Uzo Aduba accepts her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Orange Is the New Black during the 2015 Emmy Awards. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

The 2016 Emmy race has begun, and Vulture will take a close look at the contenders until voting closes, on June 27.

Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis, and Regina King made headlines when they took home acting awards in their respective drama categories at the 2015 Emmy Awards. The wins by three black women in one night stirred excitement — was a sea change underway, some wondered? — quickly followed by an inevitable question: Is this a fluke?

Ahead of this year’s Emmys, Vulture decided to investigate. We took a look back at the awards’ track record when it comes to diversity, focusing on representation among actors. In the graphics at the bottom of this post, we’ve documented every nominee and winner for each of the major show and acting categories for drama, comedy, and miniseries since the Emmys began, more than 60 years ago. Given the ensemble casts for many of these shows, we’ve highlighted certain shows based on how much representation there is for actors of color within their casts.

A caveat: The numbers here don’t tell the whole story. They can’t account for how fleshed out the characters are on each of these shows or how many lines of dialogue each actor of color is given. Two supporting actors of color on a show like ER, with a huge ensemble cast, don’t necessarily account for as much representation as two supporting actors of color on a show like Lost, where a significant amount of time is spent developing each character. But for the purposes of this graphic, we created designations (explained in our key below) to give a general sense of how much meaningful diversity there has been among Emmy winners over the years.

And that said, the data does reveal some interesting takeaways. Here’s an overall look:

Outstanding Acting Winners who are people of color (in all acting categories) 5.61% or 39 out of 695 total winners Nominees who are people of color (in all acting categories) 8.69% or 281 out of 3,235 total nominees Outstanding Actress for Comedy is, in recent history, the least diverse category — no women of color have been nominated since Phylicia Rashad in 1986, except America Ferrera in 2007 and 2008.

The 281 acting nominees who are people of color: Race % of total noms, including white Black 6.28% – 203 noms Latino/Latina 1.57% – 51 noms East Asian 0.37% – 12 noms Middle Eastern 0.3% – 10 noms South Asian 0.12% – 4 noms Native American 0.03% – 1 nom

Of the 12 nominations for actors of Asian descent, five went to Sandra Oh for Grey’s Anatomy . Of the ten nominations for actors of Middle Eastern descent, eight of them were for Tony Shalhoub’s role on Monk .

. Of the ten nominations for actors of Middle Eastern descent, eight of them were for Tony Shalhoub’s role on . Two categories have seen peaks in recent years: In the past decade, the number of women of color nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy is the highest it’s been since a peak in the mid-’80s, while for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama, the number of nominees is the highest it’s ever been.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy 2005 Doris Roberts

2005 Conchata Ferrell

2005 Megan Mullally

2005 Holland Taylor

2005 Jessica Walter 2006 Megan Mullally

2006 Cheryl Hines

2006 Elizabeth Perkins

2006 Jaime Pressly

2006 Alfre Woodard 2007 Jaime Pressly

2007 Conchata Ferrell

2007 Jenna Fischer

2007 Elizabeth Perkins

2007 Holland Taylor

2007 Vanessa Williams 2008 Jean Smart

2008 Kristin Chenoweth

2008 Amy Poehler

2008 Holland Taylor

2008 Vanessa Williams 2009 Kristin Chenoweth

2009 Jane Krakowski

2009 Elizabeth Perkins

2009 Amy Poehler

2009 Kristen Wiig

2009 Vanessa Williams 2010 Jane Lynch

2010 Julie Bowen

2010 Jane Krakowski

2010 Holland Taylor

2010 Sofía Vergara

2010 Kristen Wiig 2011 Julie Bowen

2011 Jane Krakowski

2011 Jane Lynch

2011 Sofía Vergara

2011 Betty White

2011 Kristen Wiig 2012 Julie Bowen

2012 Mayim Bialik

2012 Kathryn Joosten

2012 Sofía Vergara

2012 Merritt Wever

2012 Kristen Wiig 2013 Merritt Wever

2013 Mayim Bialik

2013 Julie Bowen

2013 Anna Chlumsky

2013 Jane Krakowski

2013 Jane Lynch

2013 Sofía Vergara 2014 Allison Janney

2014 Mayim Bialik

2014 Julie Bowen

2014 Anna Chlumsky

2014 Kate McKinnon

2014 Kate Mulgrew 2015 Allison Janney

2015 Mayim Bialik

2015 Julie Bowen

2015 Anna Chlumsky

2015 Gaby Hoffmann

2015 Jane Krakowski

2015 Kate McKinnon

2015 Niecy Nash Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama 2005 Blythe Danner

2005 Stockard Channing

2005 Tyne Daly

2005 Sandra Oh

2005 C.C.H. Pounder 2006 Blythe Danner

2006 Candice Bergen

2006 Sandra Oh

2006 Jean Smart

2006 Chandra Wilson 2007 Katherine Heigl

2007 Lorraine Bracco

2007 Rachel Griffiths

2007 Sandra Oh

2007 Aida Turturro

2007 Chandra Wilson 2008 Dianne Wiest

2008 Candice Bergen

2008 Rachel Griffiths

2008 Sandra Oh

2008 Chandra Wilson 2009 Cherry Jones

2009 Rose Byrne

2009 Hope Davis

2009 Sandra Oh

2009 Dianne Wiest

2009 Chandra Wilson 2010 Archie Panjabi

2010 Christine Baranski

2010 Rose Byrne

2010 Sharon Gless

2010 Christina Hendricks

2010 Elisabeth Moss 2011 Margo Martindale

2011 Christine Baranski

2011 Michelle Forbes

2011 Christina Hendricks

2011 Kelly Macdonald

2011 Archie Panjabi 2012 Maggie Smith

2012 Christine Baranski

2012 Joanne Froggatt

2012 Anna Gunn

2012 Christina Hendricks

2012 Archie Panjabi 2013 Anna Gunn

2013 Morena Baccarin

2013 Christine Baranski

2013 Emilia Clarke

2013 Christina Hendricks

2013 Maggie Smith 2014 Anna Gunn

2014 Christine Baranski

2014 Joanne Froggatt

2014 Lena Headey

2014 Christina Hendricks

2014 Maggie Smith 2015 Uzo Aduba

2015 Christine Baranski

2015 Emilia Clarke

2015 Joanne Froggatt

2015 Lena Headey

2015 Christina Hendricks

Not surprisingly, there are far more people of color in supporting roles than leading ones on shows nominated for Emmys (making Davis’s win for Outstanding Actress in a Drama last year, quite literally, unique — she is the only actress of color to ever have won in that category). Among the nominee categories, Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress, for both Drama and Miniseries, have been the most diverse.

Outstanding Drama, Comedy, and Miniseries Shows with predominantly nonwhite casts or a person of color in a leading role that have won 4.71% or 8 out of 170 total winners Shows with predominantly nonwhite casts or a person of color in a leading role that have been nominated 7.04% or 60 out of 852 total nominees Of shows with predominantly nonwhite casts or a person of color in a leading role, 25 miniseries have been nominated compared to 38 dramas and comedies combined, even though there have been 457 fewer miniseries nominations in total. Outstanding Miniseries nominations with casts or leads of color, out of 197 total nominations. = Winners Outstanding Comedy + Drama nominations with casts or leads of color, out of 654 total nominations.

Miniseries in general have been kinder to actors of color: Among the winners, the Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries categories are the most diverse categories. (This is due in part to the subject matter of many of the nominated miniseries, which often tell historical or biographical stories that focus on minorities.)

Acting Winners (Lead and Supporting) Comedy 3.3% people of color or 8 out of 242 total winners Drama 6.6% people of color or 16 out of 242 total winners Miniseries 7.1% people of color or 15 out of 211 total winners

Comedies account for some of the least diversity among acting winners — as the graph above shows, eight actors of color have won across the four acting categories, compared to drama’s 16 and miniseries’ 15. The comedy categories also have a slightly weaker track record when it comes to nominating actors of color and shows featuring people of color (in part due to the large ensemble casts on dramas). The Cosby Show, which was nominated four times, is an exception, making up almost half of the predominantly nonwhite comedies ever to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy. When it won in 1985, it became the first — and to this day, only — comedy or drama featuring a nonwhite cast to win an Emmy. Even the so-called golden age for black-led sitcoms in the early ’90s yielded no nominations for shows with predominantly non-white casts or a non-white lead, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. (Home Improvement, meanwhile, received three nominations in that same era.)

The nominations for this year’s Emmys will be announced in July, and some of the best series of the past year have featured actors of colors in prominent roles. Will new shows like Master of None, Mr. Robot, and The People v. O.J. Simpson break through? Will returning shows, from Jane the Virgin to Fresh Off the Boat, Black-ish to Being Mary Jane, be recognized? Until then, check out our more detailed, category-by-category breakdown on Emmy contenders through 2015, below.

But first! Here are some notes to guide you through:

As the key below indicates, the top row of each graphic indicates the winners for that category. For the acting categories, an orange bubble stands for whether the nominee/winner was a person of color (we’ve included all biracial actors of color under this designation).

stands for whether the nominee/winner was a person of color (we’ve included all biracial actors of color under this designation). The same orange bubble that denotes an actor of color also designates a show that features a predominantly nonwhite cast (i.e., The Cosby Show ).

that denotes an actor of color also designates a show that features a predominantly nonwhite cast (i.e., ). Lead roles go to people of color far less often than supporting ones. With this in mind, we’ve marked shows that include at least one person of color in a leading role, with a dark blue bubble . This means said actor would be eligible for Outstanding Lead Actor at the Emmys versus Outstanding Supporting Actor. (Tracy Morgan in 30 Rock , who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor, for example, would not qualify in the leading-role category; Debbie Allen , for her role in Fame, would.)

. This means said actor would be eligible for Outstanding Lead Actor at the Emmys versus Outstanding Supporting Actor. (Tracy Morgan in , who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor, for example, would not qualify in the leading-role category; Debbie Allen for her role in would.) The light blue bubble denotes shows that include at least two actors of color in a recurring supporting role (i.e., a show like Lost ), following the logic Master of None ’s fictional network executive Jerry Danvers explains to Aziz Ansari’s character: On TV, there can be one person of color, but there can’t be two. These are roles where the actor is not a background player, and could feasibly be nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor. (An exception was made here for Orange Is the New Black — given how intimately it focuses on each supporting actor, we’ve categorized it as “cast is predominantly nonwhite.”)

denotes shows that include at least two actors of color in a recurring supporting role (i.e., a show like ), following the logic ’s fictional network executive Jerry Danvers explains to Aziz Ansari’s character: On TV, there can be one person of color, but there can’t be two. These are roles where the actor is not a background player, and could feasibly be nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor. (An exception was made here for — given how intimately it focuses on each supporting actor, we’ve categorized it as “cast is predominantly nonwhite.”) For certain shows, you may notice their classification changes from season to season — that’s because recurring cast members often change, especially on shows with rotating ensembles.

*Note: Up until 1964, there were no genre-specific categories for comedy and drama acting awards. On the graphics below, you’ll notice the pre-1964 acting contenders repeat in both categories. For the purposes of our calculations, we looked at each nominee during those years and sorted him or her by genre. For example, Carl Lee appears twice in Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy, and Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama, but he is only counted once in our tally.

Person of color / Cast is predominantly nonwhite

Person of color / Cast is predominantly nonwhite More than one person of color in a supporting role

More than one person of color in a role One or more person of color in a leading role

One or more person of color in a role Winner 1952 The Red Skelton Show

1952 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1952 The Herb Shriner Show

1952 I Love Lucy

1952 You Bet Your Life 1953 I Love Lucy

1953 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet

1953 The Amos ‘N Andy Show

1953 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1953 Mister Peepers

1953 Our Miss Brooks 1954 I Love Lucy

1954 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1954 Mister Peepers

1954 Our Miss Brooks

1954 Topper 1955 Make Room for Daddy

1955 I Love Lucy

1955 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1955 Mister Peepers

1955 Our Miss Brooks

1955 Private Secretary 1956 The Phil Silvers Show

1956 The Bob Cummings Show

1956 Caesar’s Hour

1956 The George Gobel Show

1956 The Jack Benny Program

1956 Make Room for Daddy 1957 The Phil Silvers Show

1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1957 Father Knows Best

1957 The Jack Benny Program

1957 Person to Person 1958 The Phil Silvers Show

1958 The Bob Cummings Show

1958 Caesar’s Hour

1958 Father Knows Best

1958 The Jack Benny Program 1959 The Jack Benny Program

1959 The Bob Cummings Show

1959 The Danny Thomas Show

1959 Father Knows Best

1959 The Phil Silvers Show

1959 The Red Skelton Show 1960 Art Carney Special

1960 The Danny Thomas Show

1960 Father Knows Best

1960 The Jack Benny Program

1960 The Red Skelton Show 1961 The Jack Benny Program

1961 The Andy Griffith Show

1961 Bob Hope Buick Sports Awards Show

1961 Candid Camera

1961 The Flintstones 1962 The Bob Newhart Show

1962 The Andy Griffith Show

1962 Car 54, Where Are You?

1962 Hazel

1962 The Red Skelton Show 1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show

1963 The Beverly Hillbillies

1963 The Danny Kaye Show With Lucille Ball

1963 McHale's Navy 1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show

1964 The Bill Dana Show

1964 The Farmer's Daughter

1964 McHale's Navy

1964 That Was The Week That Was 1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show

1966 Batman

1966 Bewitched

1966 Get Smart

1966 Hogan's Heroes 1967 The Monkees

1967 The Andy Griffith Show

1967 Bewitched

1967 Get Smart

1967 Hogan's Heroes 1968 Get Smart

1968 Bewitched

1968 Family Affair

1968 Hogan's Heroes

1968 The Lucy Show 1969 Get Smart

1969 Bewitched

1969 Family Affair

1969 Julia

1969 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1970 My World and Welcome to It

1970 The Bill Cosby Show

1970 The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1970 Love, American Style

1970 Room 222 1971 All in the Family

1971 Arnie

1971 Love, American Style

1971 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1971 The Odd Couple 1972 All in the Family

1972 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1972 The Odd Couple

1972 Sanford and Son 1973 All in the Family

1973 M*A*S*H

1973 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1973 Maude

1973 Sanford and Son 1974 M*A*S*H

1974 All in the Family

1974 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1974 The Odd Couple 1975 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1975 All in the Family

