Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
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{{Infobox award
| name = Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
| awarded_for = Best performance of the year by a female in a supporting role in a genre television series
| presenter = Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
| country = United States
| year = 1999
| holder = Jeri Ryan for Star Trek: Picard (2022/2023)
| website = {{URL|http://www.saturnawards.org}}
}}
File:Melissa McBride 40th Saturn Awards (cropped).jpg, the only consecutive two-time winner in the category and holds the record for most nominations for an actress with eight total.]]
The Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, honoring the work of actresses in science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction on television.
The Walking Dead holds the record for the most wins in the category with six (from 18 total nominations), with four different actresses receiving the award, including Danai Gurira and Melissa McBride who, along with Star Trek actress Jeri Ryan, are the only people to have won the award twice. Laurie Holden was the first actress from the series to receive the award, and Lauren Cohan currently holds the network/cable version of the award. Emily Kinney and Tovah Feldshuh also received nominations.
As of the 47th Saturn Awards in 2022, the award is known as Best Supporting Actress in a Network or Cable Television Series and features a sister category: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series.
(NOTE: Year refers to year of eligibility, the actual ceremonies are held the following year.).
The winners are listed in bold.
Winners and nominees
=1990s=
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| width="80px"|Year
! width="200px"|Actress ! width="320px"|Television Program ! Network ! Character |
|---|
| rowspan=6|{{center|1999 (26th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Justina Vail |style="background:lightyellow"|Seven Days |style="background:lightyellow"|UPN |style="background:lightyellow"|Dr. Olga Vukavitch |
| Charisma Carpenter
| Angel | The WB |
| Virginia Hey
| Farscape | Sci-Fi |
| Heather Matarazzo
| CBS | Heather Wiseman |
| Jeri Ryan
| UPN |
| Amanda Tapping
| Showtime |
=2000s=
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| width="80px"|Year
! width="200px"|Actress ! width="320px"|Television Program ! Network ! Character |
|---|
| rowspan=6|{{center|2000 (27th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Jeri Ryan |style="background:lightyellow"|Star Trek: Voyager |style="background:lightyellow"|UPN |style="background:lightyellow"|Seven of Nine |
| Alyson Hannigan
| rowspan="3"|The WB |
| Katherine Heigl
| Roswell |
| Juliet Landau
| Angel | Drusilla |
| Amanda Tapping
| Showtime |
| Michelle Trachtenberg
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2001 (28th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Jolene Blalock |style="background:lightyellow"|Enterprise |style="background:lightyellow"|UPN |style="background:lightyellow"|Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| Gigi Edgley
| Farscape | Sci-Fi | Chiana |
| Annabeth Gish
| Fox |
| Alyson Hannigan
| The WB |
| Amanda Tapping
| Showtime |
| Michelle Trachtenberg
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The WB |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2002 (29th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Alyson Hannigan |style="background:lightyellow"|Buffy the Vampire Slayer |style="background:lightyellow"|UPN |style="background:lightyellow"|Willow Rosenberg |
| Amy Acker
| Angel | The WB |
| Jolene Blalock
| UPN | Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| Heather Donahue
| rowspan="2"|Taken | rowspan="2"|Sci-Fi | Mary Crawford |
| Dakota Fanning
| Allie Keys |
| Michelle Trachtenberg
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | UPN |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2003 (30th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Amy Acker |style="background:lightyellow"|Angel |style="background:lightyellow"|The WB |style="background:lightyellow"|Winifred "Fred" Burkle |
| Jolene Blalock
| UPN | Sub-Commander T'Pol |
| Charisma Carpenter
| Angel | The WB |
| Victoria Pratt
| Mutant X | Shalimar Fox |
| Katee Sackhoff
| Battlestar Galactica (miniseries) | rowspan="2"|Sci-Fi | Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| Amanda Tapping |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2004 (31st)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Amanda Tapping |style="background:lightyellow"|Stargate SG-1 |style="background:lightyellow"|Sci-Fi |style="background:lightyellow"|Major/Lt. Col. Samantha Carter |
| Amy Acker
| Angel | rowspan="2"|The WB |
| Erica Durance |
| Torri Higginson
| Sci-Fi | Dr. Elizabeth Weir |
| Samantha Mathis
| rowspan="2"|TNT | Susan Norton |
| Sonya Walger |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2005 (32nd)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Katee Sackhoff |style="background:lightyellow"|Battlestar Galactica (TV series) |style="background:lightyellow"|Sci-Fi |style="background:lightyellow"|Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| Catherine Bell
| rowspan="2"|Sci-Fi | Emily Patterson |
| Claudia Black |
| Erica Durance
| rowspan="2"|Smallville | rowspan="2"|The WB |
| Allison Mack |
| Michelle Rodriguez
| Lost | ABC |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2006 (33rd)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Hayden Panettiere |style="background:lightyellow"|Heroes |style="background:lightyellow"|NBC |style="background:lightyellow"|Claire Bennet |
