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.
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Alan Young1951actor
Ed Wynn1950actor(Isaiah, Edwin)
Gertrude Berg1951actress
Helen Hayes1953actress
Imogene Coca1952actress(Emogeane)
Jimmy Durante1953actor(James)
Lucille Ball1953actress
Milton Berle1950actor
Red Skelton1952actor(Richard)
Shirley Dinsdale1949actress
Sid Caesar1952actor(Isaac, Sidney)
Thomas Mitchell1953actor
Kiefer Sutherland2006actor24
Alec Baldwin2008actor30 Rock(Alexander)
Alec Baldwin2009actor30 Rock(Alexander)
Tina Fey2008actress30 Rock(Elizabeth, Stamatina)
John Lithgow1996actor3rd Rock from the Sun
John Lithgow1997actor3rd Rock from the Sun
John Lithgow1999actor3rd Rock from the Sun
Richard Kiley1988actorA Year in the Life
Quinta Brunson2023actressAbbott Elementary
Carroll O'Connor1972actorAll in the Family
Carroll O'Connor1977actorAll in the Family
Carroll O'Connor1978actorAll in the Family
Carroll O'Connor1979actorAll in the Family
Jean Stapleton1971actressAll in the Family
Jean Stapleton1972actressAll in the Family
Jean Stapleton1978actressAll in the Family
Donald Glover2017actorAtlanta
Christopher Lloyd1992actorAvonlea
Robert Blake1975actorBaretta(Michael, James, Vincenzo)
Bill Hader2018actorBarry(William)
Bill Hader2019actorBarry(William)
Robert Guillaume1985actorBenson
Christian Clemenson2006actorBoston Legal(Dayton)
James Spader2005actorBoston Legal
James Spader2007actorBoston Legal
Bryan Cranston2008actorBreaking Bad
Bryan Cranston2009actorBreaking Bad
Bryan Cranston2010actorBreaking Bad
Bryan Cranston2014actorBreaking Bad
Sally Field2007actressBrothers & Sisters
Nanette Fabray1957actressCaesar's Hour(Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa)
Sid Caesar1957actorCaesar's Hour(Isaac, Sidney)
Sharon Gless1986actressCagney & Lacey
Sharon Gless1987actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1983actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1984actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1985actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1988actressCagney & Lacey
Kirstie Alley1991actressCheers(Louise)
Shelley Long1983actressCheers
Ted Danson1990actorCheers
Ted Danson1993actorCheers
Christine Lahti1998actressChicago Hope
Mandy Patinkin1995actorChicago Hope(Mandel)
Jack Albertson1976actorChico and the Man
Dana Delany1989actressChina Beach
Dana Delany1992actressChina Beach
Marg Helgenberger1990actressChina Beach(Mary)
Craig T. Nelson1992actorCoach(Theodore)
Donald O'Connor1954actorColgate Comedy Hour
Peter Falk1972actorColumbo
Peter Falk1976actorColumbo
Peter Falk1990actorColumbo
Barbara Bel Geddes1980actressDallas
Glenn Close2008actressDamages
Glenn Close2009actressDamages
Željko Ivanek2008actorDamages
Ruby Dee1991actressDecoration Day
Felicity Huffman2005actressDesperate Housewives
Glenda Jackson1972actressElizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre)
Richard Mulligan1989actorEmpty Nest
Zendaya2020actressEuphoria(Maree)
Zendaya2022actressEuphoria(Maree)
Burt Reynolds1991actorEvening Shade(Burton, Leon)
Patricia Heaton2000actressEverybody Loves Raymond
Patricia Heaton2001actressEverybody Loves Raymond
Ray Romano2002actorEverybody Loves Raymond(Raymond)
Ricky Gervais2007actorExtras
Sada Thompson1978actressFamily
Michael J. Fox1986actorFamily Ties
Michael J. Fox1987actorFamily Ties
Michael J. Fox1988actorFamily Ties
Jane Wyatt1958actressFather Knows Best
Jane Wyatt1959actressFather Knows Best
Jane Wyatt1960actressFather Knows Best
Robert Young1957actorFather Knows Best
Robert Young1958actorFather Knows Best
Phoebe Waller-Bridge2019actressFleabag
Kelsey Grammer1994actorFrasier
Kelsey Grammer1995actorFrasier
Kelsey Grammer1998actorFrasier
Kelsey Grammer2004actorFrasier
Kyle Chandler2011actorFriday Night Lights
Jennifer Aniston2002actressFriends
James Earl Jones1991actorGabriel's Fire
Don Adams1967actorGet Smart(Donald)
Don Adams1968actorGet Smart(Donald)
Don Adams1969actorGet Smart(Donald)
Judi Evans1984actressGuiding Light
Powers Boothe1980actorGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones(Allen)
