Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series

The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the Critics' Choice Television Awards (BTJA) to recognize the work done by television actresses. It was introduced in 2011 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by a group of television critics that are part of the Broadcast Television Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

  indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Nominee	Series	Role
2011[1][2]	Tina Fey	30 Rock	Liz Lemon
	Courteney Cox	Cougar Town	Jules Cobb
	Edie Falco	Nurse Jackie	Jackie Peyton
	Patricia Heaton	The Middle	Frankie Heck
	Martha Plimpton	Raising Hope	Virginia Chance
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
2012[3][4]	Zooey Deschanel	New Girl	Jessica Day
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
	Lena Dunham	Girls	Hannah Horvath
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Martha Plimpton	Raising Hope	Virginia Chance
	Ashley Rickards	Awkward.	Jenna Hamilton
2013	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Laura Dern	Enlightened	Amy Jellicoe
	Zooey Deschanel	New Girl	Jessica Day
	Lena Dunham	Girls	Hannah Horvath
	Sutton Foster	Bunheads	Michelle Simms
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
2014	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Ilana Glazer	Broad City	Ilana Wexler
	Wendi McLendon-Covey	The Goldbergs	Beverly Goldberg
	Amy Poehler	Parks and Recreation	Leslie Knope
	Emmy Rossum	Shameless	Fiona Gallagher
	Amy Schumer	Inside Amy Schumer	Various Characters
2015[5]	Amy Schumer	Inside Amy Schumer	Various Characters
	Ilana Glazer	Broad City	Ilana Wexler
	Lisa Kudrow	The Comeback	Valerie Cherish
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Gina Rodriguez	Jane the Virgin	Jane Villanueva
	Constance Wu	Fresh Off the Boat	Jessica Huang
2016[6]	Rachel Bloom	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Rebecca Bunch
	Aya Cash	You're the Worst	Gretchen Cutler
	Wendi McLendon-Covey	The Goldbergs	Beverly Goldberg
	Gina Rodriguez	Jane the Virgin	Jane Villanueva
	Tracee Ellis Ross	black-ish	Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson
	Constance Wu	Fresh Off the Boat	Jessica Huang
2017[7]	Ellie Kemper	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Kimmy Schmidt
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Veep	Selina Meyer
	Kate McKinnon	Saturday Night Live	Various Characters
	Tracee Ellis Ross	black-ish	Dr. Rainbow "Bow" Johnson
	Phoebe Waller-Bridge	Fleabag	Fleabag
	Constance Wu	Fresh Off the Boat	Jessica Huang

Multiple wins

2 wins

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (consecutive)

Multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus

4 nominations

• Amy Poehler

3 nominations

• Constance Wu

2 nominations

• Zooey Deschanel
• Lena Dunham
• Ilana Glazer
• Wendi McLendon-Covey
• Martha Plimpton
• Gina Rodriguez
• Tracee Ellis Ross
• Amy Schumer

See also

• TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

References

1. "'Modern Family' leads nominations for new Critics' Choice TV Awards". Los Angeles Times. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
2. Sanger, Craig (19 June 2011). "Critics' Choice Television Awards". The Washington Times. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
3. Weisman, Jon (5 June 2012). "NBC tops in Critics Choice TV noms". Variety. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
4. Salemi, Vicki (19 June 2012). "Amy Poehler & Zooey Deschanel Tie for Best Actress at 2012 Critics' Choice TV Awards". OK!. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
5. Pedersen, Erik (May 6, 2015). "Critics' Choice TV Awards: 'Justified', 'Olive Kitteridge', HBO Lead The Field". Deadline. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
6. Gray, Tim (December 14, 2015). "'Mad Max,' 'Fargo' Top Critics' Choice Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
7. "Critics' Choice TV Nominations Unveiled". Critics' Choice Awards. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.