| Gabrielle Anwar
| The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | TNT |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Dexter | Showtime |
| Ali Larter
| Heroes | NBC |
| Allison Mack
| The CW |
| Elizabeth Mitchell
| Lost | ABC |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2007 (34th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Summer Glau |style="background:lightyellow"|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles |style="background:lightyellow"|Fox |style="background:lightyellow"|Cameron Phillips |
| style="background:lightyellow"|Elizabeth Mitchell
|style="background:lightyellow"|Lost |style="background:lightyellow"|ABC |style="background:lightyellow"|Juliet Burke |
| Jaimie Alexander
| Kyle XY | Freeform | Jessi |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| rowspan="2"|Dexter | rowspan="2"|Showtime |
| Jaime Murray |
| Hayden Panettiere
| Heroes | NBC |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2008 (35th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Jennifer Carpenter |style="background:lightyellow"|Dexter |style="background:lightyellow"|Showtime |style="background:lightyellow"|Debra Morgan |
| Summer Glau
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Fox |
| Yunjin Kim
| rowspan="2"|Lost | rowspan="2"|ABC | Sun Kwon |
| Elizabeth Mitchell |
| Hayden Panettiere
| Heroes | NBC |
| Katee Sackhoff
| Battlestar Galactica (TV series) | Sci-Fi | Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2009 (36th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Julie Benz |style="background:lightyellow"|Dexter |style="background:lightyellow"|Showtime |style="background:lightyellow"|Rita Morgan |
| Morena Baccarin
| V | ABC | Anna |
| Gina Bellman
| Leverage | TNT | Sophie Devereaux |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Dexter | Showtime |
| Elizabeth Mitchell
| Lost | ABC |
| Hayden Panettiere
| Heroes | NBC |
=2010s=
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| width="80px"|Year
! width="200px"|Actress ! width="320px"|Television Program ! Network ! Character |
|---|
| rowspan=6|{{center|2010 (37th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Lucy Lawless |style="background:lightyellow"|Spartacus: Blood and Sand |style="background:lightyellow"|Starz |style="background:lightyellow"|Lucretia |
| Morena Baccarin
| V | ABC | Anna |
| Gina Bellman
| Leverage | TNT | Sophie Devereaux |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Dexter | Showtime |
| Laurie Holden
| AMC | Andrea |
| Beth Riesgraf
| Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2011 (38th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Michelle Forbes |style="background:lightyellow"|The Killing |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Mitch Larsen |
| Lauren Ambrose
| Starz |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Dexter | Showtime |
| Frances Conroy
| American Horror Story: Murder House | FX | Moira O'Hara |
| Lana Parrilla
| ABC |
| Beth Riesgraf
| Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2012 (39th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Laurie Holden |style="background:lightyellow"|The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Andrea |
| Jennifer Carpenter
| Dexter | Showtime |
| Sarah Carter
| TNT | Margaret |
| Anna Gunn
| AMC |
| Jessica Lange
| American Horror Story: Asylum | FX |
| Beth Riesgraf
| Leverage | TNT | Parker |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2013 (40th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Melissa McBride |style="background:lightyellow"|The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Carol Peletier |
| Kathy Bates
| American Horror Story: Coven | FX |
| Sarah Carter
| TNT | Margaret |
| Gwendoline Christie
| rowspan="2"|Game of Thrones | rowspan="2"|HBO |
| Michelle Fairley |
| Elizabeth Mitchell
| NBC | Rachel Matheson |
| rowspan=6|{{center|2014 (41st)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Melissa McBride |style="background:lightyellow"|The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Carol Peletier |
| Emilia Clarke
| HBO |
| Jenna Coleman |
| Caroline Dhavernas
| Hannibal | NBC | Dr. Alana Bloom |
| Lexa Doig
| Syfy | Sonya Valentine |
| Emily Kinney
| The Walking Dead | AMC |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2015 (42nd)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Danai Gurira |style="background:lightyellow"|The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Michonne |
| Gillian Anderson
| Hannibal | NBC | Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier |
| Tovah Feldshuh
| The Walking Dead | AMC |
| Calista Flockhart
| CBS |
| Lena Headey
| HBO |
| Melissa Leo
| Fox | Pamela "Pam" Pilcher |
| Melissa McBride
| The Walking Dead | AMC |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2016 (43rd)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Candice Patton |style="background:lightyellow"|The Flash |style="background:lightyellow"|The CW |style="background:lightyellow"|Iris West |
| Kathy Bates
| American Horror Story: Roanoke | FX | Agnes Mary Winstead |
| Danai Gurira
| rowspan="2"|The Walking Dead | rowspan="2"|AMC | Michonne |
| Melissa McBride |
| Thandie Newton
| HBO | Maeve Millay |
| Adina Porter
| American Horror Story: Roanoke | FX | Lee Harris |
| Evan Rachel Wood
| Westworld | HBO | Dolores Abernathy |
| rowspan=8|{{center|2017 (44th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Rhea Seehorn |style="background:lightyellow"|Better Call Saul |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Kimberly "Kim" Wexler |
