Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series

[2] It was re-introduced in 2015, when the category was called Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series and marked its return after 28 years.

It included a criterion that "the performer's character must have premiered in the current eligibility (calendar) year, and have made a limited number of appearances in a significant role".

[5] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip, weighing five pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.

In 2015, Donna Mills, Fred Willard, and Ray Wise made Daytime Emmy Award history when they tied in the category.

As of the 2024 ceremony, Dick Van Dyke is the most recent winner in this category for his role as Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux on Days of Our Lives.

Shipp at Magic City Comic Con 2016
John Wesley Shipp won in 1987 for his performance on Santa Barbara
Mills in a photoshoot for Police Story (1975)
Donna Mills won in 2015 for her role on General Hospital , and was one of three recipients of the award that year.
Wise at Weekend of Horrors in Bottrop
Ray Wise won in 2015 for his role on The Young and the Restless , and was one of three recipients of the award that year.
Jim O'Heir
Jim O'Heir won in 2018 for his role as Matt Cannistra on The Bold and the Beautiful .
LaRue in 2009
Eva LaRue won in 2020 for her role as Celeste Rosales on The Young and the Restless .
McClain in 2014
Cady McClain won in 2021 for her role as Jennifer Horton on Days of Our Lives .
Mills in 1989
Alley Mills won in 2023 for her role as Heather Webber on General Hospital .