This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Beginning with the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, leading actresses in comedy have competed alone. However, these comedic performances included actresses from miniseries, telefilms, and guest performers competing against main cast competitors. Such instances are marked below: # – Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film, prior to the category's creation § – Indicates a performance as a guest performer, prior to the category's creation The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are the first Emmys where there is no representation from any of the big four broadcast networks. Winners and nominations 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Superlatives Programs with multiple wins 6 wins Veep 5 wins Murphy Brown 4 wins Mad About You 3 wins All in the Family Father Knows Best The Golden Girls The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2 wins Cheers The Dick Van Dyke Show Everybody Loves Raymond The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Hacks Hazel Kate & Allie The Lucy Show Taxi Performers with multiple wins 7 wins Julia Louis-Dreyfus (6 consecutive) 5 wins Candice Bergen (2 consecutive twice) Mary Tyler Moore (2 consecutive twice) 4 wins Helen Hunt (consecutive) 3 wins Lucille Ball (2 consecutive) Jean Stapleton (2 consecutive) Jane Wyatt (consecutive) 2 wins Bea Arthur Shirley Booth (consecutive) Jane Curtin (consecutive) Patricia Heaton (consecutive) Hope Lange (consecutive) Jean Smart (consecutive) Programs with multiple nominations 15 nominations The Golden Girls 9 nominations Cheers 8 nominations All in the Family 7 nominations 30 Rock Everybody Loves Raymond The Jeffersons Mad About You Malcolm in the Middle The Mary Tyler Moore Show Murphy Brown Soap Veep 6 nominations Bewitched Nurse Jackie Parks and Recreation Sex and the City 5 nominations Black-ish The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Grace and Frankie Kate & Allie Maude The New Adventures of Old Christine Will & Grace 4 nominations Desperate Housewives The Donna Reed Show Ellen The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Home Improvement I Love Lucy The Loretta Young Show The Lucy Show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Rhoda Roseanne That Girl 3 nominations Ally McBeal Cybill Dead to Me Dharma & Greg The Dick Van Dyke Show Father Knows Best Friends Girls Hazel Insecure Mike & Molly Mom Our Miss Brooks Private Secretary Taxi Weeds 2 nominations Better Things The Beverly Hillbillies The Bob Newhart