Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film or Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year.

Jodie Foster is the current recipient of the award, for her performance in True Detective: Night Country (2024).

Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, and Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet have won the most awards in the category, winning two times.

Jessica Lange and Mirren have been nominated for the award on eight occasions, the most for the category.

Jane Seymour was the first recipient of the award, for East of Eden (1981)
Ingrid Bergman won for A Woman Called Golda (1982).
Ann-Margret won two consecutive times, for her roles in Who Will Love My Children? (1983) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
Liza Minnelli won for A Time to Live (1985)
Joanne Woodward won for Breathing Lessons (1994).
Judy Davis won for One Against the Wind (1991) and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).
Jessica Lange won for A Streetcar Named Desire (1995).
Alfre Woodard won for Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Helen Mirren has received seven nominations in the category, winning for Losing Chase (1996) and Elizabeth I (2005).
Angelina Jolie won for Gia (1998).
Halle Berry won for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999).
Dame Judi Dench won for The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Meryl Streep won for Angels in America (2003).
Glenn Close won for The Lion in Winter (2003).
Laura Linney won for John Adams (2008).
Drew Barrymore won for Grey Gardens (2009)
Claire Danes won for Temple Grandin (2010).
Kate Winslet won for Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).
Julianne Moore won for Game Change (2012).
Lady Gaga won for American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016).
Sarah Paulson won for The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016).
Nicole Kidman won for Big Little Lies (2017).
Michelle Williams won for Fosse/Verdon (2019)
Anya Taylor-Joy won for The Queen's Gambit (2020).
Amanda Seyfried won for The Dropout (2022)