1975 M*A*S*H

1975 Rhoda 1976 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1976 All in the Family

1976 Barney Miller

1976 M*A*S*H

1976 Welcome Back, Kotter 1977 The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1977 All in the Family

1977 Barney Miller

1977 The Bob Newhart Show

1977 M*A*S*H 1978 All in the Family

1978 Barney Miller

1978 M*A*S*H

1978 Soap

1978 Three's Company 1979 Taxi

1979 All in the Family

1979 Barney Miller

1979 M*A*S*H

1979 Mork & Mindy 1980 Taxi

1980 Barney Miller

1980 M*A*S*H

1980 Soap

1980 WKRP in Cincinnati 1981 Taxi

1981 Barney Miller

1981 M*A*S*H

1981 Soap

1981 WKRP in Cincinnati 1982 Barney Miller

1982 Love, Sidney

1982 M*A*S*H

1982 Taxi

1982 WKRP in Cincinnati 1983 Cheers

1983 Buffalo Bill

1983 M*A*S*H

1983 Newhart

1983 Taxi 1984 Cheers

1984 Buffalo Bill

1984 Family Ties

1984 Kate & Allie

1984 Newhart 1985 The Cosby Show

1985 Cheers

1985 Family Ties

1985 Kate & Allie

1985 Night Court 1986 The Golden Girls

1986 Cheers

1986 The Cosby Show

1986 Family Ties

1986 Kate & Allie 1987 The Golden Girls

1987 Cheers

1987 The Cosby Show

1987 Family Ties

1987 Night Court 1988 The Wonder Years

1988 Cheers

1988 Frank's Place

1988 The Golden Girls

1988 Night Court 1989 Cheers

1989 Designing Women

1989 The Golden Girls

1989 Murphy Brown

1989 The Wonder Years 1990 Murphy Brown

1990 Cheers

1990 Designing Women

1990 The Golden Girls

1990 The Wonder Years 1991 Cheers

1991 Designing Women

1991 The Golden Girls

1991 Murphy Brown

1991 The Wonder Years 1992 Murphy Brown

1992 Brooklyn Bridge

1992 Cheers

1992 Home Improvement

1992 Seinfeld 1993 Seinfeld

1993 Cheers

1993 Home Improvement

1993 The Larry Sanders Show

1993 Murphy Brown 1994 Frasier

1994 Home Improvement

1994 The Larry Sanders Show

1994 Mad About You

1994 Seinfeld 1995 Frasier

1995 Friends

1995 The Larry Sanders Show

1995 Mad About You

1995 Seinfeld 1996 Frasier

1996 Friends

1996 The Larry Sanders Show

1996 Mad About You

1996 Seinfeld 1997 Frasier

1997 3rd Rock From the Sun

1997 The Larry Sanders Show

1997 Mad About You

1997 Seinfeld 1998 Frasier

1998 3rd Rock From the Sun

1998 Ally McBeal

1998 The Larry Sanders Show

1998 Seinfeld 1999 Ally McBeal

1999 Everybody Loves Raymond

1999 Frasier

1999 Friends

1999 Sex and the City 2000 Will & Grace

2000 Everybody Loves Raymond

2000 Frasier

2000 Friends

2000 Sex and the City 2001 Sex and the City

2001 Everybody Loves Raymond

2001 Frasier

2001 Malcolm in the Middle

2001 Will & Grace 2002 Friends

2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2002 Everybody Loves Raymond

2002 Sex and the City

2002 Will & Grace 2003 Everybody Loves Raymond

2003 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2003 Friends

2003 Sex and the City

2003 Will & Grace 2004 Arrested Development

2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2004 Everybody Loves Raymond

2004 Sex and the City

2004 Will & Grace 2005 Everybody Loves Raymond

2005 Arrested Development

2005 Desperate Housewives

2005 Scrubs

2005 Will & Grace 2006 The Office

2006 Arrested Development

2006 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2006 Scrubs

2006 Two and a Half Men 2007 30 Rock

2007 Entourage

2007 The Office

2007 Two and a Half Men

2007 Ugly Betty 2008 30 Rock

2008 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2008 Entourage

2008 The Office

2008 Two and a Half Men 2009 30 Rock

2009 Entourage

2009 Family Guy

2009 Flight of the Conchords

2009 How I Met Your Mother

2009 The Office

2009 Weeds 2010 Modern Family

2010 30 Rock

2010 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2010 Glee

2010 Nurse Jackie

2010 The Office 2011 Modern Family

2011 30 Rock

2011 The Big Bang Theory

2011 Glee

2011 The Office

2011 Parks and Recreation 2012 Modern Family

2012 30 Rock

2012 The Big Bang Theory

2012 Curb Your Enthusiasm

2012 Girls

2012 Veep 2013 Modern Family

2013 30 Rock

2013 The Big Bang Theory

2013 Girls

2013 Louie

2013 Veep 2014 Modern Family

2014 The Big Bang Theory

2014 Louie

2014 Orange Is the New Black

2014 Silicon Valley

2014 Veep 2015 Veep

2015 Louie

2015 Modern Family

2015 Parks and Recreation

2015 Silicon Valley

2015 Transparent

2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Since 1989, there have been two nominations for shows with predominantly nonwhite casts or a nonwhite lead: Ugly Betty in 2007 and Orange Is the New Black in 2014 (which moved to the Drama category the next year). Between 1992–2004, there were no shows with predominantly nonwhite casts or a nonwhite lead nominated for Outstanding Comedy. Notably, there were seven between 1985–1991 (The Cosby Show, Frank’s Place, Designing Women), and five between 1969–1973 (Julie, The Bill Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, Room 222). Modern Family, which features more than one actor of color in a supporting role, has won for Outstanding Comedy five times, while The Cosby Show is the only show with a predominantly nonwhite cast or a nonwhite lead to ever win in the category.

Thirty-eight out of the 324 comedy nominees have featured either a predominantly nonwhite cast (10), at least one nonwhite lead (6), or more than one nonwhite supporting actor (22).

1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

1951 Fireside Theatre

1951 The Philco Television Playhouse

1951 Studio One 1952 Studio One

1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

1952 Celanese Theatre

1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

1952 Robert Montgomery Presents 1953 Robert Montgomery Presents

1953 Celanese Theatre

1953 Kraft Television Theatre

1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

1953 Studio One 1954 U.S. Steel Hour

1954 Kraft Television Theatre

1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

1954 Robert Montgomery Presents

1954 Studio One 1955 The United States Steel Hour

1955 Four Star Playhouse

1955 Medic

1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

1955 Studio One 1956 Producers' Showcase

1956 Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre

1956 Climax!

1956 Studio One

1956 The United States Steel Hour 1958 Gunsmoke

1958 Lassie

1958 Maverick

1958 Perry Mason

1958 Wagon Train

1958 Playhouse 90

1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1958 Climax!

1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame

1958 Studio One 1959 Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre

1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1959 General Electric Theater

1959 Peter Gunn

1959 The Loretta Young Show

1959 Naked City

1959 Playhouse 90

1959 The United States Steel Hour 1960 Playhouse 90

1960 Ford Startime

1960 The Untouchables 1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame: Macbeth

1961 Naked City

1961 The Twilight Zone

1961 The Untouchables 1962 The Defenders

1962 Alcoa Premiere

1962 Ben Casey

1962 The Dick Powell Show

1962 Hallmark Hall of Fame

1962 Naked City 1963 The Defenders

1963 Alcoa Premiere

1963 Ben Casey

1963 The Dick Powell Show

1963 The Eleventh Hour

1963 Naked City 1964 The Defenders

1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1964 East Side/West Side

1964 Mr. Novak

1964 The Richard Boone Show 1966 The Fugitive

1966 Bonanza

1966 I Spy

1966 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

1966 Slattery's People 1967 Mission: Impossible

1967 The Avengers

1967 I Spy

1967 Run for Your Life

1967 Star Trek: The Original Series 1968 Mission: Impossible

1968 The Avengers

1968 I Spy

1968 NET Playhouse

1968 Run for Your Life

1968 Star Trek: The Original Series 1969 NET Playhouse

1969 The F.B.I.

1969 Ironside

1969 Judd, for the Defense

1969 Mission: Impossible

1969 The Name of the Game 1970 Marcus Welby, M.D.

1970 The Forsyte Saga

1970 Ironside

1970 The Mod Squad

1970 The Name of the Game

1970 NET Playhouse 1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator

1971 The First Churchills

1971 Ironside

1971 Marcus Welby, M.D.

1971 NET Playhouse 1972 Elizabeth R

1972 Columbo

1972 Mannix

1972 Marcus Welby, M.D.

1972 The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1973 The Waltons

1973 Cannon

1973 Columbo

1973 Hawaii Five-O

1973 Kung Fu

1973 Mannix 1974 Upstairs, Downstairs

1974 Kojak

1974 Police Story

1974 The Streets of San Francisco

1974 The Waltons 1975 Upstairs, Downstairs

1975 Kojak

1975 Police Story

1975 The Streets of San Francisco

1975 The Waltons 1976 Police Story

1976 Baretta

1976 Columbo

1976 The Streets of San Francisco 1977 Upstairs, Downstairs

1977 Baretta

1977 Columbo

1977 Family

1977 Police Story 1978 The Rockford Files

1978 Columbo

1978 Family

1978 Lou Grant

1978 Quincy M.E. 1979 Lou Grant

1979 The Paper Chase

1979 The Rockford Files 1980 Lou Grant

1980 Dallas

1980 Family

1980 The Rockford Files

1980 The White Shadow 1981 Hill Street Blues

1981 Dallas

1981 Lou Grant

1981 Quincy M.E.

1981 The White Shadow 1982 Hill Street Blues

1982 Dynasty

1982 Fame

1982 Lou Grant

1982 Magnum, P.I. 1983 Hill Street Blues

1983 Cagney & Lacey

1983 Fame

1983 Magnum, P.I.

1983 St. Elsewhere 1984 Hill Street Blues

1984 Cagney & Lacey

1984 Fame

1984 Magnum, P.I.

1984 St. Elsewhere 1985 Cagney & Lacey

1985 Hill Street Blues

1985 Miami Vice

1985 Murder, She Wrote

1985 St. Elsewhere 1986 Cagney & Lacey

1986 Hill Street Blues

1986 Moonlighting

1986 Murder, She Wrote

1986 St. Elsewhere 1987 L.A. Law

1987 Cagney & Lacey

1987 Moonlighting

1987 Murder, She Wrote

1987 St. Elsewhere 1988 Thirtysomething

1988 Beauty and the Beast

1988 L.A. Law

1988 Rumpole of the Bailey

1988 St. Elsewhere 1989 L.A. Law

1989 Beauty and the Beast

1989 China Beach

1989 Thirtysomething

1989 Wiseguy 1990 L.A. Law

1990 China Beach

1990 Quantum Leap

1990 Thirtysomething

1990 Twin Peaks 1991 L.A. Law

1991 China Beach

1991 Northern Exposure

1991 Quantum Leap

1991 Thirtysomething 1992 Northern Exposure

1992 I'll Fly Away

1992 L.A. Law

1992 Law & Order

1992 Quantum Leap 1993 Picket Fences

1993 Homefront

1993 I'll Fly Away

1993 Law & Order

1993 Northern Exposure 1994 Picket Fences

1994 Law & Order

1994 Northern Exposure

1994 NYPD Blue

1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation 1995 NYPD Blue

1995 Chicago Hope

1995 ER

1995 Law & Order

1995 The X-Files 1996 ER

1996 Chicago Hope

1996 Law & Order

1996 NYPD Blue

1996 The X-Files 1997 Law & Order

1997 Chicago Hope

1997 ER

1997 NYPD Blue

1997 The X-Files 1998 The Practice

1998 ER

1998 Law & Order

1998 NYPD Blue

1998 The X-Files 1999 The Practice

1999 ER

1999 Law & Order

1999 NYPD Blue

1999 The Sopranos 2000 The West Wing

2000 ER

2000 Law & Order

2000 The Practice

2000 The Sopranos 2001 The West Wing

2001 ER

2001 Law & Order

2001 The Practice

2001 The Sopranos 2002 The West Wing

2002 24

2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2002 Law & Order

2002 Six Feet Under 2003 The West Wing

2003 24

2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2003 Six Feet Under

2003 The Sopranos 2004 The Sopranos

2004 24

2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2004 Joan of Arcadia

2004 The West Wing 2005 Lost

2005 24

2005 Deadwood

2005 Six Feet Under

2005 The West Wing 2006 24

2006 Grey’s Anatomy

2006 House

2006 The Sopranos

2006 The West Wing 2007 The Sopranos

2007 Boston Legal

2007 Grey’s Anatomy

2007 Heroes

2007 House 2008 Mad Men

2008 Boston Legal

2008 Damages

2008 Dexter

2008 House

2008 Lost 2009 Mad Men

2009 Big Love

2009 Breaking Bad

2009 Damages

2009 Dexter

2009 House

2009 Lost 2010 Mad Men

2010 Breaking Bad

2010 Dexter

2010 The Good Wife

2010 Lost

2010 True Blood 2011 Mad Men

2011 Boardwalk Empire

2011 Dexter

2011 Friday Night Lights

2011 Game of Thrones

2011 The Good Wife 2012 Homeland

2012 Boardwalk Empire

2012 Breaking Bad

2012 Downton Abbey

2012 Game of Thrones

2012 Mad Men 2013 Breaking Bad

2013 Downton Abbey

2013 Game of Thrones

2013 House of Cards

2013 Mad Men

2013 Homeland 2014 Breaking Bad

2014 Downton Abbey

2014 Game of Thrones

2014 House of Cards

2014 Mad Men

2014 True Detective 2015 Game of Thrones

2015 Better Call Saul

2015 Downton Abbey

2015 Homeland

2015 Mad Men

2015 Orange Is the New Black

In Emmy history, there have been three predominantly nonwhite shows nominated for Outstanding Drama: The White Shadow, I’ll Fly Away, and Orange Is the New Black. NYPD Blue is the only show featuring at least one nonwhite lead to have won for Outstanding Drama, and since 2000, the only show with a predominantly nonwhite cast or nonwhite lead to have been nominated is OITNB. Notably, from 1992–1999, there were eight nominations for shows with a predominantly nonwhite cast, or at least one person of color in a leading role (five of them went to NYPD Blue), and from 1980–1985, there were six (half of them went to Fame).

Sixty-four out of the 330 drama nominees have featured either a predominantly nonwhite cast (3), at least one nonwhite lead (16), or more than one nonwhite supporting actor (45).

1973 Tom Brown's Schooldays

1973 The Last of the Mohicans

1973 The Life of Leonardo da Vinci 1974 Columbo: Double Exposure

1974 The Blue Knight

1974 McCloud 1975 Benjamin Franklin

1975 Columbo

1975 McCloud 1976 Upstairs, Downstairs

1976 The Adams Chronicles

1976 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1976 The Law

1976 Rich Man, Poor Man 1977 Roots

1977 The Adams Chronicles

1977 Captains and the Kings

1977 Madame Bovary

1977 The Moneychangers 1978 Holocaust

1978 Anna Karenina

1978 I, Claudius

1978 King

1978 Washington: Behind Closed Doors 1979 Roots: The Next Generations

1979 Backstairs at the White House

1979 Blind Ambition 1980 Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1980 Disraeli

1980 The Duchess of Duke Street

1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War 1981 Shogun

1981 East of Eden

1981 Masada

1981 Rumpole of the Bailey

1981 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 1982 Marco Polo

1982 Brideshead Revisited

1982 Flickers

1982 Oppenheimer

1982 A Town Like Alice 1983 Nicholas Nickleby

1983 Smiley's People

1983 The Thorn Birds

1983 To Serve Them All My Days

1983 The Winds of War 1984 Concealed Enemies

1984 Chiefs

1984 George Washington

1984 Nancy Astor

1984 Reilly: Ace of Spies 1985 The Jewel in the Crown

1985 Ellis Island

1985 Robert Kennedy and His Times

1985 Space

1985 A Woman of Substance 1986 Peter the Great

1986 Dress Gray

1986 The Long Hot Summer

1986 Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986 On Wings of Eagles 1987 A Year in the Life

1987 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna

1987 Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

1987 Out on a Limb

1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles 1988 The Murder of Mary Phagan

