrera | 2007 | actress | Ugly Betty | | |
| James Spader | 2007 | actor | Boston Legal | | |
| Ricky Gervais | 2007 | actor | Extras | | |
| Sally Field | 2007 | actress | Brothers & Sisters | | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2008 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2008 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Glenn Close | 2008 | actress | Damages | | |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo | 2008 | actress | House of Saddam | | |
| Tina Fey | 2008 | actress | 30 Rock | (Elizabeth, Stamatina) | |
| Željko Ivanek | 2008 | actor | Damages | | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2009 | actor | 30 Rock | (Alexander) | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2009 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Glenn Close | 2009 | actress | Damages | | |
| Toni Collette | 2009 | actress | United States of Tara | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2010 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Edie Falco | 2010 | actress | Nurse Jackie | (Edith) | |
| Jim Parsons | 2010 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Kyra Sedgwick | 2010 | actress | The Closer | | |
| Jim Parsons | 2011 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2011 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Kyle Chandler | 2011 | actor | Friday Night Lights | | |
| Melissa McCarthy | 2011 | actress | Mike and Molly | | |
| Claire Danes | 2012 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Damian Lewis | 2012 | actor | Homeland | | |
| Jon Cryer | 2012 | actor | Two and a Half Men | (Jonathan, Niven) | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2012 | actress | Veep | | |
| Claire Danes | 2013 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Jeff Daniels | 2013 | actor | The Newsroom | (Jeffrey, Warren) | |
| Jim Parsons | 2013 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2013 | actress | Veep | | |
| Bryan Cranston | 2014 | actor | Breaking Bad | | |
| Jim Parsons | 2014 | actor | The Big Bang Theory | (James) | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2014 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2014 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | 2015 | actor | Transparent | | |
| Jon Hamm | 2015 | actor | Mad Men | (Jonathan, Daniel) | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2015 | actress | Veep | | |
| Viola Davis | 2015 | actress | How to Get Away with Murder | | |
| Jeffrey Tambor | 2016 | actor | Transparent | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2016 | actress | Veep | | |
| Rami Malek | 2016 | actor | Mr. Robot | (Said) | |
| Tatiana Maslany | 2016 | actress | Orphan Black | (Gabriele) | |
| Donald Glover | 2017 | actor | Atlanta | | |
| Elisabeth Moss | 2017 | actress | The Handmaid's Tale | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2017 | actress | Veep | | |
| Sterling K. Brown | 2017 | actor | The People v. O. J. Simpson | (Kelby) | |
| Bill Hader | 2018 | actor | Barry | (William) | |
| Claire Foy | 2018 | actress | The Crown | (Elizabeth) | |
| Matthew Rhys | 2018 | actor | The Americans | | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | 2018 | actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | | |
| Bill Hader | 2019 | actor | Barry | (William) | |
| Billy Porter | 2019 | actor | Pose | | |
| Jodie Comer | 2019 | actress | Killing Eve | | |
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | 2019 | actress | Fleabag | | |
| Catherine O'Hara | 2020 | actress | Schitt's Creek | (Anne) | |
| Eugene Levy | 2020 | actor | Schitt's Creek | | |
| Jeremy Strong | 2020 | actor | Succession | | |
| Zendaya | 2020 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2021 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Jean Smart | 2021 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Josh O'Connor | 2021 | actor | The Crown | | |
| Olivia Colman | 2021 | actress | The Crown | (Sarah, Caroline) | |
| Jason Sudeikis | 2022 | actor | Ted Lasso | (Daniel) | |
| Jean Smart | 2022 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Lee Jung-jae | 2022 | actor | Squid Game | | |
| Zendaya | 2022 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Jeremy Allen White | 2023 | actor | The Bear | | |
| Kieran Culkin | 2023 | actor | Succession | (Kyle) | |
| Quinta Brunson | 2023 | actress | Abbott Elementary | | |
| Sarah Snook | 2023 | actress | Succession | |