Browse Namesakes

This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Emmy Award Winners; and the gender is female
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NameYearCategoryShowOther Names
Shirley Dinsdale1949actress
Gertrude Berg1951actress(Tillie)
Imogene Coca1952actress(Emogeane)
Helen Hayes1953actress
Lucille Ball1953actress
Tina Fey2008actress30 Rock(Elizabeth, Stamatina)
Quinta Brunson2023actressAbbott Elementary
Jean Stapleton1971actressAll in the Family
Jean Stapleton1972actressAll in the Family
Jean Stapleton1978actressAll in the Family
Sally Field2007actressBrothers & Sisters
Nanette Fabray1957actressCaesar's Hour(Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa)
Tyne Daly1983actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1984actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1985actressCagney & Lacey
Sharon Gless1986actressCagney & Lacey
Sharon Gless1987actressCagney & Lacey
Tyne Daly1988actressCagney & Lacey
Shelley Long1983actressCheers
Kirstie Alley1991actressCheers(Louise)
Christine Lahti1998actressChicago Hope
Dana Delany1989actressChina Beach
Marg Helgenberger1990actressChina Beach(Mary)
Dana Delany1992actressChina Beach
Barbara Bel Geddes1980actressDallas
Glenn Close2008actressDamages
Glenn Close2009actressDamages
Ruby Dee1991actressDecoration Day
Felicity Huffman2005actressDesperate Housewives
Glenda Jackson1972actressElizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre)(May)
Zendaya2020actressEuphoria(Maree)
Zendaya2022actressEuphoria(Maree)
Patricia Heaton2000actressEverybody Loves Raymond
Patricia Heaton2001actressEverybody Loves Raymond
Sada Thompson1978actressFamily(Carolyn)
Jane Wyatt1958actressFather Knows Best
Jane Wyatt1959actressFather Knows Best
Jane Wyatt1960actressFather Knows Best
Phoebe Waller-Bridge2019actressFleabag
Jennifer Aniston2002actressFriends
Judi Evans1984actressGuiding Light
Jean Smart2021actressHacks(Elizabeth)
Jean Smart2022actressHacks(Elizabeth)
Shirley Booth1962actressHazel(Marjory)
Shirley Booth1963actressHazel(Marjory)
Barbara Babcock1981actressHill Street Blues
Claire Danes2012actressHomeland
Claire Danes2013actressHomeland
Shohreh Aghdashloo2008actressHouse of Saddam
Viola Davis2015actressHow to Get Away with Murder
Lucille Ball1956actressI Love Lucy
Jane Curtin1984actressKate & Allie
Jane Curtin1985actressKate & Allie
Jodie Comer2019actressKilling Eve(Marie)
Mariska Hargitay2006actressLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
Tammy Blanchard2001actressLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Helen Hunt1996actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1997actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1998actressMad About You
Helen Hunt1999actressMad About You
Bea Arthur1977actressMaude(Beatrice, Bernice)
Patricia Arquette2005actressMedium
Melissa McCarthy2011actressMike and Molly
Barbara Bain1967actressMission: Impossible
Barbara Bain1968actressMission: Impossible
Barbara Bain1969actressMission: Impossible
Candice Bergen1989actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1990actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1992actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1994actressMurphy Brown
Candice Bergen1995actressMurphy Brown
Michael Learned1982actressNurse
Edie Falco2010actressNurse Jackie(Edith)
Debra Monk1999actressNYPD Blue
Sela Ward2000actressOnce and Again
Tatiana Maslany2016actressOrphan Black(Gabriele)
Eve Arden1954actressOur Miss Brooks
Kathy Baker1993actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Kathy Baker1995actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Kathy Baker1996actressPicket Fences(Katherine)
Valerie Harper1975actressRhoda
Roseanne Barr1993actressRoseanne
Catherine O'Hara2020actressSchitt's Creek(Anne)
Sarah Jessica Parker2004actressSex and the City
Sela Ward1994actressSisters
Cathryn Damon1980actressSoap
Sarah Snook2023actressSuccession
Ruth Gordon1979actressTaxi
Carol Kane1982actressTaxi
Barbara Stanwyck1961actressThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
Barbara Stanwyck1966actressThe Big Valley
Lindsay Wagner1977actressThe Bionic Woman
Kyra Sedgwick2010actressThe Closer
Claire Foy2018actressThe Crown(Elizabeth)
Olivia Colman2021actressThe Crown(Sarah, Caroline)
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
Betty White1986actressThe Golden Girls(Marion)
Rue McClanahan1987actressThe Golden Girls(Eddi)
Bea Arthur1988actressThe Golden Girls(Beatrice, Bernice)
Julianna Margulies2011actressThe Good Wife
Julianna Margulies2014actressThe Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss2017actressThe Handmaid's Tale
Polly Bergen1958actressThe Helen Morgan Story(Nellie, Paulina)
Mariette Hartley1979actressThe Incredible Hulk
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
Edie Falco1999actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
Edie Falco2001actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
Edie Falco2003actressThe Sopranos(Edith)
Michael Learned1973actressThe Waltons
Michael Learned1974actressThe Waltons
Michael Learned1976actressThe Waltons
Allison Janney2002actressThe West Wing
Allison Janney2004actressThe West Wing
Gillian Anderson1997actressThe X-Files
Patricia Wettig1990actressthirtysomething
Patricia Wettig1991actressthirtysomething
America Ferrera2007actressUgly Betty
Toni Collette2009actressUnited States of Tara
Jean Marsh1975actressUpstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre)(Lyndsey)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2012actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2013actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2014actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2015actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2016actressVeep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus2017actressVeep
Debra Messing2003actressWill & Grace