1988 Baby M

1988 Billionaire Boys Club

1988 The Bourne Identity

1988 Gore Vidal's Lincoln 1989 War and Remembrance

1989 I Know My First Name Is Steven

1989 Lonesome Dove

1989 A Perfect Spy

1989 The Women of Brewster Place 1990 Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

1990 Blind Faith

1990 Family of Spies

1990 The Kennedys of Massachusetts

1990 Small Sacrifices 1991 Separate But Equal

1991 Decoration Day

1991 The Josephine Baker Story

1991 Paris Trout

1991 Sarah, Plain and Tall 1992 A Woman Named Jackie

1992 Switched at Birth

1992 The Burden of Proof

1992 Cruel Doubt

1992 Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

1992 In a Child's Name 1993 Prime Suspect 2

1993 Alex Haley's Queen

1993 Family Pictures

1993 The Jacksons: An American Dream

1993 Sinatra 1994 Prime Suspect 3

1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

1994 The Stand

1994 Tales of the City

1994 World War II: When Lions Roared 1995 Joseph

1995 Buffalo Girls

1995 Children of the Dust

1995 Martin Chuzzlewit

1995 A Woman of Independent Means 1996 Gulliver's Travels

1996 Andersonville

1996 Hiroshima

1996 Moses

1996 Pride and Prejudice 1997 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement

1997 In Cold Blood

1997 The Last Don

1997 The Odyssey

1997 The Shining 1998 From the Earth to the Moon

1998 George Wallace

1998 Merlin

1998 Moby Dick

1998 More Tales of the City 1999 Hornblower: The Even Chance

1999 Great Expectations

1999 Joan of Arc

1999 The '60s

1999 The Temptations 2000 The Corner

2000 Arabian Nights

2000 The Beach Boys: An American Family

2000 Jesus

2000 P. T. Barnum 2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story

2001 Further Tales of the City

2001 Hornblower

2001 Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

2001 Nuremberg 2002 Band of Brothers

2002 Dinotopia

2002 The Mists of Avalon

2002 Shackleton 2003 Taken

2003 HItler: The Rise of Evil

2003 Napoléon 2004 Angels in America

2004 American Family

2004 Hornblower

2004 Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness

2004 Traffic 2005 The Lost Prince

2005 The 4400

2005 Elvis

2005 Empire Falls 2006 Elizabeth I

2006 Bleak House

2006 Into the West

2006 Sleeper Cell 2007 Broken Trail

2007 Prime Suspect: The Final Act

2007 The Starter Wife 2008 John Adams

2008 The Andromeda Strain

2008 Cranford

2008 Tin Man 2009 Little Dorrit

2009 Generation Kill 2010 The Pacific

2010 Return to Cranford 2011 Downton Abbey

2011 Cinema Verite

2011 The Kennedys

2011 Mildred Pierce

2011 The Pillars of the Earth

2011 Too Big to Fail 2012 Game Change

2012 American Horror Story

2012 Hatfields & McCoys

2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012 Luther

2012 Sherlock 2013 Behind the Candelabra

2013 American Horror Story: Asylum

2013 The Bible

2013 Phil Spector

2013 Political Animals

2013 Top of the Lake 2014 Fargo

2014 American Horror Story: Coven

2014 Bonnie & Clyde

2014 Luther

2014 Treme

2014 The White Queen 2015 Olive Kitteridge

2015 American Crime

2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show

2015 The Honorable Woman

2015 Wolf Hall

This is by far the show category with the most diversity. Over the years, 15 shows with predominantly nonwhite casts have been nominated for Outstanding Miniseries, and a third of them have won. Peaks include 1989–2000, when 12 miniseries with predominantly nonwhite casts or a person of color in a leading role were either nominated or won. Just in the last four years, four shows with people of color at the center have been nominated (Luther, Treme, The Bible), though one hasn’t won since 2000’s The Corner.

Thirty-five out of 197 miniseries nominees have featured either a predominantly nonwhite cast (15), at least one nonwhite lead (10), or more than one nonwhite supporting actor (10).

*Note: The Outstanding Miniseries category wasn’t created until 1973. Before then, there was a category designated as “Outstanding Single Performance,” which meant a performance that only occurred for one season or even less. This eventually became the categories of Outstanding Actor and Actress in a Miniseries, which is why, as you’ll see below, those two categories begin in 1955, almost 20 years before Outstanding Miniseries would.

1954 Donald O'Connor

1954 Sid Caesar

1954 Wally Cox

1954 Jackie Gleason

1954 Jack Webb 1955 Danny Thomas

1955 Richard Boone

1955 Robert Cummings

1955 Jackie Gleason

1955 Jack Webb 1956 Phil Silvers

1956 Robert Cummings

1956 Jackie Gleason

1956 Danny Thomas

1956 Robert Young 1957 Sid Caesar

1957 Jack Benny

1957 Robert Cummings

1957 Ernie Kovacs

1957 Phil Silvers 1958 Robert Young

1958 James Arness

1958 Robert Cummings

1958 Phil Silvers

1958 Danny Thomas 1959 Jack Benny

1959 Walter Brennan

1959 Robert Cummings

1959 Phil Silvers

1959 Danny Thomas

1959 Robert Young 1960 Robert Stack

1960 Raymond Burr

1960 Richard Boone 1961 Raymond Burr

1961 Jackie Cooper

1961 Robert Stack 1962 E.G. Marshall

1962 Paul Burke

1962 Jackie Cooper

1962 Vincent Edwards

1962 George Maharis 1963 E.G. Marshall

1963 Ernest Borgnine

1963 Paul Burke

1963 Vic Morrow

1963 Dick Van Dyke 1964 Dick Van Dyke

1964 Richard Boone

1964 Dean Jagger

1964 David Janssen

1964 George C. Scott 1966 Dick Van Dyke

1966 Don Adams

1966 Bob Crane 1967 Don Adams

1967 Bob Crane

1967 Brian Keith

1967 Larry Storch 1968 Don Adams

1968 Richard Benjamin

1968 Sebastian Cabot

1968 Brian Keith

1968 Dick York 1969 Don Adams

1969 Brian Keith

1969 Edward Mulhare

1969 Lloyd Nolan 1970 William Windom

1970 Bill Cosby

1970 Lloyd Haynes 1971 Jack Klugman

1971 Ted Bessell

1971 Bill Bixby

1971 Carroll O'Connor

1971 Tony Randall 1972 Carroll O'Connor

1972 Redd Foxx

1972 Jack Klugman

1972 Tony Randall 1973 Jack Klugman

1973 Alan Alda

1973 Redd Foxx

1973 Carroll O'Connor

1973 Tony Randall 1974 Alan Alda

1974 Redd Foxx

1974 Jack Klugman

1974 Carroll O'Connor

1974 Tony Randall 1975 Tony Randall

1975 Jack Albertson

1975 Alan Alda

1975 Jack Klugman

1975 Carroll O'Connor 1976 Jack Albertson

1976 Alan Alda

1976 Hal Linden

1976 Henry Winkler 1977 Carroll O'Connor

1977 Jack Albertson

1977 Alan Alda

1977 Hal Linden

1977 Henry Winkler 1978 Carroll O'Connor

1978 Alan Alda

1978 Hal Linden

1978 John Ritter

1978 Henry Winkler 1979 Carroll O'Connor

1979 Alan Alda

1979 Judd Hirsch

1979 Hal Linden

1979 Robin Williams 1980 Richard Mulligan

1980 Alan Alda

1980 Robert Guillaume

1980 Judd Hirsch

1980 Hal Linden 1981 Judd Hirsch

1981 Alan Alda

1981 Hal Linden

1981 Richard Mulligan

1981 John Ritter 1982 Alan Alda

1982 Robert Guillaume

1982 Judd Hirsch

1982 Hal Linden

1982 Leslie Nielsen 1983 Judd Hirsch

1983 Alan Alda

1983 Dabney Coleman

1983 Ted Danson

1983 Robert Guillaume 1984 John Ritter

1984 Dabney Coleman

1984 Ted Danson

1984 Robert Guillaume

1984 Sherman Hemsley 1985 Robert Guillaume

1985 Harry Anderson

1985 Ted Danson

1985 Bob Newhart

1985 Jack Warden 1986 Michael J. Fox

1986 Harry Anderson

1986 Ted Danson

1986 Bob Newhart

1986 Jack Warden 1987 Michael J. Fox

1987 Harry Anderson

1987 Ted Danson

1987 Bob Newhart

1987 Bronson Pinchot 1988 Michael J. Fox

1988 Dabney Coleman

1988 Ted Danson

1988 Tim Reid

1988 John Ritter 1989 Richard Mulligan

1989 Ted Danson

1989 Michael J. Fox

1989 John Goodman

1989 Fred Savage 1990 Ted Danson

1990 John Goodman

1990 Richard Mulligan

1990 Craig T. Nelson

1990 Fred Savage 1991 Burt Reynolds

1991 Ted Danson

1991 John Goodman

1991 Richard Mulligan

1991 Craig T. Nelson 1992 Craig T. Nelson

1992 Ted Danson

1992 John Goodman

1992 Kelsey Grammer

1992 Burt Reynolds

1992 Jerry Seinfeld 1993 Ted Danson

1993 Tim Allen

1993 John Goodman

1993 Jerry Seinfeld

1993 Garry Shandling 1994 Kelsey Grammer

1994 John Goodman

1994 John Larroquette

1994 Paul Reiser

1994 Jerry Seinfeld 1995 Kelsey Grammer

1995 John Goodman

1995 Paul Reiser

1995 Jerry Seinfeld

1995 Garry Shandling 1996 John Lithgow

1996 Kelsey Grammer

1996 Paul Reiser

1996 Jerry Seinfeld

1996 Garry Shandling 1997 John Lithgow

1997 Michael J. Fox

1997 Kelsey Grammer

1997 Paul Reiser

1997 Garry Shandling 1998 Kelsey Grammer

1998 Michael J. Fox

1998 John Lithgow

1998 Paul Reiser

1998 Garry Shandling 1999 John Lithgow

1999 Michael J. Fox

1999 Kelsey Grammer

1999 Paul Reiser

1999 Ray Romano 2000 Michael J. Fox

2000 Kelsey Grammer

2000 John Lithgow

2000 Eric McCormack

2000 Ray Romano 2001 Eric McCormack

2001 Kelsey Grammer

2001 John Lithgow

2001 Frankie Muniz

2001 Ray Romano 2002 Ray Romano

2002 Kelsey Grammer

2002 Matt LeBlanc

2002 Bernie Mac

2002 Matthew Perry 2003 Tony Shalhoub

2003 Larry David

2003 Matt LeBlanc

2003 Bernie Mac

2003 Eric McCormack

2003 Ray Romano 2004 Kelsey Grammer

2004 Larry David

2004 Matt LeBlanc

2004 John Ritter

2004 Tony Shalhoub 2005 Tony Shalhoub

2005 Jason Bateman

2005 Zach Braff

2005 Eric McCormack

2005 Ray Romano 2006 Tony Shalhoub

2006 Steve Carell

2006 Larry David

2006 Kevin James

2006 Charlie Sheen 2007 Ricky Gervais

2007 Alec Baldwin

2007 Steve Carell

2007 Tony Shalhoub

2007 Charlie Sheen 2008 Alec Baldwin

2008 Steve Carell

2008 Lee Pace

2008 Tony Shalhoub

2008 Charlie Sheen 2009 Alec Baldwin

2009 Steve Carell

2009 Jemaine Clement

2009 Jim Parsons

2009 Tony Shalhoub

2009 Charlie Sheen 2010 Jim Parsons

2010 Alec Baldwin

2010 Steve Carell

2010 Larry David

2010 Matthew Morrison

2010 Tony Shalhoub 2011 Jim Parsons

2011 Alec Baldwin

2011 Steve Carell

2011 Louis C.K.

2011 Johnny Galecki

2011 Matt LeBlanc 2012 Jon Cryer

2012 Alec Baldwin

2012 Louis C.K.

2012 Don Cheadle

2012 Larry David

2012 Jim Parsons 2013 Jim Parsons

2013 Alec Baldwin

2013 Jason Bateman

2013 Louis C.K.

2013 Don Cheadle

2013 Matt LeBlanc 2014 Jim Parsons

2014 Louis C.K.

2014 Don Cheadle

2014 Ricky Gervais

2014 Matt LeBlanc

2014 William H. Macy 2015 Jeffrey Tambor

2015 Anthony Anderson

2015 Louis C.K.

2015 Don Cheadle

2015 Will Forte

2015 Matt LeBlanc

2015 William H. Macy

Only two nonwhite actors have ever won for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy in Emmy history — Robert Guillaume in 1985, for Benson, and Tony Shalhoub, who won three times for Monk. (Fun fact: Guillaume is also the only actor of color to ever win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, for his role in Soap.) Twenty-eight of the 283 nominees in this category, or 9.9 percent, have been men of color. Shalhoub (who was nominated eight times for Monk), Guillaume (nominated five times for Benson), and Don Cheadle (nominated four times for House of Lies) together make up 61 percent of those nominations. No actors of color were nominated between 1989–2000.