Jean Smart2021actressHacks(Elizabeth)
Jean Smart2022actressHacks(Elizabeth)
Shirley Booth1962actressHazel
Shirley Booth1963actressHazel
Barbara Babcock1981actressHill Street Blues
Daniel J. Travanti1981actorHill Street Blues
Daniel J. Travanti1982actorHill Street Blues
Claire Danes2012actressHomeland
Claire Danes2013actressHomeland
Damian Lewis2012actorHomeland
Andre Braugher1998actorHomicide: Life on the Street(Keith)
Shohreh Aghdashloo2008actressHouse of Saddam
Viola Davis2015actressHow to Get Away with Murder
Lucille Ball1956actressI Love Lucy
Bill Cosby1966actorI Spy(William, Henry)
Bill Cosby1967actorI Spy(William, Henry)
Bill Cosby1968actorI Spy(William, Henry)
Carroll O'Connor1989actorIn the Heat of the Night
Carl Betz1969actorJudd for the Defense
Jane Curtin1984actressKate & Allie
Jane Curtin1985actressKate & Allie
Ron Leibman1979actorKaz
Jodie Comer2019actressKilling Eve
Telly Savalas1974actorKojak(Aristotelis)
Mariska Hargitay2006actressLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
Chad Lowe1993actorLife Goes On(Charles, Conrad)
Tammy Blanchard2001actressLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Ed Asner1978actorLou Grant(Eddie)
Ed Asner1980actorLou Grant(Eddie)
Alan Alda1974actorM*A*S*H
Alan Alda1982actorM*A*S*H
Helen Hunt1996actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1997actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1998actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1999actressMad About You
Jon Hamm2015actorMad Men(Jonathan, Daniel)
Tom Selleck1984actorMagnum, P.I.(Thomas, William)
Danny Thomas1955actorMake Room for Daddy
Robert Young1970actorMarcus Welby, M.D.
Bea Arthur1977actressMaude(Beatrice, Bernice)
Patricia Arquette2005actressMedium
Melissa McCarthy2011actressMike and Molly
Barbara Bain1967actressMission: Impossible
Barbara Bain1968actressMission: Impossible
Barbara Bain1969actressMission: Impossible
Tony Shalhoub2003actorMonk(Anthony)
Tony Shalhoub2005actorMonk(Anthony)
Tony Shalhoub2006actorMonk(Anthony)
Bruce Willis1987actorMoonlighting
Rami Malek2016actorMr. Robot(Said)
Candice Bergen1989actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1990actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1992actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1994actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1995actressMurphy Brown
William Windom1970actorMy World and Welcome to It
Michael Learned1982actressNurse
Edie Falco2010actressNurse Jackie(Edith)
Debra Monk1999actressNYPD Blue
Dennis Franz1994actorNYPD Blue
Dennis Franz1996actorNYPD Blue
Dennis Franz1997actorNYPD Blue
Dennis Franz1999actorNYPD Blue
Sela Ward2000actressOnce and Again
Tatiana Maslany2016actressOrphan Black(Gabriele)
Eve Arden1954actressOur Miss Brooks
Raymond Burr1959actorPerry Mason
Raymond Burr1961actorPerry Mason
Kathy Baker1993actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Kathy Baker1995actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Kathy Baker1996actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Tom Skerritt1993actorPicket Fences(Thomas)
Billy Porter2019actorPose
Alan Rickman1996actorRasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny(Sidney, Patrick)
Valerie Harper1975actressRhoda
Roseanne Barr1993actressRoseanne
Catherine O'Hara2020actressSchitt's Creek(Anne)
Eugene Levy2020actorSchitt's Creek
Sarah Jessica Parker2004actressSex and the City
Sela Ward1994actressSisters
Cathryn Damon1980actressSoap
Richard Mulligan1980actorSoap
Michael J. Fox2000actorSpin City
Lee Jung-jae2022actorSquid Game
Ed Flanders1983actorSt. Elsewhere(Edward)
William Daniels1985actorSt. Elsewhere
William Daniels1986actorSt. Elsewhere
Jeremy Strong2020actorSuccession
Kieran Culkin2023actorSuccession(Kyle)
Sarah Snook2023actressSuccession
Carol Kane1982actressTaxi
Judd Hirsch1981actorTaxi
Judd Hirsch1983actorTaxi
Ruth Gordon1979actressTaxi
Jason Sudeikis2021actorTed Lasso(Daniel)
Jason Sudeikis2022actorTed Lasso(Daniel)
Matthew Rhys2018actorThe Americans
Barbara Stanwyck1961actressThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
Jeremy Allen White2023actorThe Bear
