Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in A Series

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is an accolade given during the Golden Globe Awards ceremony conducted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The association is formed of journalists and photographers covering the American entertainment industry for publications mainly in non-US media markets. The award honors an actress recognizing her remarkable performance in a supporting, yet substantial, role on a television series, miniseries or television film which contributed in presenting the story into an appealing one to the audience.

The HFPA started honoring outstanding television works from the 13th Golden Globe Awards held in February 1956 and first presented this category as the Best Supporting Actress – Television Series on February 5, 1971, during the 28th Golden Globe Awards. American actress Gail Fisher became first recipient of the award that year for her best-known role of secretary Peggy Fair in the CBS aired television detective series Mannix and with this she emerged as the first African-American woman to win this award. No award was given in this category during the January 28, 1978, held 35th Golden Globe Awards.

The award was later rechristened as Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film and first presented under this new title during the 1981 held 38th Golden Globe Awards. The first tie in this award category occurred that year with Valerie Bertinelli and Diane Ladd winning the award for their respective performances in One Day at a Time and Alice. The following year, Bertinelli won her second consecutive award for her same role in One Day at a Time. The only other instance when the award witnessed a tie was in 1999 when Faye Dunaway and Camryn Manheim won the award for Gia and The Practice respectively. The other actresses besides Bertinelli who won the award twice, which marks as the most wins a performer garnered in this category so far, are Laura Dern, Faye Dunaway and Polly Holliday. Among them Holliday won the award consecutively in 1979 and 1980 for portraying the character of Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry in the sitcom television series Alice. Seasoned American actress Rhea Perlman holds the record of earning most nominations in the category with six, all for her best known role of head waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom television series Cheers. She however never won the award.

The Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film category was later split into two categories namely Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series – Comedy/Musical or Drama, and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film, and first presented during the January 10, 2023, held 80th Golden Globe Awards. Julia Garner won the award in the Comedy/Musical or Drama category for playing Ruth Langmore in the crime drama television series Ozark; and Jennifer Coolidge won the award in the Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film category for her role of Tanya McQuoid in the dark comedy-drama anthology television series The White Lotus: Sicily that year.

List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television