1954 Eve Arden

1954 Lucille Ball

1954 Imogene Coca

1954 Dinah Shore

1954 Loretta Young 1955 Loretta Young

1955 Gracie Allen

1955 Eve Arden

1955 Jean Hagen

1955 Ann Sothern 1956 Lucille Ball

1956 Gracie Allen

1956 Eve Arden

1956 Jean Hagen

1956 Ann Sothern 1957 Nanette Febray

1957 Edie Adams

1957 Gracie Allen

1957 Lucille Ball

1957 Ann Sothern 1958 Jane Wyatt

1958 Eve Arden

1958 Spring Byington

1958 Jan Clayton

1958 Ida Lupino 1959 Jane Wyatt

1959 Gracie Allen

1959 Spring Byington

1959 Ida Lupino

1959 Donna Reid

1959 Ann Sothern 1960 Jane Wyatt

1960 Donna Reid

1960 Loretta Young 1961 Barbara Stanwyck

1961 Donna Reid

1961 Loretta Young 1962 Shirley Booth

1962 Gertrude Berg

1962 Donna Reid

1962 Mary Stuart

1962 Cara Williams 1963 Shirley Booth

1963 Lucille Ball

1963 Shirl Conway

1963 Mary Tyler Moore

1963 Irene Ryan 1964 Mary Tyler Moore

1964 Shirley Booth

1964 Patty Duke

1964 Irene Ryan

1964 Inger Stevens 1966 Mary Tyler Moore

1966 Lucille Ball

1966 Elizabeth Montgomery 1967 Lucille Ball

1967 Elizabeth Montgomery

1967 Agnes Moorehead

1967 Marlo Thomas 1968 Lucille Ball

1968 Barbara Feldon

1968 Elizabeth Montgomery

1968 Paula Prentiss

1968 Marlo Thomas 1969 Hope Lange

1969 Diahann Carroll

1969 Barbara Feldon

1969 Elizabeth Montgomery 1970 Hope Lange

1970 Elizabeth Montgomery

1970 Marlo Thomas 1971 Jean Stapleton

1971 Marlo Thomas

1971 Mary Tyler Moore 1972 Jean Stapleton

1972 Sandy Duncan

1972 Mary Tyler Moore 1973 Mary Tyler Moore

1973 Jean Stapleton

1973 Bea Arthur 1974 Mary Tyler Moore

1974 Bea Arthur

1974 Jean Stapleton 1975 Valerie Harper

1975 Jean Stapleton

1975 Mary Tyler Moore 1976 Mary Tyler Moore

1976 Lee Grant

1976 Bea Arthur

1976 Cloris Leachman

1976 Valerie Harper 1977 Bea Arthur

1977 Jean Stapleton

1977 Valerie Harper

1977 Suzanne Pleshette

1977 Mary Tyler Moore 1978 Jean Stapleton

1978 Bea Arthur

1978 Valerie Harper

1978 Cathryn Damon

1978 Katherine Helmond

1978 Suzanne Pleshette 1979 Ruth Gordon

1979 Linda Lavin

1979 Jean Stapleton

1979 Katherine Helmond

1979 Isabel Sanford 1980 Cathryn Damon

1980 Katherine Helmond

1980 Polly Holliday

1980 Sheree North

1980 Isabel Sanford 1981 Isabel Sanford

1981 Eileen Brennan

1981 Cathryn Damon

1981 Katherine Helmond

1981 Lynn Redgrave 1982 Carol Kane

1982 Nell Carter

1982 Bonnie Franklin

1982 Swoosie Kurtz

1982 Charlotte Rae

1982 Isabel Sanford 1983 Shelley Long

1983 Nell Carter

1983 Mariette Hartley

1983 Swoosie Kurtz

1983 Rita Moreno

1983 Isabel Sanford 1984 Jane Curtin

1984 Joanna Cassidy

1984 Shelley Long

1984 Susan Saint James

1984 Isabel Sanford 1985 Jane Curtin

1985 Phylicia Rashad

1985 Shelley Long

1985 Susan Saint James

1985 Isabel Sanford 1986 Betty White

1986 Bea Arthur

1986 Shelley Long

1986 Rue McClanahan

1986 Phylicia Rashad 1987 Rue McClanahan

1987 Bea Arthur

1987 Blair Brown

1987 Jane Curtin

1987 Betty White 1988 Bea Arthur

1988 Kirstie Alley

1988 Blair Brown

1988 Rue McClanahan

1988 Betty White 1989 Candice Bergen

1989 Bea Arthur

1989 Blair Brown

1989 Rue McClanahan

1989 Betty White 1990 Candice Bergen

1990 Kirstie Alley

1990 Blair Brown

1990 Delta Burke

1990 Betty White 1991 Kirstie Alley

1991 Candice Bergen

1991 Blair Brown

1991 Delta Burke

1991 Betty White 1992 Candice Bergen

1992 Kirstie Alley

1992 Roseanne Barr

1992 Tyne Daly

1992 Marion Ross

1992 Betty White 1993 Roseanne Barr

1993 Kirstie Alley

1993 Candice Bergen

1993 Helen Hunt

1993 Marion Ross 1994 Candice Bergen

1994 Roseanne Barr

1994 Helen Hunt

1994 Annie Potts

1994 Patricia Richardson 1995 Candice Bergen

1995 Roseanne Barr

1995 Ellen DeGeneres

1995 Helen Hunt

1995 Cybill Shepherd 1996 Helen Hunt

1996 Ellen DeGeneres

1996 Fran Drescher

1996 Patricia Richardson

1996 Cybill Shepherd 1997 Helen Hunt

1997 Ellen DeGeneres

1997 Fran Drescher

1997 Patricia Richardson

1997 Cybill Shepherd 1998 Helen Hunt

1998 Kirstie Alley

1998 Ellen DeGeneres

1998 Jenna Elfman

1998 Calista Flockhart

1998 Patricia Richardson 1999 Helen Hunt

1999 Jenna Elfman

1999 Calista Flockhart

1999 Patricia Heaton

1999 Sarah Jessica Parker 2000 Patricia Heaton

2000 Jenna Elfman

2000 Jane Kaczmarek

2000 Debra Messing

2000 Sarah Jessica Parker 2001 Patricia Heaton

2001 Calista Flockhart

2001 Jane Kaczmarek

2001 Debra Messing

2001 Sarah Jessica Parker 2002 Jennifer Aniston

2002 Patricia Heaton

2002 Jane Kaczmarek

2002 Debra Messing

2002 Sarah Jessica Parker 2003 Debra Messing

2003 Jennifer Aniston

2003 Patricia Heaton

2003 Jane Kaczmarek

2003 Sarah Jessica Parker 2004 Sarah Jessica Parker

2004 Jennifer Aniston

2004 Patricia Heaton

2004 Bonnie Hunt

2004 Jane Kaczmarek 2005 Felicity Huffman

2005 Marcia Cross

2005 Teri Hatcher

2005 Patricia Heaton

2005 Jane Kaczmarek 2006 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2006 Stockard Channing

2006 Jane Kaczmarek

2006 Lisa Kudrow

2006 Debra Messing 2007 America Ferrera

2007 Tina Fey

2007 Felicity Huffman

2007 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2007 Mary-Louise Parker 2008 Tina Fey

2008 Christina Applegate

2008 America Ferrera

2008 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2008 Mary-Louise Parker 2009 Toni Collette

2009 Christina Applegate

2009 Tina Fey

2009 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2009 Mary-Louise Parker

2009 Sarah Silverman 2010 Edie Falco

2010 Toni Collette

2010 Tina Fey

2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2010 Lea Michele

2010 Amy Poehler 2011 Melissa McCarthy

2011 Edie Falco

2011 Tina Fey

2011 Laura Linney

2011 Martha Plimpton

2011 Amy Poehler 2012 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2012 Zooey Deschanel

2012 Lena Dunham

2012 Edie Falco

2012 Tina Fey

2012 Melissa McCarthy

2012 Amy Poehler 2013 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2013 Laura Dern

2013 Lena Dunham

2013 Edie Falco

2013 Tina Fey

2013 Amy Poehler 2014 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2014 Lena Dunham

2014 Edie Falco

2014 Melissa McCarthy

2014 Amy Poehler

2014 Taylor Schilling 2015 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2015 Edie Falco

2015 Lisa Kudrow

2015 Amy Poehler

2015 Amy Schumer

2015 Lily Tomlin

Two actresses of color have won in this category — Isabel Sanford in 1981 for The Jeffersons and America Ferrera in 2007 for Ugly Betty. Fifteen of the 292 nominees in this category, or 5.1 percent, have been women of color. Isabel Sanford accounts for seven of those nominations, for her role in The Jeffersons. Since Phylicia Rashad’s last nomination, in 1986 for The Cosby Show, no actress of color has been nominated aside from America Ferrera in 2007 and 2008.

1954 Art Carney

1954 Ben Alexander

1954 William Frawley

1954 Tony Randall

1954 Carl Reiner 1955 Art Carney

1955 Ben Alexander

1955 Don DeFore

1955 William Frawley

1955 Gale Gordon 1956 Art Carney

1956 Ed Begley

1956 William Frawley

1956 Carl Reiner

1956 Cyril Ritchard 1957 Carl Reiner

1957 Art Carney

1957 Paul Ford

1957 William Frawley

1957 Ed Wynn 1958 Carl Reiner

1958 Paul Ford

1958 William Frawley

1958 Louis Nye

1958 Dennis Weaver 1959 Tom Poston

1959 Richard Crenna

1959 Paul Ford

1959 Maurice Gosfield

1959 Billy Gray

1959 Harry Morgan 1961 Don Knotts

1961 Abby Dalton

1961 Barbara Hale 1962 Don Knotts

1962 Sam Jaffe

1962 Barry Jones

1962 Horace McMahon

1962 George C. Scott 1963 Don Knotts

1963 Tim Conway

1963 Paul Ford

1963 Hurd Hatfield

1963 Robert Redford 1964 Albert Paulsen

1964 Sorrell Booke

1964 Conlan Carter

1964 Carl Lee 1966 Don Knotts

1966 Morey Amsterdam

1966 Frank Gorshin

1966 Werner Klemperer 1967 Don Knotts

1967 Gale Gordon

1967 Werner Klemperer 1968 Werner Klemperer

1968 Jack Cassidy

1968 William Demarest

1968 Gale Gordon 1969 Werner Klemperer

1969 Greg Morris

1969 Leonard Nimoy 1970 Michael Constantine

1970 Werner Klemperer

1970 Charles Nelson Reilly 1971 Ed Asner

1971 Michael Constantine

1971 Gale Gordon 1972 Ed Asner

1972 Ted Knight

1972 Rob Reiner 1973 Ted Knight

1973 Ed Asner

1973 Gary Burghoff

1973 Rob Reiner

1973 McLean Stevenson 1974 Rob Reiner

1974 Ed Asner

1974 Gary Burghoff

1974 Ted Knight

1974 McLean Stevenson 1975 Ed Asner

1975 Gary Burghoff

1975 Ted Knight

1975 Rob Reiner

1975 McLean Stevenson 1976 Ted Knight

1976 Ed Asner

1976 Gary Burghoff

1976 Harry Morgan

1976 Abe Vigoda 1977 Gary Burghoff

1977 Ed Asner

1977 Ted Knight

1977 Harry Morgan

1977 Abe Vigoda 1978 Rob Reiner

1978 Tom Bosley

1978 Gary Burghoff

1978 Harry Morgan

1978 Vic Tayback 1979 Robert Guillaume

1979 Gary Burghoff

1979 Danny DeVito

1979 Max Gail

1979 Harry Morgan 1980 Harry Morgan

1980 Mike Farrell

1980 Max Gail

1980 Howard Hesseman

1980 Steve Landesberg 1981 Danny DeVito

1981 Howard Hesseman

1981 Steve Landesberg

1981 Harry Morgan

1981 David Ogden Stiers 1982 Christopher Lloyd

1982 Danny DeVito

1982 Ron Glass

1982 Steve Landesberg

1982 Harry Morgan

1982 David Ogden Stiers 1983 Christopher Lloyd

1983 Nicholas Colasanto

1983 Danny DeVito

1983 Harry Morgan

1983 Eddie Murphy 1984 Pat Harrington Jr.

1984 Rene Auberjonois

1984 Nicholas Colasanto

1984 Tom Poston

1984 George Wendt 1985 John Larroquette

1985 Nicholas Colasanto

1985 Michael J. Fox

1985 John Ratzenberger

1985 George Wendt 1986 John Larroquette

1986 Tom Poston

1986 John Ratzenberger

1986 Malcolm-Jamal Warner

1986 George Wendt 1987 John Larroquette

1987 Woody Harrelson

1987 Tom Poston

1987 Peter Scolari

1987 George Wendt 1988 John Larroquette

1988 Kelsey Grammer

1988 Woody Harrelson

1988 Peter Scolari

1988 George Wendt 1989 Woody Harrelson

1989 Joe Regalbuto

1989 Peter Scolari

1989 Meshach Taylor

1989 George Wendt 1990 Alex Rocco

1990 Kelsey Grammer

1990 Woody Harrelson

1990 Charles Kimbrough

1990 Jerry Van Dyke 1991 Jonathan Winters

1991 Charles Durning

1991 Woody Harrelson

1991 Michael Jeter

1991 Jerry Van Dyke 1992 Michael Jeter

1992 Jason Alexander

1992 Charles Durning

1992 Harvey Fierstein

1992 Jay Thomas

1992 Jerry Van Dyke 1993 Michael Richards

1993 Jason Alexander

1993 Michael Jeter

1993 Jeffrey Tambor

1993 Rip Torn 1994 Michael Richards

1994 Jason Alexander

1994 David Hyde Pierce

1994 Rip Torn

1994 Jerry Van Dyke 1995 David Hyde Pierce

1995 Jason Alexander

1995 Michael Richards

1995 David Schwimmer

1995 Rip Torn 1996 Rip Torn

1996 Jason Alexander

1996 David Hyde Pierce

1996 Michael Richards

1996 Jeffrey Tambor 1997 Michael Richards

1997 Jason Alexander

1997 David Hyde Pierce

1997 Jeffrey Tambor

1997 Rip Torn 1998 David Hyde Pierce

1998 Jason Alexander

1998 Phil Hartman

1998 Jeffrey Tambor

1998 Rip Torn 1999 David Hyde Pierce

1999 Peter Boyle

1999 Peter MacNicol

1999 John Mahoney

1999 David Spade 2000 Sean Hayes

2000 Peter Boyle

2000 Brad Garrett

2000 Peter MacNicol

2000 David Hyde Pierce 2001 Peter MacNicol

2001 Peter Boyle

2001 Robert Downey Jr.

2001 Sean Hayes

2001 David Hyde Pierce 2002 Brad Garrett

2002 Peter Boyle

2002 Bryan Cranston

2002 Sean Hayes

2002 David Hyde Pierce 2003 Brad Garrett

2003 Peter Boyle

2003 Bryan Cranston

2003 Sean Hayes

2003 John Mahoney

2003 David Hyde Pierce 2004 David Hyde Pierce

2004 Peter Boyle

2004 Brad Garrett

2004 Sean Hayes

2004 Jeffrey Tambor 2005 Brad Garrett

2005 Peter Boyle

2005 Sean Hayes

2005 Jeremy Piven

2005 Jeffrey Tambor 2006 Jeremy Piven

2006 Will Arnett

2006 Bryan Cranston

2006 Jon Cryer

2006 Sean Hayes 2007 Jeremy Piven

2007 Jon Cryer

2007 Kevin Dillon

2007 Neil Patrick Harris

2007 Rainn Wilson 2008 Jeremy Piven

2008 Jon Cryer

2008 Kevin Dillon

2008 Neil Patrick Harris

2008 Rainn Wilson 2009 Jon Cryer

2009 Kevin Dillon

2009 Neil Patrick Harris

2009 Jack McBrayer

2009 Tracy Morgan

2009 Rainn Wilson 2010 Eric Stonestreet

2010 Ty Burrell

2010 Chris Colfer

2010 Jon Cryer

2010 Jesse Tyler Ferguson

2010 Neil Patrick Harris 2011 Ty Burrell

2011 Chris Colfer

2011 Jon Cryer

2011 Jesse Tyler Ferguson

2011 Ed O'Neill

2011 Eric Stonestreet 2012 Eric Stonestreet

2012 Ty Burrell

2012 Jesse Tyler Ferguson

2012 Max Greenfield

2012 Bill Hader

2012 Ed O'Neill 2013 Tony Hale

2013 Ty Burrell

2013 Adam Driver

2013 Jesse Tyler Ferguson

2013 Bill Hader

2013 Ed O'Neill 2014 Ty Burrell

2014 Fred Armisen

2014 Andre Braugher

2014 Adam Driver

2014 Jesse Tyler Ferguson

2014 Tony Hale 2015 Tony Hale

2015 Andre Braugher

2015 Tituss Burgess

2015 Ty Burrell

2015 Adam Driver

2015 Keegan-Michael Key

This ties with Supporting Actress in a Comedy as the second-least-diverse category among the acting nominees. One actor of color has won in this category: Robert Guillaume in 1979 for Soap. Twelve of the 278 nominees in this category, or 4.3 percent, have been men of color, five of whom were nominated in just the last two years. No actors of color were nominated between 1990 and 2008.

