Browse Namesakes
This is a list of namesakes in which the category is Emmy Award Winners; and the gender is female
| Name | Year | Category | Show | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Dinsdale | 1949 | actress |  | ||
| Gertrude Berg | 1951 | actress | | ||
| Imogene Coca | 1952 | actress | (Emogeane) | | |
| Helen Hayes | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Lucille Ball | 1953 | actress | | ||
| Eve Arden | 1954 | actress | Our Miss Brooks | | |
| Loretta Young | 1955 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1956 | actress | I Love Lucy | | |
| Loretta Young | 1957 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Nanette Fabray | 1957 | actress | Caesar's Hour | (Ruby, Bernadette, Theresa) | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1958 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Polly Bergen | 1958 | actress | The Helen Morgan Story | (Nellie, Paulina) | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1959 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Loretta Young | 1959 | actress | The Loretta Young Show | | |
| Jane Wyatt | 1960 | actress | Father Knows Best | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1961 | actress | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | | |
| Shirley Booth | 1962 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Shirley Booth | 1963 | actress | Hazel | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1964 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | 1966 | actress | The Big Valley | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1966 | actress | The Dick Van Dyke Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1967 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1967 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1968 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Lucille Ball | 1968 | actress | The Lucy Show | | |
| Barbara Bain | 1969 | actress | Mission: Impossible | | |
| Hope Lange | 1969 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Hope Lange | 1970 | actress | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1970 | actress | The Forsyte Saga | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1971 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Susan Hampshire | 1971 | actress | The First Churchills (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Glenda Jackson | 1972 | actress | Elizabeth R, (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1972 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1973 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1973 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1974 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1974 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Jean Marsh | 1975 | actress | Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) | | |
| Valerie Harper | 1975 | actress | Rhoda | | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1976 | actress | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
| Michael Learned | 1976 | actress | The Waltons | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1977 | actress | Maude | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Lindsay Wagner | 1977 | actress | The Bionic Woman | | |
| Jean Stapleton | 1978 | actress | All in the Family | | |
| Sada Thompson | 1978 | actress | Family | | |
| Mariette Hartley | 1979 | actress | The Incredible Hulk | | |
| Ruth Gordon | 1979 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Barbara Bel Geddes | 1980 | actress | Dallas | | |
| Cathryn Damon | 1980 | actress | Soap | | |
| Barbara Babcock | 1981 | actress | Hill Street Blues | | |
| Isabel Sanford | 1981 | actress | The Jeffersons | | |
| Carol Kane | 1982 | actress | Taxi | | |
| Michael Learned | 1982 | actress | Nurse | | |
| Shelley Long | 1983 | actress | Cheers | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1983 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1984 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Judi Evans | 1984 | actress | Guiding Light | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1984 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Jane Curtin | 1985 | actress | Kate & Allie | | |
| Tyne Daly | 1985 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Betty White | 1986 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Marion) | |
| Sharon Gless | 1986 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Rue McClanahan | 1987 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Eddi) | |
| Sharon Gless | 1987 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Bea Arthur | 1988 | actress | The Golden Girls | (Beatrice, Bernice) | |
| Tyne Daly | 1988 | actress | Cagney & Lacey | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1989 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Dana Delany | 1989 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1990 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Marg Helgenberger | 1990 | actress | China Beach | (Mary) | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1990 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| Kirstie Alley | 1991 | actress | Cheers | (Louise) | |
| Patricia Wettig | 1991 | actress | thirtysomething | | |
| Ruby Dee | 1991 | actress | Decoration Day | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1992 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Dana Delany | 1992 | actress | China Beach | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1993 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Roseanne Barr | 1993 | actress | Roseanne | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1994 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Sela Ward | 1994 | actress | Sisters | | |
| Candice Bergen | 1995 | actress | Murphy Brown | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1995 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Helen Hunt | 1996 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Kathy Baker | 1996 | actress | Picket Fences | (Katherine) | |
| Gillian Anderson | 1997 | actress | The X-Files | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1997 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Christine Lahti | 1998 | actress | Chicago Hope | | |
| Helen Hunt | 1998 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Debra Monk | 1999 | actress | NYPD Blue | | |
| Edie Falco | 1999 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Helen Hunt | 1999 | actress | Mad About You | | |
| Patricia Heaton | 2000 | actress | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
| Sela Ward | 2000 | actress | Once and Again | | |
| Edie Falco | 2001 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| 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 | | |
| Debra Messing | 2003 | actress | Will & Grace | | |
| Edie Falco | 2003 | actress | The Sopranos | (Edith) | |
| Allison Janney | 2004 | actress | The West Wing | | |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | 2004 | actress | Sex and the City | | |
| Felicity Huffman | 2005 | actress | Desperate Housewives | | |
| Patricia Arquette | 2005 | actress | Medium | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2006 | actress | The New Adventures of Old Christine | | |
| Mariska Hargitay | 2006 | actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | | |
| America Ferrera | 2007 | actress | Ugly Betty | | |
| Sally Field | 2007 | actress | Brothers & Sisters | | |
| Glenn Close | 2008 | actress | Damages | | |
| Shohreh Aghdashloo | 2008 | actress | House of Saddam | | |
| Tina Fey | 2008 | actress | 30 Rock | (Elizabeth, Stamatina) | |
| Glenn Close | 2009 | actress | Damages | | |
| Toni Collette | 2009 | actress | United States of Tara | | |
| Edie Falco | 2010 | actress | Nurse Jackie | (Edith) | |
| Kyra Sedgwick | 2010 | actress | The Closer | | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2011 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Melissa McCarthy | 2011 | actress | Mike and Molly | | |
| Claire Danes | 2012 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2012 | actress | Veep | | |
| Claire Danes | 2013 | actress | Homeland | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2013 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2014 | actress | Veep | | |
| Julianna Margulies | 2014 | actress | The Good Wife | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2015 | actress | Veep | | |
| Viola Davis | 2015 | actress | How to Get Away with Murder | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2016 | actress | Veep | | |
| Tatiana Maslany | 2016 | actress | Orphan Black | (Gabriele) | |
| Elisabeth Moss | 2017 | actress | The Handmaid's Tale | | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2017 | actress | Veep | | |
| Claire Foy | 2018 | actress | The Crown | (Elizabeth) | |
| Rachel Brosnahan | 2018 | actress | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | | |
| Jodie Comer | 2019 | actress | Killing Eve | | |
| Phoebe Waller-Bridge | 2019 | actress | Fleabag | | |
| Catherine O'Hara | 2020 | actress | Schitt's Creek | (Anne) | |
| Zendaya | 2020 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Jean Smart | 2021 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Olivia Colman | 2021 | actress | The Crown | (Sarah, Caroline) | |
| Jean Smart | 2022 | actress | Hacks | (Elizabeth) | |
| Zendaya | 2022 | actress | Euphoria | (Maree) | |
| Quinta Brunson | 2023 | actress | Abbott Elementary | | |
| Sarah Snook | 2023 | actress | Succession | |