Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actors. It was introduced in 2012. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
The 2023 recipient: Amanda Seyfried
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Critics Choice Association
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (2023)
Website	criticschoice.com

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2012 ^[1]^[2]^[3]	Julianne Moore	Game Change	Sarah Palin	HBO
	Gillian Anderson	Great Expectations	Miss Havisham	PBS
	Lara Pulver	Sherlock	Irene Adler
	Patricia Clarkson	Five	Mia Knowles	Lifetime
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story	Constance Langdon	FX
	Emily Watson	Appropriate Adult	Janet Leach	Sundance Channel
2013 ^[4]	Elisabeth Moss	Top of the Lake	Det. Robin Griffin	Sundance Channel
	Angela Bassett	Betty & Coretta	Coretta Scott King	Lifetime
	Romola Garai	The Hour	Bel Rowley	BBC America
	Rebecca Hall	Parade's End	Sylvia Tietjens	HBO
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Asylum	Sister Jude Martin	FX
	Sigourney Weaver	Political Animals	Elaine Barrish Hammond	USA
2014 ^[5]^[6]	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Coven	Fiona Goode	FX
	Holliday Grainger	Bonnie & Clyde	Bonnie Parker	A&E, History and Lifetime
	Helena Bonham Carter	Burton & Taylor	Elizabeth Taylor	BBC America
	Minnie Driver	Return to Zero	Maggie Royal	Lifetime
	Whoopi Goldberg	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Viola
	Cicely Tyson	The Trip to Bountiful	Mrs. Carrie Watts
2015 ^[7]^[8]	Frances McDormand	Olive Kitteridge	Olive Kitteridge	HBO
	Aunjanue Ellis	The Book of Negroes	Aminata Diallo	BET
	Maggie Gyllenhaal	The Honourable Woman	Nessa Stein	SundanceTV
	Felicity Huffman	American Crime	Barbara Hanlon	ABC
	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Elsa Mars	FX
	Queen Latifah	Bessie	Bessie Smith	HBO
2016 (1) ^[9]^[10]	Kirsten Dunst	Fargo	Peggy Blumquist	FX
	Rachel McAdams	True Detective	Det. Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides	HBO
	Kathy Bates	American Horror Story: Hotel	Iris	FX
	Sarah Hay	Flesh and Bone	Claire Robbins	Starz
	Shanice Williams	The Wiz Live!	Dorothy Gale	NBC
	Alyvia Alyn Lind	Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors	Dolly Parton
2016 (2) ^[11]^[12]	Sarah Paulson	The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Marcia Clark	FX
	Olivia Colman	The Night Manager	Angela Burr	AMC
	Felicity Huffman	American Crime	Leslie Graham	ABC
	Lili Taylor		Anne Blaine
	Cynthia Nixon	Killing Reagan	Nancy Reagan	Nat Geo
	Kerry Washington	Confirmation	Anita Hill	HBO
2018 ^[13]	Nicole Kidman	Big Little Lies	Celeste Wright	HBO
	Jessica Biel	The Sinner	Cora Tannetti	USA
	Alana Boden	I Am Elizabeth Smart	Elizabeth Smart	Lifetine
	Carrie Coon	Fargo	Gloria Burgle	FX
	Jessica Lange	Feud: Bette and Joan	Joan Crawford
	Reese Witherspoon	Big Little Lies	Madeline Martha Mackenzie	HBO
2019 ^[14]	Amy Adams	Sharp Objects	Camille Preaker	HBO
	Patricia Arquette	Escape at Dannemora	Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell	Showtime
	Connie Britton	Dirty John	Debra Newell	Bravo
	Carrie Coon	The Sinner	Vera Walker	USA
	Laura Dern	The Tale	Jennifer Fox	HBO
	Anna Deavere Smith	Notes from the Field	Various Characters

2020s

Year	Actor	Series	Character	Network
2020 ^[15]	Michelle Williams	Fosse/Verdon	Gwen Verdon	FX
	Kaitlyn Dever	Unbelievable	Marie Adler	Netflix
	Merritt Wever		Det. Karen Duvall
	Anne Hathaway	Modern Love	Lexi	Prime Video
	Megan Hilty	Patsy & Loretta	Patsy Cline	Lifetime
	Jessie Mueller		Loretta Lynn
	Joey King	The Act	Gypsy Blanchard	Hulu
2021 ^[16]	Anya Taylor-Joy	The Queen's Gambit	Beth Harmon	Netflix
	Cate Blanchett	Mrs. America	Phyllis Schlafly	FX on Hulu
	Michaela Coel	I May Destroy You	Arabella Essiedu	HBO
	Daisy Edgar-Jones	Normal People	Marianne Sheridan	Hulu
	Shira Haas	Unorthodox	Esther "Esty" Shapiro	Netflix
	Tessa Thompson	Sylvie's Love	Sylvie Parker	Prime Video
2022 ^[17]	Kate Winslet	Mare of Easttown	Mare Sheehan	HBO
	Danielle Brooks	Robin Roberts Presents Mahalia	Mahalia Jackson	Lifetime
	Cynthia Erivo	Genius: Aretha	Aretha Franklin	NatGeo
	Thuso Mbedu	The Underground Railroad	Cora Randall	Prime Video
	Elizabeth Olsen	WandaVision	Wanda Maximoff	Disney+
	Margaret Qualley	Maid	Alex Russell	Netflix
2023 ^[18]
	Amanda Seyfried	The Dropout	Elizabeth Holmes	Hulu
	Julia Garner	Inventing Anna	Vivian Kent	Netflix
	Lily James	Pam & Tommy	Pamela Anderson	Hulu
	Amber Midthunder	Prey	Naru
	Julia Roberts	Gaslit	Martha Mitchell	Starz
	Michelle Pfeiffer	The First Lady	Betty Ford	Showtime

Multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Jessica Lange

2 nominations

• Carrie Coon
• Felicity Huffman

See also

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

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External links

• Official website