1954 Vivian Vance

1954 Bea Benaderet

1954 Ruth Gilbert

1954 Marion Lorne

1954 Audrey Meadows 1955 Audrey Meadows

1955 Bea Benaderet

1955 Jean Hagen

1955 Marion Lorne

1955 Vivian Vance 1956 Nanette Fabray

1956 Ann B. Davis

1956 Jean Hagen

1956 Audrey Meadows

1956 Thelma Ritter 1957 Pat Carroll

1957 Ann B. Davis

1957 Audrey Meadows

1957 Mildred Natwick

1957 Vivian Vance 1958 Ann B. Davis

1958 Pat Carroll

1958 Verna Felton

1958 Marion Lorne

1958 Vivian Vance 1959 Ann B. Davis

1959 Rosemary DeCamp

1959 Elinor Donahue

1959 Verna Felton

1959 Kathleen Nolan

1959 Zasu Pitts 1961 Don Knotts

1961 Abby Dalton

1961 Barbara Hale 1962 Pamela Brown

1962 Jeanne Cooper

1962 Colleen Dewhurst

1962 Joan Hackett

1962 Mary Wickes 1963 Glenda Farrell

1963 Davey Davison

1963 Nancy Malone

1963 Rose Marie

1963 Kate Reid 1964 Ruth White

1964 Martine Bartlett

1964 Anjanette Comer

1964 Rose Marie

1964 Claudia McNeil 1966 Alice Pearce

1966 Rose Marie

1966 Agnes Moorehead 1967 Frances Bavier

1967 Nancy Kulp

1967 Marion Lorne 1968 Marion Lorne

1968 Agnes Moorehead

1968 Marge Redmond

1968 Nita Talbot 1969 Susan Saint James

1969 Barbara Anderson

1969 Agnes Moorehead 1970 Karen Valentine

1970 Agnes Moorehead

1970 Lurene Tuttle 1971 Valerie Harper

1971 Agnes Moorehead

1971 Karen Valentine 1972 Valerie Harper (tie)

1972 Sally Struthers (tie)

1972 Cloris Leachman 1973 Valerie Harper

1973 Cloris Leachman

1973 Sally Struthers 1974 Cloris Leachman

1974 Sally Struthers

1974 Loretta Swit

1974 Valerie Harper 1975 Betty White

1975 Julie Kavner

1975 Loretta Swit

1975 Nancy Walker 1976 Betty White

1976 Georgia Engel

1976 Julie Kavner

1976 Loretta Swit

1976 Nancy Walker 1977 Mary Kay Place

1977 Georgia Engel

1977 Julie Kavner

1977 Loretta Swit

1977 Betty White 1978 Julie Kavner

1978 Polly Holliday

1978 Sally Struthers

1978 Loretta Swit

1978 Nancy Walker 1979 Sally Struthers

1979 Polly Holliday

1979 Marion Ross

1979 Loretta Swit 1980 Loretta Swit

1980 Loni Anderson

1980 Polly Holliday

1980 Inga Swenson 1981 Eileen Brennan

1981 Loni Anderson

1981 Marla Gibbs

1981 Anne Meara

1981 Loretta Swit 1982 Loretta Swit

1982 Eileen Brennan

1982 Marla Gibbs

1982 Andrea Martin

1982 Anne Meara

1982 Inga Swenson 1983 Carol Kane

1983 Eileen Brennan

1983 Marla Gibbs

1983 Rhea Perlman

1983 Loretta Swit 1984 Rhea Perlman

1984 Julia Duffy

1984 Marla Gibbs

1984 Paula Kelly

1984 Marion Ross 1985 Rhea Perlman

1985 Selma Diamond

1985 Julia Duffy

1985 Marla Gibbs

1985 Inga Swenson 1986 Rhea Perlman

1986 Justine Bateman

1986 Lisa Bonet

1986 Julia Duffy

1986 Estelle Getty

1986 Keshia Knight Pulliam 1987 Jackée Harry

1987 Justine Bateman

1987 Julia Duffy

1987 Estelle Getty

1987 Rhea Perlman 1988 Estelle Getty

1988 Julia Duffy

1988 Jackée Harry

1988 Katherine Helmond

1988 Rhea Perlman 1989 Rhea Perlman

1989 Julia Duffy

1989 Faith Ford

1989 Estelle Getty

1989 Katherine Helmond 1990 Bebe Neuwirth

1990 Julia Duffy

1990 Faith Ford

1990 Estelle Getty

1990 Rhea Perlman 1991 Bebe Neuwirth

1991 Elizabeth Ashley

1991 Faith Ford

1991 Estelle Getty

1991 Rhea Perlman 1992 Laurie Metcalf

1992 Faith Ford

1992 Estelle Getty

1992 Alice Ghostley

1992 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1992 Frances Sternhagen 1993 Laurie Metcalf

1993 Shelley Fabares

1993 Sara Gilbert

1993 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1993 Rhea Perlman 1994 Laurie Metcalf

1994 Shelley Fabares

1994 Faith Ford

1994 Sara Gilbert

1994 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1994 Liz Torres 1995 Christine Baranski

1995 Lisa Kudrow

1995 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1995 Laurie Metcalf

1995 Liz Torres 1996 Julia Louis-Dreyfus

1996 Christine Baranski

1996 Janeane Garofalo

1996 Jayne Meadows

1996 Renée Taylor 1997 Kristen Johnston

1997 Christine Baranski

1997 Janeane Garofalo

1997 Lisa Kudrow

1997 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1998 Lisa Kudrow

1998 Christine Baranski

1998 Kristen Johnston

1998 Jane Leeves

1998 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1999 Kristen Johnston

1999 Lisa Kudrow

1999 Lucy Liu

1999 Wendie Malick

1999 Doris Roberts 2000 Megan Mullally

2000 Jennifer Aniston

2000 Kim Cattrall

2000 Lisa Kudrow

2000 Doris Roberts 2001 Doris Roberts

2001 Jennifer Aniston

2001 Kim Cattrall

2001 Lisa Kudrow

2001 Megan Mullally 2002 Doris Roberts

2002 Kim Cattrall

2002 Wendie Malick

2002 Megan Mullally

2002 Cynthia Nixon 2003 Doris Roberts

2003 Kim Cattrall

2003 Cheryl Hines

2003 Megan Mullally

2003 Cynthia Nixon 2004 Cynthia Nixon

2004 Kim Cattrall

2004 Kristin Davis

2004 Megan Mullally

2004 Doris Roberts 2005 Doris Roberts

2005 Conchata Ferrell

2005 Megan Mullally

2005 Holland Taylor

2005 Jessica Walter 2006 Megan Mullally

2006 Cheryl Hines

2006 Elizabeth Perkins

2006 Jaime Pressly

2006 Alfre Woodard 2007 Jaime Pressly

2007 Conchata Ferrell

2007 Jenna Fischer

2007 Elizabeth Perkins

2007 Holland Taylor

2007 Vanessa Williams 2008 Jean Smart

2008 Kristin Chenoweth

2008 Amy Poehler

2008 Holland Taylor

2008 Vanessa Williams 2009 Kristin Chenoweth

2009 Jane Krakowski

2009 Elizabeth Perkins

2009 Amy Poehler

2009 Kristen Wiig

2009 Vanessa Williams 2010 Jane Lynch

2010 Julie Bowen

2010 Jane Krakowski

2010 Holland Taylor

2010 Sofía Vergara

2010 Kristen Wiig 2011 Julie Bowen

2011 Jane Krakowski

2011 Jane Lynch

2011 Sofía Vergara

2011 Betty White

2011 Kristen Wiig 2012 Julie Bowen

2012 Mayim Bialik

2012 Kathryn Joosten

2012 Sofía Vergara

2012 Merritt Wever

2012 Kristen Wiig 2013 Merritt Wever

2013 Mayim Bialik

2013 Julie Bowen

2013 Anna Chlumsky

2013 Jane Krakowski

2013 Jane Lynch

2013 Sofía Vergara 2014 Allison Janney

2014 Mayim Bialik

2014 Julie Bowen

2014 Anna Chlumsky

2014 Kate McKinnon

2014 Kate Mulgrew 2015 Allison Janney

2015 Mayim Bialik

2015 Julie Bowen

2015 Anna Chlumsky

2015 Gaby Hoffmann

2015 Jane Krakowski

2015 Kate McKinnon

2015 Niecy Nash

Only one actor of color has won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy in Emmy history — Jackée Harry in 1987 for 227. Twenty-two of the 280 nominees in this category, or 7.9 percent, have been women of color — ten of them were in the period from 1981–1988, while nine have come in the last decade. Marla Gibbs was nominated five times for The Jeffersons, and Sofia Vergara was nominated four times for Modern Family.

1954 Donald O'Connor

1954 Sid Caesar

1954 Wally Cox

1954 Jackie Gleason

1954 Jack Webb 1955 Danny Thomas

1955 Richard Boone

1955 Robert Cummings

1955 Jackie Gleason

1955 Jack Webb 1956 Phil Silvers

1956 Robert Cummings

1956 Jackie Gleason

1956 Danny Thomas

1956 Robert Young 1957 Robert Young

1957 James Arness

1957 Charles Boyer

1957 David Niven

1957 Hugh O'Brian 1958 Robert Young

1958 James Arness

1958 Robert Cummings

1958 Phil Silvers

1958 Danny Thomas 1959 Raymond Burr

1959 James Arness

1959 Richard Boone

1959 James Garner

1959 Craig Stevens

1959 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 1960 Robert Stack

1960 Raymond Burr

1960 Richard Boone 1961 Raymond Burr

1961 Jackie Cooper

1961 Robert Stack 1962 E.G. Marshall

1962 Vincent Edwards

1962 Jackie Cooper

1962 Paul Burke

1962 George Maharis 1963 E.G. Marshall

1963 Vic Morrow

1963 Dick Van Dyke

1963 Ernest Borgnine

1963 Paul Burke 1964 Dick Van Dyke

1964 Richard Boone

1964 Dean Jagger

1964 David Janssen

1964 George C. Scott 1966 Bill Cosby

1966 David Janssen

1966 Robert Culp

1966 David McCallum

1966 Richard Crenna 1967 Bill Cosby

1967 David Janssen

1967 Robert Culp

1967 Martin Landau

1967 Ben Gazzara 1968 Bill Cosby

1968 Robert Culp

1968 Raymond Burr

1968 Martin Landau

1968 Ben Gazzara 1969 Carl Betz

1969 Raymond Burr

1969 Peter Graves

1969 Martin Landau

1969 Ross Martin 1970 Robert Young

1970 Raymond Burr

1970 Robert Wagner

1970 Mike Connors 1971 Hal Holbrook

1971 Raymond Burr

1971 Mike Connors

1971 Robert Young 1972 Peter Falk

1972 Raymond Burr

1972 Mike Connors

1972 Robert Young

1972 Keith Michell 1973 Richard Thomas

1973 William Conrad

1973 David Carradine

1973 Mike Connors

1973 Peter Falk 1974 Telly Savalas

1974 William Conrad

1974 Karl Malden

1974 Richard Thomas 1975 Robert Blake

1975 Telly Savalas

1975 Barry Newman

1975 Karl Malden 1976 Peter Falk

1976 James Garner

1976 Karl Malden 1977 James Garner

1977 Robert Blake

1977 Peter Falk

1977 Jack Klugman

1977 Karl Malden 1978 Ed Asner

1978 James Broderick

1978 Peter Falk

1978 Jack Klugman

1978 James Garner

1978 Ralph Waite 1979 Ron Leibman

1979 Ed Asner

1979 Jack Klugman

1979 James Garner 1980 Ed Asner

1980 James Garner

1980 Larry Hagman

1980 Jack Klugman 1981 Daniel J. Travanti

1981 Ed Asner

1981 Jim Davis

1981 Louis Gossett Jr.

1981 Larry Hagman

1981 Pernell Roberts 1982 Daniel J. Travanti

1982 Ed Asner

1982 John Forsythe

1982 James Garner

1982 Tom Selleck 1983 Ed Flanders

1983 William Daniels

1983 John Forsythe

1983 Tom Selleck

1983 Daniel J. Travanti 1984 Tom Selleck

1984 William Daniels

1984 Ed Flanders

1984 John Forsythe

1984 Daniel J. Travanti 1985 William Daniels

1985 Ed Flanders

1985 Don Johnson

1985 Tom Selleck

1985 Daniel J. Travanti 1986 William Daniels

1986 Ed Flanders

1986 Tom Selleck

1986 Bruce Willis

1986 Edward Woodward 1987 Bruce Willis

1987 Corbin Bernsen

1987 William Daniels

1987 Ed Flanders

1987 Edward Woodward 1988 Richard Kiley

1988 Corbin Bernsen

1988 Ron Perlman

1988 Michael Tucker

1988 Edward Woodward 1989 Carroll O'Connor

1989 Ron Perlman

1989 Michael Tucker

1989 Ken Wahl

1989 Edward Woodward 1990 Peter Falk

1990 Scott Bakula

1990 Robert Loggia

1990 Kyle MacLachlan

1990 Edward Woodward 1991 James Earl Jones

1991 Scott Bakula

1991 Peter Falk

1991 Kyle MacLachlan

1991 Michael Moriarty 1992 Christopher Lloyd

1992 Scott Bakula

1992 Kirk Douglas

1992 Michael Moriarty

1992 Rob Morrow

1992 Harrison Page

1992 Sam Waterston 1993 Tom Skerritt

1993 Scott Bakula

1993 Michael Moriarty

1993 Rob Morrow

1993 Sam Waterston 1994 Dennis Franz

1994 David Caruso

1994 Peter Falk

1994 Michael Moriarty

1994 Tom Skerritt 1995 Mandy Patinkin

1995 George Clooney

1995 Anthony Edwards

1995 Dennis Franz

1995 Jimmy Smits 1996 Dennis Franz

1996 Andre Braugher

1996 George Clooney

1996 Anthony Edwards

1996 Jimmy Smits 1997 Dennis Franz

1997 David Duchovny

1997 Anthony Edwards

1997 Jimmy Smits

1997 Sam Waterston 1998 Andre Braugher

1998 David Duchovny

1998 Anthony Edwards

1998 Dennis Franz

1998 Jimmy Smits 1999 Dennis Franz

1999 James Gandolfini

1999 Dylan McDermott

1999 Jimmy Smits

1999 Sam Waterston 2000 James Gandolfini

2000 Dennis Franz

2000 Jerry Orbach

2000 Martin Sheen

2000 Sam Waterston 2001 James Gandolfini

2001 Andre Braugher

2001 Dennis Franz

2001 Rob Lowe

2001 Martin Sheen 2002 Michael Chiklis

2002 Michael C. Hall

2002 Peter Krause

2002 Martin Sheen

2002 Kiefer Sutherland 2003 James Gandolfini

2003 Michael Chiklis

2003 Peter Krause

2003 Martin Sheen

2003 Kiefer Sutherland 2004 James Spader

2004 James Gandolfini

2004 Anthony LaPaglia

2004 Martin Sheen

2004 Kiefer Sutherland 2005 James Spader

2005 Hank Azaria

2005 Hugh Laurie

2005 Ian McShane

2005 Kiefer Sutherland 2006 Kiefer Sutherland

2006 Peter Krause

2006 Denis Leary

2006 Christopher Meloni

2006 Martin Sheen 2007 James Spader

2007 James Gandolfini

2007 Hugh Laurie

2007 Denis Leary

2007 Kiefer Sutherland 2008 Bryan Cranston

2008 Gabriel Byrne

2008 Michael C. Hall

2008 Jon Hamm

2008 Hugh Laurie

2008 James Spader 2009 Bryan Cranston

2009 Simon Baker

2009 Gabriel Byrne

2009 Michael C. Hall

2009 Jon Hamm

2009 Hugh Laurie 2010 Bryan Cranston

2010 Kyle Chandler

2010 Matthew Fox

2010 Michael C. Hall

2010 Jon Hamm

2010 Hugh Laurie 2011 Kyle Chandler

2011 Steve Buscemi

2011 Michael C. Hall

2011 Jon Hamm

2011 Hugh Laurie

2011 Timothy Olyphant 2012 Damian Lewis

2012 Hugh Bonneville

2012 Steve Buscemi

2012 Bryan Cranston

2012 Michael C. Hall

2012 Jon Hamm 2013 Jeff Daniels

2013 Hugh Bonneville

2013 Bryan Cranston

2013 Jon Hamm

2013 Damian Lewis

2013 Kevin Spacey 2014 Bryan Cranston

2014 Jeff Daniels

2014 Jon Hamm

2014 Woody Harrelson

2014 Matthew McConaughey

2014 Kevin Spacey 2015 Jon Hamm

2015 Kyle Chandler

2015 Jeff Daniels

2015 Bob Odenkirk

2015 Liev Schreiber

2015 Kevin Spacey

Five Outstanding Actor in a Drama awards have gone to people of color — three of these awards went to Bill Cosby for I, Spy from 1966–1968 (Cosby was also the first black actor to ever win a Primetime Emmy). James Earl Jones won in 1991 for Gabriel’s Fire, and Andre Braugher took home the trophy in 1998 for Homicide: Life on the Street. Fourteen of the 275 nominees in this category, or 5.1 percent, have been men of color: Jimmy Smits was notably nominated five times for NYPD: Blue. No people of color have been nominated in this category since Braugher’s nomination for Gideon’s Crossing, in 2001.

