In 1969 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) introduced the award for ‘Best Actress in a Television Drama Series’ at the Golden Globe Awards. The official title of the award has since changed recently, it is now known as ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama’.p

List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Actress Television Series Drama

Year
Winner
Series
1969
 Linda Cristal
 The High Chaparral
1970
 Peggy Lipton
 The Mod Squad
1971
 Patricia Neal
 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1972
 Gail Fisher
 Mannix
1973
 Lee Remick
 The Blue Knight
1974
 Angie Dickinson
 Police Woman
1975
 Lee Remick
 Lady Randolph Churchill
1976
 Susan Blakely
 Rich Man, Poor Man
1977
 Lesley Ann Warren
 79 Park Avenue
1978
 Rosemary Harris
 Holocaust
1979
 Natalie Wood
 From Here to Eternity
1980
 Yoko Shimada
 Shogun
1981
 Linda Evans
 Dynasty
1981
 Barbara Bel Geddes
 Dallas
1982
 Joan Collins
 Dynasty
1983
 Jane Wyman
 Falcon Crest
1984
 Angela Lansbury
 Murder, She Wrote
1985
 Sharon Gless
 Cagney & Lacey
1986
 Angela Lansbury
 Murder, She Wrote
1987
 Susan Dey
 L.A. Law
1988
 Jill Eikenberry
 L.A. Law
1989
 Angela Lansbury
 Murder, She Wrote
1990
 Sharon Gless
 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
 Patricia Wettig
 thirtysomething
1991
 Angela Lansbury
 Murder, She Wrote
1992
 Regina Taylor
 I'll Fly Away
1993
 Kathy Baker
 Picket Fences
1994
 Claire Danes
 My So-Called Life
1995
 Jane Seymour
 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1996
 Gillian Anderson
 The X-Files
1997
 Christine Lahti
 Chicago Hope
1998
 Keri Russell
 Felicity
1999
 Edie Falco
 The Sopranos
2000
 Sela Ward
 Once and Again
2001
 Jennifer Garner
 Alias
2002
 Edie Falco
 The Sopranos
2003
 Frances Conroy
 Six Feet Under
2004
 Mariska Hargitay
 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2005
 Geena Davis
 Commander In Chief
2006
 Kyra Sedgwick
 The Closer
2007
 Glenn Close
 Damages
2008
 Anna Paquin
 True Blood
2009
 Julianna Margulies
 The Good Wife