| Odette Annable
| The CW | Samantha Arias / Reign |
| Dakota Fanning
| TNT | Sara Howard |
| Danai Gurira
| rowspan="2"|The Walking Dead | rowspan="2"|AMC | Michonne |
| Melissa McBride |
| Candice Patton
| The CW |
| Adina Porter
| FX |
| Krysten Ritter
| Netflix |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2018/2019 (45th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Danai Gurira |style="background:lightyellow"|The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"|AMC |style="background:lightyellow"|Michonne |
| Gwendoline Christie
| rowspan="2"| Game of Thrones | rowspan="2"| HBO |
| Lena Headey |
| Melissa McBride
| The Walking Dead | rowspan="2"|AMC | Carol Peletier |
| Rhea Seehorn |
| Sophie Skelton
| Starz |
| Sophie Turner
| Game of Thrones | HBO |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2019/2020 (46th)}} |style="background:lightyellow"|Danielle Panabaker |style="background:lightyellow"|The Flash |style="background:lightyellow"|The CW |style="background:lightyellow"|Dr. Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost |
| Natasia Demetriou
| FX | Nadja |
| Cynthia Erivo
| HBO |
| Melissa McBride
| rowspan="2"|AMC |
| Colby Minifie
| Virginia |
| Sophie Skelton
| Starz |
| Tessa Thompson
| HBO |
=2020s=
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| width="80px"|Year
! width="170px"|Actress ! width="300px"|Television Program ! Network ! Character |
|---|
| rowspan=17|{{center|2021/2022 (50th)}} |
| colspan="4"|Network/Cable |
| style="background:lightyellow"| Lauren Cohan
|style="background:lightyellow"| The Walking Dead |style="background:lightyellow"| AMC |style="background:lightyellow"| Maggie Greene |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui
| The CW |
| Janina Gavankar
| Big Sky | ABC | Ren |
| Julia Jones
| Showtime | Angela Bishop |
| Melissa McBride
| The Walking Dead | AMC |
| Danielle Panabaker
| The CW |
| Sophie Skelton
| Starz | Brianna Fraser |
| colspan="4"|Streaming |
| style="background:lightyellow"| Moses Ingram
|style="background:lightyellow"| Obi-Wan Kenobi |style="background:lightyellow"| Disney+ |style="background:lightyellow"| Reva Sevander / Third Sister |
| Patricia Arquette
| Harmony Cobel |
| Danielle Brooks
| HBO Max | Leota Adebayo |
| Jess Bush |
| Nell Tiger Free
| Servant | Apple TV+ | Leanne Grayson |
| Kathryn Hahn
| Disney+ |
| Aleyse Shannon
| Breanna Casey |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2022/2023 (51st)}} |style="background:lightyellow"| Jeri Ryan |style="background:lightyellow"| Star Trek: Picard |style="background:lightyellow"| Paramount+ |style="background:lightyellow"| Seven of Nine |
| Jess Bush
| rowspan="2"|Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | rowspan="2"|Paramount+ |
| Celia Rose Gooding |
| Genevieve O'Reilly
| Andor | rowspan="2"|Disney+ |
| Katee Sackhoff |
| Sophie Skelton
| Starz | Brianna "Bree" Randall Fraser |
| Rebecca Wisocky
| Ghosts | CBS | Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone |
| rowspan=7|{{center|2023/2024 (52nd)}} |style="background:lightyellow"| Cristin Milioti |style="background:lightyellow"| The Penguin |style="background:lightyellow"| Max |style="background:lightyellow"| Sofia Falcone |
| Jennifer Connelly
| Daniela Dessen |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh
| Fargo | FX | Lorraine Lyon |
| Pollyanna McIntosh
| The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | AMC |
| Elizabeth Saunders
| From | MGM+ | Donna Raines |
| Anna Sawai
| Apple TV+ | Cate Randa |
| Rebecca Wisocky
| Ghosts | CBS | Henrietta "Hetty Woodstone |
Multiple nominations
;8 nominations
- Melissa McBride
;7 nominations
- Jennifer Carpenter
;5 nominations
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- Amanda Tapping
;4 nominations
- Danai Gurira
- Hayden Panettiere
- Katee Sackhoff
- Sophie Skelton
;3 nominations
- Amy Acker
- Jolene Blalock
- Alyson Hannigan
- Candice Patton
- Beth Riesgraf
- Jeri Ryan
- Michelle Trachtenberg
;2 nominations
- Morena Baccarin
- Kathy Bates
- Gina Bellman
- Charisma Carpenter
- Sarah Carter
- Gwendoline Christie
- Erica Durance
- Dakota Fanning
- Summer Glau
- Lena Headey
- Laurie Holden
- Allison Mack
- Danielle Panabaker
- Adina Porter
- Rhea Seehorn
Multiple wins
;2 wins
- Danai Gurira
- Melissa McBride (consecutive)
- Jeri Ryan
See also
External links
- [http://www.saturnawards.org Official site]
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2000 26th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2001 27th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2002 28th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2003 29th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2004 30th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2005 31st], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2006 32nd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2007 33rd], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2008 34th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2009 35th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2010 36th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2011 37th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2012 38th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2013 39th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2014 40th], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2015 41st], [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/2016 42nd]
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