1954 Eve Arden

1954 Lucille Ball

1954 Imogene Coca

1954 Dinah Shore

1954 Loretta Young 1955 Loretta Young

1955 Gracie Allen

1955 Eve Arden

1955 Lucille Ball

1955 Ann Sothern 1956 Lucille Ball

1956 Gracie Allen

1956 Eve Arden

1956 Jean Hagen

1956 Ann Sothern 1957 Loretta Young

1957 Jan Clayton

1957 Ida Lupino

1957 Peggy Wood

1957 Jane Wyman 1958 Jane Wyatt

1958 Eve Arden

1958 Spring Byington

1958 Jan Clayton

1958 Ida Lupino 1959 Loretta Young

1959 Jan Clayton

1959 Phyllis Kirk

1959 Jane Wyman 1960 Jane Wyman

1960 Donna Reed

1960 Loretta Young 1961 Barbara Stanwyck

1961 Donna Reed

1961 Loretta Young 1962 Shirley Booth

1962 Gertrude Berg

1962 Donna Reed

1962 Mary Stuart

1962 Cara Williams 1963 Shirley Booth

1963 Lucille Ball

1963 Shirl Conway

1963 Mary Tyler Moore

1963 Irene Ryan 1964 Mary Tyler Moore

1964 Shirley Booth

1964 Patty Duke

1964 Irene Ryan

1964 Inger Stevens 1966 Barbara Stanwyck

1966 Ann Francis

1966 Barbara Parkins 1967 Barbara Bain

1967 Diana Rigg

1967 Barbara Stanwyck 1968 Barbara Bain

1968 Diana Rigg

1968 Barbara Stanwyck 1969 Barbara Bain

1969 Joan Blondell

1969 Peggy Lipton 1970 Susan Hampshire

1970 Joan Blondell

1970 Peggy Lipton 1971 Susan Hampshire

1971 Linda Cristal

1971 Peggy Lipton 1972 Glenda Jackson

1972 Peggy Lipton

1972 Susan Saint James 1973 Michael Learned

1973 Lynda Day George

1973 Susan Saint James 1974 Michael Learned

1974 Jean Marsh

1974 Jeanette Nolan 1975 Jean Marsh

1975 Angie Dickinson

1975 Michael Learned 1976 Michael Learned

1976 Angie Dickinson

1976 Anne Meara

1976 Brenda Vaccaro 1977 Lindsay Wagner

1977 Angie Dickinson

1977 Kate Jackson

1977 Michael Learned

1977 Sada Thompson 1978 Sada Thompson

1978 Melissa Sue Anderson

1978 Fionnula Flanagan

1978 Kate Jackson

1978 Michael Learned

1978 Susan Sullivan 1979 Mariette Hartley

1979 Barbara Bel Geddes

1979 Rita Moreno

1979 Sada Thompson 1980 Barbara Bel Geddes

1980 Lauren Bacall

1980 Mariette Hartley

1980 Kristy McNichol

1980 Sada Thompson 1981 Barbara Babcock

1981 Barbara Bel Geddes

1981 Linda Gray

1981 Veronica Hamel

1981 Michael Learned

1981 Stefanie Powers 1982 Michael Learned

1982 Debbie Allen

1982 Veronica Hamel

1982 Michelle Lee

1982 Stefanie Powers 1983 Tyne Daly

1983 Debbie Allen

1983 Linda Evans

1983 Sharon Gless

1983 Veronica Hamel 1984 Tyne Daly

1984 Debbie Allen

1984 Joan Collins

1984 Sharon Gless

1984 Veronica Hamel 1985 Tyne Daly

1985 Debbie Allen

1985 Sharon Gless

1985 Veronica Hamel

1985 Angela Lansbury 1986 Sharon Gless

1986 Tyne Daly

1986 Angela Lansbury

1986 Cybill Shepherd

1986 Alfre Woodard 1987 Sharon Gless

1987 Tyne Daly

1987 Susan Dey

1987 Jill Eikenberry

1987 Angela Lansbury 1988 Tyne Daly

1988 Susan Dey

1988 Jill Eikenberry

1988 Sharon Gless

1988 Angela Lansbury 1989 Dana Delany

1989 Susan Dey

1989 Jill Eikenberry

1989 Linda Hamilton

1989 Angela Lansbury 1990 Patricia Wettig

1990 Dana Delany

1990 Jill Eikenberry

1990 Angela Lansbury

1990 Piper Laurie 1991 Patricia Wettig

1991 Dana Delany

1991 Sharon Gless

1991 Angela Lansbury 1992 Dana Delany

1992 Sharon Gless

1992 Shirley Knight

1992 Angela Lansbury

1992 Kate Nelligan

1992 Regina Taylor 1993 Kathy Baker

1993 Swoosie Kurtz

1993 Angela Lansbury

1993 Regina Taylor

1993 Janine Turner 1994 Sela Ward

1994 Kathy Baker

1994 Swoosie Kurtz

1994 Angela Lansbury

1994 Jane Seymour 1995 Kathy Baker

1995 Claire Danes

1995 Angela Lansbury

1995 Sherry Stringfield

1995 Cicely Tyson 1996 Kathy Baker

1996 Gillian Anderson

1996 Christine Lahti

1996 Angela Lansbury

1996 Sherry Stringfield 1997 Gillian Anderson

1997 Roma Downey

1997 Christine Lahti

1997 Julianna Margulies

1997 Sherry Stringfield 1998 Christine Lahti

1998 Gillian Anderson

1998 Roma Downey

1998 Julianna Margulies

1998 Jane Seymour 1999 Edie Falco

1999 Gillian Anderson

1999 Margulies Bracco

1999 Christine Lahti

1999 Julianna Margulies 2000 Sela Ward

2000 Loraine Bracco

2000 Amy Brenneman

2000 Edie Falco

2000 Julianna Margulies 2001 Edie Falco

2001 Loraine Bracco

2001 Amy Brenneman

2001 Marg Helgenberger

2001 Sela Ward 2002 Allison Janney

2002 Amy Brenneman

2002 Frances Conroy

2002 Jennifer Garner

2002 Rachel Griffiths 2003 Edie Falco

2003 Frances Conroy

2003 Jennifer Garner

2003 Marg Helgenberger

2003 Allison Janney 2004 Allison Janney

2004 Edie Falco

2004 Jennifer Garner

2004 Mariska Hargitay

2004 Amber Tamblyn 2005 Patricia Arquette

2005 Glenn Close

2005 Frances Conroy

2005 Jennifer Garner

2005 Mariska Hargitay 2006 Mariska Hargitay

2006 Frances Conroy

2006 Geena Davis

2006 Allison Janney

2006 Kyra Sedgwick 2007 Sally Field

2007 Patricia Arquette

2007 Minnie Driver

2007 Edie Falco

2007 Mariska Hargitay

2007 Kyra Sedgwick 2008 Glenn Close

2008 Sally Field

2008 Mariska Hargitay

2008 Holly Hunter

2008 Kyra Sedgwick 2009 Glenn Close

2009 Sally Field

2009 Mariska Hargitay

2009 Holly Hunter

2009 Elisabeth Moss

2009 Kyra Sedgwick 2010 Kyra Sedgwick

2010 Connie Britton

2010 Glenn Close

2010 Mariska Hargitay

2010 January Jones

2010 Julianna Margulies 2011 Julianna Margulies

2011 Kathy Bates

2011 Connie Britton

2011 Mireille Enos

2011 Mariska Hargitay

2011 Elisabeth Moss 2012 Claire Danes

2012 Kathy Bates

2012 Glenn Close

2012 Michelle Dockery

2012 Julianna Margulies

2012 Elisabeth Moss 2013 Claire Danes

2013 Connie Britton

2013 Michelle Dockery

2013 Vera Farmiga

2013 Elisabeth Moss

2013 Kerry Washington

2013 Robin Wright 2014 Julianna Margulies

2014 Lizzy Caplan

2014 Claire Danes

2014 Michelle Dockery

2014 Kerry Washington

2014 Robin Wright 2015 Viola Davis

2015 Claire Danes

2015 Taraji P. Henson

2015 Tatiana Maslany

2015 Elisabeth Moss

2015 Robin Wright

When it comes to acting winners, this is the least diverse category. The only person of color to ever win here is Viola Davis, who took home the Emmy in 2015 for How to Get Away With Murder. Fourteen of the 244 nominees in this category, or 5.7 percent, have been women of color: Debbie Allen alone was nominated four times for Fame. No women of color were nominated in this category between 1996–2012; since 2013, there have been four nominations for actresses of color for Kerry Washington (twice), Taraji P. Henson, and Davis.

1954 Art Carney

1954 Ben Alexander

1954 William Frawley

1954 Tony Randall

1954 Carl Reiner 1955 Art Carney

1955 Ben Alexander

1955 Don DeFore

1955 William Frawley

1955 Gale Gordon 1956 Art Carney

1956 Ed Begley

1956 William Frawley

1956 Carl Reiner

1956 Cyril Ritchard 1957 Carl Reiner

1957 Art Carney

1957 Paul Ford

1957 William Frawley

1957 Ed Wynn 1958 Carl Reiner

1958 Paul Ford

1958 William Frawley

1958 Louis Nye

1958 Dennis Weaver 1959 Dennis Weaver

1959 Herschel Bernardi

1959 Johnny Crawford

1959 William Hopper 1961 Don Knotts

1961 Abby Dalton

1961 Barbara Hale 1962 Don Knotts

1962 Sam Jaffe

1962 Barry Jones

1962 Horace McMahon

1962 George C. Scott 1963 Don Knotts

1963 Tim Conway

1963 Paul Ford

1963 Hurd Hatfield

1963 Robert Redford 1964 Albert Paulsen

1964 Sorrell Booke

1964 Conlan Carter

1964 Carl Lee 1966 James Daly

1966 David Burns

1966 Leo G. Carroll 1967 Eli Wallach

1967 Leo G. Carroll

1967 Leonard Nimoy 1968 Milburn Stone

1968 Joseph Campanella

1968 Lawrence Dobkin

1968 Leonard Nimoy 1969 Werner Klemperer

1969 Greg Morris

1969 Leonard Nimoy 1970 James Brolin

1970 Tige Andrews

1970 Greg Morris 1971 David Burns

1971 James Brolin

1971 Robert Young 1972 Jack Warden

1972 James Brolin

1972 Greg Morris 1973 Scott Jacoby

1973 James Brolin

1973 Will Geer 1974 Michael Moriarty

1974 Michael Douglas

1974 Will Geer

1974 Sam Waterston 1975 Will Geer

1975 J.D. Cannon

1975 Michael Douglas 1976 Anthony Zerbe

1976 Michael Douglas

1976 Will Geer

1976 Ray Milland

1976 Robert Reed 1977 Gary Frank

1977 Noah Beery Jr.

1977 David Doyle

1977 Tom Ewell

1977 Will Geer 1978 Robert Vaughn

1978 Ossie Davis

1978 Will Geer

1978 Sam Wanamaker

1978 David Warner 1979 Stuart Margolin

1979 Mason Adams

1979 Noah Beery Jr.

1979 Joe Santos

1979 Robert Walden 1980 Stuart Margolin

1980 Mason Adams

1980 Noah Beery Jr.

1980 Robert Walden 1981 Michael Conrad

1981 Mason Adams

1981 Charles Haid

1981 Robert Walden

1981 Bruce Weitz 1982 Michael Conrad

1982 Taurean Blacque

1982 Charles Haid

1982 Michael Warren

1982 Bruce Weitz 1983 James Coco

1983 Ed Begley Jr.

1983 Michael Conrad

1983 Joe Spano

1983 Bruce Weitz 1984 Bruce Weitz

1984 Ed Begley Jr.

1984 Michael Conrad

1984 John Hillerman

1984 James B. Sikking 1985 Edward James Olmos

1985 Ed Begley Jr.

1985 John Hillerman

1985 John Karlen

1985 Bruce Weitz 1986 John Karlen

1986 Ed Begley Jr.

1986 John Hillerman

1986 Edward James Olmos

1986 Bruce Weitz 1987 John Hillerman

1987 Ed Begley Jr.

1987 John Karlen

1987 Jimmy Smits

1987 Michael Tucker 1988 Larry Drake

1988 Ed Begley Jr.

1988 Timothy Busfield

1988 Alan Rachins

1988 Jimmy Smits 1989 Larry Drake

1989 Jonathan Banks

1989 Timothy Busfield

1989 Richard Dysart

1989 Jimmy Smits 1990 Jimmy Smits

1990 Timothy Busfield

1990 Larry Drake

1990 Richard Dysart

1990 Dean Stockwell 1991 Timothy Busfield

1991 David Clennon

1991 Richard Dysart

1991 Jimmy Smits

1991 Dean Stockwell 1992 Richard Dysart

1992 Ed Asner

1992 John Corbett

1992 Richard Kiley

1992 Jimmy Smits

1992 Dean Stockwell 1993 Chad Lowe

1993 Barry Corbin

1993 John Collum

1993 Fyvush Finkel

1993 Dean Stockwell 1994 Fyvush Finkel

1994 Gordon Clapp

1994 Barry Corbin

1994 Nicholas Turturro

1994 Ray Walston 1995 Ray Walston

1995 Héctor Elizondo

1995 James Earl Jones

1995 Eriq La Salle

1995 Noah Wyle 1996 Ray Walston

1996 Héctor Elizondo

1996 James McDaniel

1996 Stanley Tucci

1996 Noah Wyle 1997 Héctor Elizondo

1997 Adam Arkin

1997 Eriq La Salle

1997 Nicholas Turturro

1997 Noah Wyle 1998 Gordon Clapp

1998 Héctor Elizondo

1998 Steven Hill

1998 Eriq La Salle

1998 Noah Wyle 1999 Michael Badalucco

1999 Benjamin Bratt

1999 Steve Harris

1999 Steven Hill

1999 Noah Wyle 2000 Richard Schiff

2000 Michael Badalucco

2000 Dominic Chianese

2000 Steve Harris

2000 John Spencer 2001 Bradley Whitford

2001 Dominic Chianese

2001 Michael Imperioli

2001 Richard Schiff

2001 John Spencer 2002 John Spencer

2002 Victor Garber

2002 Dulé Hill

2002 Freddy Rodriguez

2002 Richard Schiff

2002 Bradley Whitford 2003 Joe Pantoliano

2003 Victor Garber

2003 Michael Imperioli

2003 John Spencer

2003 Bradley Whitford 2004 Michael Imperioli

2004 Steve Buscemi

2004 Brad Dourif

2004 Victor Garber

2004 John Spencer 2005 William Shatner

2005 Alan Alda

2005 Naveen Andrews

2005 Terry O'Quinn

2005 Oliver Platt 2006 Alan Alda

2006 Michael Imperioli

2006 Gregory Itzin

2006 Oliver Platt

2006 William Shatner 2007 Terry O'Quinn

2007 Michael Emerson

2007 Michael Imperioli

2007 T. R. Knight

2007 Masi Oka

2007 William Shatner 2008 Željko Ivanek

2008 Ted Danson

2008 Michael Emerson

2008 William Shatner

2008 John Slattery 2009 Michael Emerson

2009 Christian Clemenson

2009 William Hurt

2009 Aaron Paul

2009 William Shatner

2009 John Slattery 2010 Aaron Paul

2010 Andre Braugher

2010 Michael Emerson

2010 Terry O'Quinn

2010 Martin Short

2010 John Slattery 2011 Peter Dinklage

2011 Andre Braugher

2011 Josh Charles

2011 Alan Cumming

2011 Walton Goggins

2011 John Slattery 2012 Aaron Paul

2012 Jim Carter

2012 Brendan Coyle

2012 Peter Dinklage

2012 Giancarlo Esposito

2012 Jared Harris 2013 Bobby Cannavale

2013 Jonathan Banks

2013 Jim Carter

2013 Peter Dinklage

2013 Mandy Patinkin

2013 Aaron Paul 2014 Aaron Paul

2014 Jim Carter

2014 Josh Charles

2014 Peter Dinklage

2014 Mandy Patinkin

2014 Jon Voight 2015 Peter Dinklage

2015 Jonathan Banks

2015 Jim Carter

2015 Alan Cumming

2015 Michael Kelly

2015 Ben Mendelsohn

Four actors of color have won here — Albert Paulsen in 1964 for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Edward James Olmos in 1985 for Miami Vice, Jimmy Smits in 1990 for L.A. Law, and Héctor Elizondo in 1997 for Chicago Hope. Thirty-seven of the 257 nominees, or 14.4 percent, have gone to actors of color, making it the most diverse acting category, nominee-wise. Smits was nominated six times for L.A. Law, and Elizondo was nominated four times for Chicago Hope.

