Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).

It is given to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the daytime drama industry.

In 1989, Nancy Lee Grahn and Debbi Morgan made Daytime Emmy Award history when they tied in this category.

Julia Barr, Tamara Braun, Grahn, Amelia Heinle, and Gina Tognoni are the only actresses to have won the award twice.

As of the 2024 ceremony, Courtney Hope is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Sally Spectra on The Young and the Restless.

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Suzanne Rogers was the first winner, for her role as Maggie Horton on Days of Our Lives .
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Jane Elliot won in 1981, and was nominated three times, for her work on General Hospital . She was also nominated in 1989 for her work on Days of Our Lives .
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Jacklyn Zeman was nominated three times for her role as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital .
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Susan Haskell won in 1994 for her role as Marty Saybrooke on One Life to Live .
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Rena Sofer won in 1995 for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital .
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Michelle Stafford was nominated once, before winning in 1997, for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless .
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Victoria Rowell was nominated three times for her role as Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless .
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Tonya Lee Williams was nominated twice for her role as Olivia Barber Winters on The Young and the Restless .
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Crystal Chappell won in 2002 for her role as Olivia Spencer on Guiding Light .
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Kelly Ripa was nominated twice for her role as Hayley Vaughan on All My Children .
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Sharon Case won in 1999 for her role as Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless , having been nominated on two other occasions.
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Maura West (left) was nominated twice for her role as Carly Tenney on As the World Turns .
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Cady McClain was nominated once for he work All My Children , before winning in 2004 for her role as Rosanna Cabot on As the World Turns .
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Renée Elise Goldsberry was nominated twice for her role as Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live .
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Genie Francis won in 2007 for her role as Laura Spencer on General Hospital . She was nominated once more, in 2012, for her role as Genevieve Atkinson on The Young and the Restless .
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Arianne Zucker was nominated twice for her role as Nicole Walker on Days of Our Lives .
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Nancy Lee Grahn won in 1989 for her role as Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara . She was later nominated twice more, in 2000 and 2011, later winning in 2012 for her role as Alexis Davis on General Hospital .
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After 26 years on the series, Katherine Kelly Lang was nominated in 2013 for her role as Brooke Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful .
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Jessica Collins was nominated in 2013, and won in 2016, for her role as Avery Bailey Clark on The Young and the Restless .
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Amelia Heinle won in 2014 and 2015 for her role as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless
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Kate Mansi won in 2017 for her role as Abigail Deveraux on Days of Our Lives .
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Camryn Grimes won in 2018 for her role as Mariah Copeland on The Young and the Restless
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Tamara Braun won the award twice: first in 2009, for her role as Ava Vitali on Days of Our Lives ; and in 2020, for her role as Dr. Kim Nero on General Hospital .
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Julia Barr is one of the actresses who has received the award more than once, winning twice for her role as Brooke English on All My Children .
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Heather Tom is one of the actresses with the most nominations in this category. She was nominated for her roles on The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live , before receiving a nomination in 2008 and winning in 2011 for her role as Katie Logan Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful .
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Melissa Claire Egan is one of the actress with the most nominations in this category. She was nominated three times for her role as Annie Lavery on All My Children and twice for her role as Chelsea Newman on The Young and the Restless