Jim Parsons2010actorThe Big Bang Theory(James)
Jim Parsons2011actorThe Big Bang Theory(James)
Jim Parsons2013actorThe Big Bang Theory(James)
Jim Parsons2014actorThe Big Bang Theory(James)
Barbara Stanwyck1966actressThe Big Valley
Lindsay Wagner1977actressThe Bionic Woman
Hal Holbrook1971actorThe Bold Ones: The Senator(Harold, Rowe)
Kyra Sedgwick2010actressThe Closer
Claire Foy2018actressThe Crown(Elizabeth)
Josh O'Connor2021actorThe Crown
Olivia Colman2021actressThe Crown(Sarah, Caroline)
Jack Klugman1963actorThe Defenders
E. G. Marshall1962actorThe Defenders
Dick Van Dyke1964actorThe Dick Van Dyke Show(Richard, Wayne)
Dick Van Dyke1965actorThe Dick Van Dyke Show(Richard, Wayne)
Dick Van Dyke1966actorThe Dick Van Dyke Show(Richard, Wayne)
Mary Tyler Moore1964actressThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Mary Tyler Moore1966actressThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Susan Hampshire1971actressThe First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre)
Susan Hampshire1970actressThe Forsyte Saga
Hope Lange1969actressThe Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Hope Lange1970actressThe Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Bea Arthur1988actressThe Golden Girls(Beatrice, Bernice)
Betty White1986actressThe Golden Girls(Marion)
Rue McClanahan1987actressThe Golden Girls(Eddi)
Julianna Margulies2011actressThe Good Wife
Julianna Margulies2014actressThe Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss2017actressThe Handmaid's Tale
Polly Bergen1958actressThe Helen Morgan Story(Nellie, Paulina)
Mariette Hartley1979actressThe Incredible Hulk
Jack Benny1959actorThe Jack Benny Show(Benjamin)
Isabel Sanford1981actressThe Jeffersons
Loretta Young1955actressThe Loretta Young Show
Loretta Young1957actressThe Loretta Young Show
Loretta Young1959actressThe Loretta Young Show
Lucille Ball1967actressThe Lucy Show
Lucille Ball1968actressThe Lucy Show
Rachel Brosnahan2018actressThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Mary Tyler Moore1973actressThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Tyler Moore1974actressThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Tyler Moore1976actressThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2006actressThe New Adventures of Old Christine
Jeff Daniels2013actorThe Newsroom(Jeffrey, Warren)
Jack Klugman1971actorThe Odd Couple
Jack Klugman1973actorThe Odd Couple
Tony Randall1975actorThe Odd Couple(Anthony)
Sterling K. Brown2017actorThe People v. O. J. Simpson(Kelby)
Phil Silvers1956actorThe Phil Silvers Show
James Spader2004actorThe Practice
James Garner1977actorThe Rockford Files
Michael Chiklis2002actorThe Shield
Edie Falco1999actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
Edie Falco2001actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
Edie Falco2003actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
James Gandolfini2000actorThe Sopranos
James Gandolfini2001actorThe Sopranos
James Gandolfini2003actorThe Sopranos
Robert Stack1960actorThe Untouchables
Michael Learned1973actressThe Waltons
Michael Learned1974actressThe Waltons
Michael Learned1976actressThe Waltons
Richard Thomas1973actorThe Waltons
Allison Janney2002actressThe West Wing
Allison Janney2004actressThe West Wing
Gillian Anderson1997actressThe X-Files
Patricia Wettig1990actressthirtysomething
Patricia Wettig1991actressthirtysomething
John Ritter1984actorThree's Company
Jeffrey Tambor2015actorTransparent
Jeffrey Tambor2016actorTransparent
Jon Cryer2012actorTwo and a Half Men(Jonathan, Niven)
America Ferrera2007actressUgly Betty
Toni Collette2009actressUnited States of Tara
Jean Marsh1975actressUpstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2012actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2013actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2014actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2015actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2016actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2017actressVeep
Debra Messing2003actressWill & Grace
Eric McCormack2001actorWill & Grace