1954 Vivian Vance

1954 Bea Benaderet

1954 Ruth Gilbert

1954 Marion Lorne

1954 Audrey Meadows 1955 Audrey Meadows

1955 Bea Benaderet

1955 Jean Hagen

1955 Marion Lorne

1955 Vivian Vance 1956 Nanette Fabray

1956 Ann B. Davis

1956 Jean Hagen

1956 Audrey Meadows

1956 Thelma Ritter 1957 Pat Carroll

1957 Ann B. Davis

1957 Audrey Meadows

1957 Mildred Natwick

1957 Vivian Vance 1958 Ann B. Davis

1958 Pat Carroll

1958 Verna Felton

1958 Marion Lorne

1958 Vivian Vance 1959 Barbara Hale

1959 Lola Albright

1959 Amanda Blake

1959 Hope Emerson 1961 Don Knotts

1961 Abby Dalton

1961 Barbara Hale 1962 Pamela Brown

1962 Jeanne Cooper

1962 Colleen Dewhurst

1962 Joan Hackett

1962 Mary Wickes 1963 Glenda Farrell

1963 Davey Davison

1963 Nancy Malone

1963 Rose Marie

1963 Kate Reid 1964 Ruth White

1964 Martine Bartlett

1964 Anjanette Comer

1964 Rose Marie

1964 Claudia McNeil 1966 Lee Grant

1966 Diane Baker

1966 Pamela Franklin

1966 Jeanette Nolan 1967 Agnes Moorehead

1967 Tina Chen

1967 Ruth Warrick 1968 Barbara Anderson

1968 Linda Cristal

1968 Tessie O'Shea 1969 Susan Saint James

1969 Barbara Anderson

1969 Agnes Moorehead 1970 Gail Fisher

1970 Barbara Anderson

1970 Susan Saint James 1971 Margaret Leighton

1971 Gail Fisher

1971 Susan Saint James

1971 Elena Verdugo 1972 Jenny Agutter

1972 Gail Fisher

1972 Elena Verdugo 1973 Ellen Corby

1973 Gail Fisher

1973 Nancy Walker 1974 Joanna Miles

1974 Ellen Corby

1974 Nancy Walker 1975 Ellen Corby

1975 Angela Baddeley

1975 Nancy Walker 1976 Ellen Corby

1976 Angela Baddeley

1976 Susan Howard

1976 Dorothy McGuire

1976 Sada Thompson 1977 Kristy McNichol

1977 Meredith Baxter

1977 Ellen Corby

1977 Lee Meriwether

1977 Jacqueline Tong 1978 Nancy Marchand

1978 Meredith Baxter

1978 Tovah Feldshuh

1978 Linda Kelsey

1978 Kristy McNichol 1979 Kristy McNichol

1979 Linda Kelsey

1979 Nancy Marchand 1980 Nancy Marchand

1980 Nina Foch

1980 Linda Kelsey

1980 Jessica Walter 1981 Nancy Marchand

1981 Barbara Barrie

1981 Barbara Bosson

1981 Linda Kelsey

1981 Betty Thomas 1982 Nancy Marchand

1982 Barbara Bosson

1982 Julie Harris

1982 Linda Kelsey

1982 Betty Thomas 1983 Doris Roberts

1983 Barbara Bosson

1983 Christina Pickles

1983 Madge Sinclair

1983 Betty Thomas 1984 Alfre Woodard

1984 Barbara Bosson

1984 Piper Laurie

1984 Madge Sinclair

1984 Betty Thomas 1985 Betty Thomas

1985 Barbara Bosson

1985 Christina Pickles

1985 Doris Roberts

1985 Madge Sinclair 1986 Bonnie Bartlett

1986 Allyce Beasley

1986 Christina Pickles

1986 Betty Thomas 1987 Bonnie Bartlett

1987 Allyce Beasley

1987 Christina Pickles

1987 Susan Ruttan

1987 Betty Thomas 1988 Patricia Wettig

1988 Bonnie Bartlett

1988 Polly Draper

1988 Christina Pickles

1988 Susan Ruttan 1989 Melanie Mayron

1989 Michele Greene

1989 Lois Nettleton

1989 Amanda Plummer

1989 Susan Ruttan 1990 Marg Helgenberger

1990 Sherilyn Fenn

1990 Melanie Mayron

1990 Diana Muldaur

1990 Susan Ruttan 1991 Madge Sinclair

1991 Marg Helgenberger

1991 Piper Laurie

1991 Melanie Mayron

1991 Diana Muldaur 1992 Valerie Mahaffey

1992 Mary Alice

1992 Barbara Barrie

1992 Conchata Ferrell

1992 Cynthia Geary

1992 Marg Helgenberger

1992 Kay Lenz 1993 Mary Alice

1993 Cynthia Geary

1993 Kay Lenz

1993 Kellie Martin

1993 Peg Phillips 1994 Leigh Taylor-Young

1994 Amy Brenneman

1994 Jill Eikenberry

1994 Sharon Lawrence

1994 Gail O'Grady 1995 Julianna Margulies

1995 Barbara Babcock

1995 Tyne Daly

1995 Sharon Lawrence

1995 Gail O'Grady 1996 Tyne Daly

1996 Barbara Bosson

1996 Sharon Lawrence

1996 Julianna Margulies

1996 Gail O'Grady 1997 Kim Delaney

1997 Laura Innes

1997 C.C.H. Pounder

1997 Della Reese

1997 Gloria Reuben 1998 Camryn Manheim

1998 Kim Delaney

1998 Laura Innes

1998 Della Reese

1998 Gloria Reuben 1999 Holland Taylor

1999 Lara Flynn Boyle

1999 Kim Delaney

1999 Camryn Manheim

1999 Nancy Marchand 2000 Allison Janney

2000 Stockard Channing

2000 Tyne Daly

2000 Nancy Marchand

2000 Holland Taylor 2001 Allison Janney

2001 Stockard Channing

2001 Tyne Daly

2001 Maura Tierney

2001 Aida Turturro 2002 Stockard Channing

2002 Lauren Ambrose

2002 Tyne Daly

2002 Janel Moloney

2002 Mary-Louise Parker 2003 Tyne Daly

2003 Lauren Ambrose

2003 Stockard Channing

2003 Rachel Griffiths

2003 Lena Olin 2004 Drea de Matteo

2004 Stockard Channing

2004 Tyne Daly

2004 Janel Moloney

2004 Robin Weigert 2005 Blythe Danner

2005 Stockard Channing

2005 Tyne Daly

2005 Sandra Oh

2005 C.C.H. Pounder 2006 Blythe Danner

2006 Candice Bergen

2006 Sandra Oh

2006 Jean Smart

2006 Chandra Wilson 2007 Katherine Heigl

2007 Lorraine Bracco

2007 Rachel Griffiths

2007 Sandra Oh

2007 Aida Turturro

2007 Chandra Wilson 2008 Dianne Wiest

2008 Candice Bergen

2008 Rachel Griffiths

2008 Sandra Oh

2008 Chandra Wilson 2009 Cherry Jones

2009 Rose Byrne

2009 Hope Davis

2009 Sandra Oh

2009 Dianne Wiest

2009 Chandra Wilson 2010 Archie Panjabi

2010 Christine Baranski

2010 Rose Byrne

2010 Sharon Gless

2010 Christina Hendricks

2010 Elisabeth Moss 2011 Margo Martindale

2011 Christine Baranski

2011 Michelle Forbes

2011 Christina Hendricks

2011 Kelly Macdonald

2011 Archie Panjabi 2012 Maggie Smith

2012 Christine Baranski

2012 Joanne Froggatt

2012 Anna Gunn

2012 Christina Hendricks

2012 Archie Panjabi 2013 Anna Gunn

2013 Morena Baccarin

2013 Christine Baranski

2013 Emilia Clarke

2013 Christina Hendricks

2013 Maggie Smith 2014 Anna Gunn

2014 Christine Baranski

2014 Joanne Froggatt

2014 Lena Headey

2014 Christina Hendricks

2014 Maggie Smith 2015 Uzo Aduba

2015 Christine Baranski

2015 Emilia Clarke

2015 Joanne Froggatt

2015 Lena Headey

2015 Christina Hendricks

This is the second-most-diverse acting category when it comes to both nominees and winners. Six actors of color have taken home an Emmy here: Gail Fisher in 1970 for Mannix, Alfre Woodard in 1984 for Hill Street Blues, Madge Sinclair in 1991 for Gabriel’s Fire, Mary Alice in 1993 for I’ll Fly Away, Archie Panjabi in 2010 for The Good Wife, and Uzo Aduba in 2015 for Orange Is the New Black. Thirty-four of the 249 nominees in this category, or 13.7 percent, have been actresses of color, and nearly half of them have been in the last 11 years. Fisher was nominated four times for Mannix, Sinclair was nominated three times for Trapper John, M.D., and once for Gabriel’s Fire, and Sandra Oh was nominated five times for Grey’s Anatomy.

1955 Robert Cummings

1955 Frank Lovejoy

1955 Fredric March

1955 Fredric March (again)

1955 Thomas Mitchell

1955 David Niven 1956 Lloyd Nolan

1956 Ralph Bellamy

1956 José Ferrer

1956 Everett Sloane

1956 Barry Sullivan 1957 Jack Palance

1957 Lloyd Bridges

1957 Fredric March

1957 Sal Mineo

1957 Red Skelton 1958 Peter Ustinov

1958 Lee J. Cobb

1958 Mickey Rooney

1958 David Wayne

1958 Ed Wynn 1959 Fred Astaire

1959 Robert Crawford Jr.

1959 Paul Muni

1959 Christopher Plummer

1959 Mickey Rooney

1959 Rod Steiger 1960 Laurence Olivier

1960 Lee J. Cobb

1960 Alec Guinness 1961 Maurice Evans

1961 Cliff Robertson

1961 Ed Wynn 1962 Peter Falk

1962 Milton Berle

1962 James Donald

1962 Lee Marvin

1962 Mickey Rooney 1963 Trevor Howard

1963 Bradford Dillman

1963 Don Gordon

1963 Walter Matthau

1963 Joseph Schildkraut 1964 Jack Klugman

1964 James Earl Jones

1964 Roddy McDowall

1964 Jason Robards

1964 Rod Steiger

1964 Harold J. Stone 1966 Cliff Robertson

1966 Ed Begley

1966 Melvyn Douglas

1966 Trevor Howard

1966 Christopher Plummer 1967 Peter Ustinov

1967 Alan Arkin

1967 Lee J. Cobb

1967 Ivan Dixon

1967 Hal Holbrook 1968 Melvyn Douglas

1968 Raymond Burr

1968 Van Heflin

1968 George C. Scott

1968 Eli Wallach 1969 Paul Scofield

1969 Ossie Davis

1969 David McCallum

1969 Bill Travers 1970 Peter Ustinov

1970 Al Freeman Jr.

1970 Laurence Olivier 1971 George C. Scott

1971 Jack Cassidy

1971 Hal Holbrook

1971 Richard Widmark

1971 Gig Young 1972 Keith Michell

1972 James Caan

1972 Richard Harris

1972 George C. Scott

1972 Billy Dee Williams 1973 Laurence Olivier

1973 Henry Fonda

1973 Hal Holbrook

1973 Telly Savalas

1973 Anthony Murphy

1973 John Abineri

1973 Philippe Leroy 1974 Hal Holbrook

1974 Alan Alda

1974 Dick Van Dyke

1974 Laurence Olivier

1974 Martin Sheen

1974 William Holden

1974 Peter Falk

1974 Dennis Weaver 1975 Laurence Olivier

1975 Richard Chamberlain

1975 Charles Durning

1975 William Devane

1975 Henry Fonda

1975 Peter Falk

1975 Dennis Weaver 1976 Anthony Hopkins

1976 William Devane

1976 Jack Lemmon

1976 Edward Herrmann

1976 Jason Robards

1976 Hal Holbrook

1976 Nick Nolte

1976 Peter Strauss

1976 George Grizzard 1977 Ed Flanders

1977 Peter Boyle

1977 Peter Finch

1977 Edward Herrmann

1977 George C. Scott

1977 Christopher Plummer

1977 Stanley Baker

1977 Richard Jordan

1977 Steven Keats 1978 Fred Astaire

1978 Alan Alda

1978 Hal Holbrook

1978 Martin Sheen

1978 James Stacy

1978 Michael Moriarty

1978 Hal Holbrook

1978 Jason Robards

1978 Fritz Weaver

1978 Paul Winfield 1979 Peter Strauss

1979 Ned Beatty

1979 Louis Gossett Jr.

1979 Kurt Russell 1980 Powers Boothe

1980 Tony Curtis

1980 Henry Fonda

1980 Jason Robards 1981 Anthony Hopkins

1981 Richard Chamberlain

1981 Toshirō Mifune

1981 Peter O'Toole

1981 Peter Strauss 1982 Mickey Rooney

1982 Anthony Andrews

1982 Philip Anglim

1982 Anthony Hopkins

1982 Jeremy Irons 1983 Tommy Lee Jones

1983 Robert Blake

1983 Richard Chamberlain

1983 Alec Guinness

1983 Roger Rees 1984 Laurence Olivier

1984 Ted Danson

1984 Louis Gossett Jr.

1984 Mickey Rooney

1984 Daniel J. Travanti 1985 Richard Crenna

1985 Richard Chamberlain

1985 James Garner

1985 Richard Kiley

1985 George C. Scott 1986 Dustin Hoffman

1986 Kirk Douglas

1986 Ben Gazzara

1986 John Lithgow

1986 Aidan Quinn 1987 James Woods

1987 Alan Arkin

1987 James Garner

1987 Louis Gossett Jr.

1987 Randy Quaid 1988 Jason Robards

1988 Hume Cronyn

1988 Danny Glover

1988 Stacy Keach

1988 Jack Lemmon 1989 James Woods

1989 Robert Duvall

1989 John Gielgud

1989 Tommy Lee Jones

1989 Ben Kingsley 1990 Hume Cronyn

1990 Michael Caine

1990 Art Carney

1990 Albert Finney

1990 Tom Hulce 1991 John Gielgud

1991 James Garner

1991 Dennis Hopper

1991 Sidney Poitier

1991 Christopher Walken 1992 Beau Bridges

1992 Rubén Blades

1992 Hume Cronyn

1992 Brian Dennehy

1992 Maximilian Schell 1993 Robert Morse

1993 Robert Blake

1993 Robert Duvall

1993 James Garner

1993 James Woods 1994 Hume Cronyn

1994 Michael Caine

1994 James Garner

1994 Matthew Modine

1994 Sam Waterston 1995 Raúl Juliá

1995 Charles S. Dutton

1995 John Goodman

1995 John Lithgow

1995 James Woods 1996 Alan Rickman

1996 Alec Baldwin

1996 Beau Bridges

1996 Laurence Fishburne

1996 Gary Sinise 1997 Armand Assante

1997 Beau Bridges

1997 Robert Duvall

1997 Laurence Fishburne

1997 Sidney Poitier 1998 Gary Sinise

1998 Jack Lemmon

1998 Sam Neill

1998 Ving Rhames

1998 Patrick Stewart 1999 Stanley Tucci

1999 Don Cheadle

1999 Ian Holm

1999 Jack Lemmon

1999 Sam Shepard 2000 Jack Lemmon

2000 Beau Bridges

2000 Brian Dennehy

2000 William H. Macy

2000 Liev Schreiber 2001 Kenneth Branagh

2001 Andy García

2001 Gregory Hines

2001 Ben Kingsley

2001 Barry Pepper 2002 Albert Finney

2002 Kenneth Branagh

2002 Beau Bridges

2002 James Franco

2002 Michael Gambon 2003 William H. Macy

2003 Brad Garrett

2003 Paul Newman

2003 Tom Wilkinson

2003 James Woods 2004 Al Pacino

2004 Antonio Banderas

2004 James Brolin

2004 Mos Def

2004 Alan Rickman 2005 Geoffrey Rush

2005 Kenneth Branagh

2005 Ed Harris

2005 William H. Macy

2005 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 2006 Andre Braugher

2006 Charles Dance

2006 Ben Kingsley

2006 Donald Sutherland

2006 Jon Voight 2007 Robert Duvall

2007 Jim Broadbent

2007 William H. Macy

2007 Matthew Perry

2007 Tom Selleck 2008 Paul Giamatti

2008 Ralph Fiennes

2008 Ricky Gervais

2008 Kevin Spacey

2008 Tom Wilkinson 2009 Brendan Gleeson

2009 Kevin Bacon

2009 Kenneth Branagh

2009 Kevin Kline

2009 Ian McKellen

2009 Kiefer Sutherland 2010 Al Pacino

2010 Jeff Bridges

2010 Ian McKellen

2010 Dennis Quaid

2010 Michael Sheen 2011 Barry Pepper

2011 Idris Elba

2011 Laurence Fishburne

2011 William Hurt

2011 Greg Kinnear

2011 Édgar Ramírez 2012 Kevin Costner

2012 Benedict Cumberbatch

2012 Idris Elba

2012 Woody Harrelson

2012 Clive Owen

2012 Bill Paxton 2013 Michael Douglas

2013 Benedict Cumberbatch

2013 Matt Damon

2013 Toby Jones

2013 Al Pacino 2014 Benedict Cumberbatch

2014 Chiwetel Ejiofor

2014 Idris Elba

2014 Martin Freeman

2014 Mark Ruffalo

2014 Billy Bob Thornton 2015 Richard Jenkins

2015 Adrien Brody

2015 Ricky Gervais

2015 Timothy Hutton

2015 David Oyelowo

2015 Mark Rylance

Two actors of color have won in this category: Raúl Juliá for The Burning Season in 1995 (posthumously) and Andre Braugher for Thief in 2006. Thirty-three of the 331 nominees in this category, or 10 percent, have been men of color. Given the limited nature of miniseries, not many actors in this category have been nominated more than once (though Laurence Fishburne was, three times), meaning a greater number of working actors of color are represented here than in other categories.

1955 Judith Anderson

1955 Ethel Barrymore

1955 Beverly Garland

1955 Ruth Hussey

1955 Dorothy McGuire

1955 Eva Marie Saint

1955 Claire Trevor 1956 Mary Martin

1956 Julie Harris

1956 Eva Marie Saint

1956 Jessica Tandy

1956 Loretta Young 1957 Claire Trevor

1957 Edna Best

1957 Gracie Fields

1957 Nancy Kelly

1957 Evelyn Rudie 1958 Polly Bergen

1958 Julie Andrews

1958 Helen Hayes

1958 Piper Laurie

1958 Teresa Wright 1959 Julie Harris

1959 Judith Anderson

1959 Helen Hayes

1959 Piper Laurie

1959 Geraldine Page

1959 Maureen Stapleton 1960 Ingrid Bergman

1960 Julie Harris

1960 Teresa Wright 1961 Judith Anderson

1961 Ingrid Bergman

1961 Elizabeth Montgomery 1962 Julie Harris

1962 Geraldine Brooks

1962 Suzanne Pleshette

1962 Inger Stevens

1962 Ethel Waters 1963 Kim Stanley

1963 Diahann Carroll

1963 Diana Hyland

1963 Eleanor Parker

1963 Sylvia Sidney 1964 Shelley Winters

1964 Ruby Dee

1964 Bethel Leslie

1964 Jeanette Nolan

1964 Diana Sands 1966 Simone Signoret

1966 Eartha Kitt

1966 Margaret Leighton

1966 Shelley Winters 1967 Geraldine Page

1967 Shirley Booth

1967 Mildred Dunnock

1967 Lynn Fontanne

1967 Julie Harris 1968 Maureen Stapleton

1968 Judith Anderson

1968 Geneviève Bujold

1968 Colleen Dewhurst

1968 Anne Jackson 1969 Geraldine Page

1969 Anne Baxter

1969 Lee Grant 1970 Patty Duke

1970 Edith Evans

1970 Shirley Jones 1971 Lee Grant

1971 Colleen Dewhurst

1971 Lee Grant (two noms) 1972 Glenda Jackson

1972 Glenda Jackson (two noms)

1972 Helen Hayes

1972 Patricia Neal

1972 Susannah York 1973 Cloris Leachman

1973 Lauren Bacall

1973 Hope Lange

1973 Susan Hampshire

1973 Vivien Heilbron

1973 Margaret Tyzach 1974 Cicely Tyson

1974 Carol Burnett

1974 Katharine Hepburn

1974 Cloris Leachman

1974 Elizabeth Montgomery

1974 Mildred Natwick

1974 Helen Hayes

1974 Lee Remick 1975 Katharine Hepburn

1975 Jill Clayburgh

1975 Elizabeth Montgomery

1975 Diana Rigg

1975 Maureen Stapleton

1975 Jessica Walter

1975 Susan Saint James 1976 Susan Clark

1976 Jane Alexander

1976 Colleen Dewhurst

1976 Sada Thompson

1976 Rosemary Harris

1976 Susan Blakely

1976 Jean Marsh

1976 Lee Remick 1977 Sally Field

1977 Jane Alexander

1977 Susan Clark

1977 Julie Harris

1977 Joanne Woodward

1977 Patty Duke

1977 Dori Brenner

1977 Susan Flannery

1977 Eva Marie Saint

1977 Jane Seymour 1978 Joanne Woodward

1978 Helen Hayes

1978 Eva Marie Saint

1978 Maureen Stapleton

1978 Sada Thompson

1978 Meryl Streep

1978 Rosemary Harris

1978 Elizabeth Montgomery

1978 Lee Remick

1978 Cicely Tyson 1979 Bette Davis

1979 Carol Burnett

1979 Olivia Cole

1979 Katharine Hepburn

1979 Mary Tyler Moore 1980 Patty Duke

1980 Bette Davis

1980 Melissa Gilbert

1980 Lee Remick 1981 Vanessa Redgrave

1981 Ellen Burstyn

1981 Catherine Hicks

1981 Yoko Shimada

1981 Joanne Woodward 1982 Ingrid Bergman

1982 Glenda Jackson

1982 Ann Jillian

1982 Jean Stapleton

1982 Cicely Tyson 1983 Barbara Stanwyck

1983 Ann-Margret

1983 Rosanna Arquette

1983 Mariette Hartley

1983 Angela Lansbury 1984 Jane Fonda

1984 Jane Alexander

1984 Ann-Margret

1984 Glenn Close

1984 JoBeth Williams 1985 Joanne Woodward

1985 Jane Alexander

1985 Peggy Ashcroft

1985 Farrah Fawcett

1985 Mary Tyler Moore 1986 Marlo Thomas

1986 Katharine Hepburn

1986 Vanessa Redgrave

1986 Gena Rowlands

1986 Mare Winningham 1987 Gena Rowlands

1987 Ann-Margret

1987 Ellen Burstyn

1987 Lee Remick

1987 Alfre Woodard 1988 Jessica Tandy

1988 Ann Jillian

1988 Mary Tyler Moore

1988 Mary Steenburgen

1988 JoBeth Williams 1989 Holly Hunter

1989 Anjelica Huston

1989 Diane Lane

1989 Amy Madigan

1989 Jane Seymour 1990 Barbara Hershey

1990 Farrah Fawcett

1990 Christine Lahti

1990 Annette O'Toole

1990 Lesley Ann Warren

1990 Alfre Woodard 1991 Lynn Whitfield

1991 Glenn Close

1991 Barbara Hershey

1991 Suzanne Pleshette

1991 Lee Purcell 1992 Gena Rowlands

1992 Anne Bancroft

1992 Meredith Baxter

1992 Judy Davis

1992 Laura Dern 1993 Holly Hunter

1993 Glenn Close

1993 Helen Mirren

1993 Maggie Smith

1993 Joanne Woodward 1994 Kirstie Alley

1994 Bette Midler

1994 Helen Mirren

1994 Jessica Tandy

1994 Joanne Woodward 1995 Glenn Close

1995 Sally Field

1995 Anjelica Huston

1995 Diane Keaton

1995 Alfre Woodard 1996 Helen Mirren

1996 Ashley Judd

1996 Jessica Lange

1996 Mira Sorvino

1996 Sela Ward 1997 Alfre Woodard

1997 Stockard Channing

1997 Glenn Close

1997 Helen Mirren

1997 Meryl Streep 1998 Ellen Barkin

1998 Jamie Lee Curtis

1998 Judy Davis

1998 Olympia Dukakis

1998 Angelina Jolie

1998 Sigourney Weaver 1999 Helen Mirren

1999 Ann-Margret

1999 Stockard Channing

1999 Judy Davis

1999 Leelee Sobieski 2000 Halle Berry

2000 Judy Davis

2000 Sally Field

2000 Holly Hunter

2000 Gena Rowlands 2001 Judy Davis

2001 Judi Dench

2001 Holly Hunter

2001 Hannah Taylor Gordon

2001 Emma Thompson 2002 Laura Linney

2002 Angela Bassett

2002 Blythe Danner

2002 Vanessa Redgrave

2002 Gena Rowlands 2003 Maggie Smith

2003 Thora Birch

2003 Helena Bonham Carter

2003 Jessica Lange

2003 Helen Mirren 2004 Meryl Streep

2004 Glenn Close

2004 Judy Davis

2004 Helen Mirren

2004 Emma Thompson 2005 S. Epatha Merkerson

2005 Halle Berry

2005 Blythe Danner

2005 Cynthia Nixon

2005 Debra Winger 2006 Helen Mirren

2006 Gillian Anderson

2006 Kathy Bates

2006 Annette Bening

2006 Judy Davis 2007 Helen Mirren

2007 Queen Latifah

2007 Debra Messing

2007 Mary-Louise Parker

2007 Gena Rowlands 2008 Laura Linney

2008 Judi Dench

2008 Catherine Keener

2008 Phylicia Rashad

2008 Susan Sarandon 2009 Jessica Lange

2009 Drew Barrymore

2009 Shirley MacLaine

2009 Sigourney Weaver

2009 Chandra Wilson 2010 Claire Danes

2010 Joan Allen

2010 Hope Davis

2010 Judi Dench

2010 Maggie Smith 2011 Kate Winslet

2011 Taraji P. Henson

2011 Diane Lane

2011 Jean Marsh

2011 Elizabeth McGovern 2012 Julianne Moore

2012 Connie Britton

2012 Ashley Judd

2012 Nicole Kidman

2012 Emma Thompson 2013 Laura Linney

2013 Jessica Lange

2013 Helen Mirren

2013 Elisabeth Moss

2013 Sigourney Weaver 2014 Jessica Lange

2014 Helena Bonham Carter

2014 Minnie Driver

2014 Sarah Paulson

2014 Cicely Tyson

2014 Kristen Wiig 2015 Frances McDormand

2015 Maggie Gyllenhaal

2015 Felicity Huffman

2015 Jessica Lange

2015 Queen Latifah

2015 Emma Thompson

Five actresses of color have won in this category: Cicely Tyson in 1974 for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Lynn Whitfield in 1991 for The Josephine Baker Story, Alfre Woodard in 1997 for Miss Evers’ Boys, Halle Berry in 2000 for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, and S. Epatha Merkerson in 2005 for Lackawanna Blues. Twenty-five of the 326 nominees in this category, or 7.7 percent, have been women of color. Woodard and Tyson were both nominated four times each — Tyson was also the first black actress to win a Primetime Emmy.

1975 Anthony Quayle

1975 Ralph Bellamy

1975 Jack Hawkins

1975 Trevor Howard 1976 Ed Flanders

1976 Ray Bolger

1976 Art Carney 1977 Burgess Meredith

1977 Martin Balsam

1977 Mark Harmon

1977 Yaphet Kotto

1977 Walter McGinn 1978 Howard Da Silva

1978 James Farentino

1978 Burgess Meredith

1978 Donald Pleasence

1978 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 1979 Marlon Brando

1979 Ed Flanders

1979 Al Freeman, Jr.

1979 Robert Vaughn

1979 Paul Winfield 1980 George Grizzard

1980 Ernest Borgnine

1980 John Cassavetes

1980 Charles Durning

1980 Harold Gould 1981 David Warner

1981 Andy Griffith

1981 Yuki Meguro

1981 Anthony Quayle

1981 John Rhys-Davies 1982 Laurence Olivier

1982 Jack Albertson

1982 John Gielgud

1982 Derek Jacobi

1982 Leonard Nimoy 1983 Richard Kiley

1983 Ralph Bellamy

1983 Bryan Brown

1983 Christopher Plummer

1983 David Threlfall 1984 Art Carney

1984 Keith Carradine

1984 John Gielgud

1984 John Lithgow

1984 Randy Quaid

1984 David Ogden Stiers 1985 Karl Malden

1985 Richard Burton

1985 John Gielgud

1985 Richard Masur

1985 Rip Torn 1986 John Malkovich

1986 Charles Durning

1986 John Glover

1986 Harold Gould

1986 Pat Morita 1987 Dabney Coleman

1987 Stephen Collins

1987 John Glover

1987 Laurence Olivier

1987 Eli Wallach 1988 John Shea

1988 Dabney Coleman

1988 Anthony Quinn

1988 Ron Silver

1988 Bruce Weitz 1989 Derek Jacobi

1989 Armand Assante

1989 James Garner

1989 Danny Glover

1989 Corin Nemec 1990 Vincent Gardenia

1990 Ned Beatty

1990 Brian Dennehy

1990 Anthony Hopkins

1990 James Earl Jones

1990 Max von Sydow 1991 James Earl Jones

1991 Ruben Blades

1991 David Dukes

1991 Richard Kiley

1991 Leon Russom 1992 Hume Cronyn

1992 Brian Dennehy

1992 Hector Elizondo

1992 Jerry Orbach

1992 Ben Vereen 1993 Beau Bridges

1993 Brian Dennehy

1993 Jonathan Pryce

1993 Peter Riegert

1993