Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award which has been given every year at the
Daytime Emmys ceremony since 1974. Erika Slezak for her role as Victoria Lord on
One Life to Live has won this award 6 times, more than any other actress.
Meanwhile, Susan Lucci for her role as Erica Kane on
All My Children has been nominated 21 times, winning only once.
In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
1970s
- 1974 (1st) - Elizabeth Hubbard as Althea Davis, The Doctors
- 1975 (2nd) - Susan Flannery as Laura Spencer Horton, Days of Our Lives
- 1976 (3rd) - Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope
- 1977 (4th) - Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's
Hope
- Nancy Addison as Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
- Mary Stuart as Joanne Gardner, Search for Tomorrow
- Ruth Warrick as Phoebe English Tyler, All My Children
- 1978 (5th) - Laurie Heineman as Sharlene Frame, Another World
- Mary Fickett as Ruth Martin, All My Children
- Jennifer Harmon as Cathy Craig Lord, One Life to Live
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson, Days of Our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
- Victoria Wyndham as Rachel Cory Hutchins, Another World
- 1979 (6th) - Irene Dailey as Liz Matthews, Another World
- Nancy Addison as Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope
- Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope
- Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson, Days of Our Lives
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
1980s
- 1980 (7th) - Judith Light as Karen Wolek, One Life to Live
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital
- Kim Hunter as Nola Madison, The Edge of Night
- Beverlee McKinsey as Iris Carrington, Another World
- Kathleen Noone as Ellen Dalton, All My Children
- 1981 (8th) - Judith Light as Karen Wolek, One Life to Live
- 1982 (9th) - Robin Strasser as Dorian Cramer Lord, One Life to Live
- Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital
- Ann Flood as Nancy Pollock Karr, The Edge of Night
- Sharon Gabet as Charlotte Whitney, The Edge of Night
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1983 (10th) - Dorothy Lyman as Opal Gardner, All My Children
- 1984 (11th) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, One Life to Live
- Ann Flood as Nancy Pollock Karr, The Edge of Night
- Sharon Gabet as Charlotte Whitney, The Edge of Night
- Deidre Hall as Marlena Evans, Days of our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1985 (12th) - Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding
Light
- Deidre Hall as Marlena Evans, Days of our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Gillian Spencer as Daisy Cortlandt, All My Children
- Robin Strasser as Dorian Cramer Lord, One Life to Live
- 1987 (14th) - Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding
Light
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Frances Reid as Alice Horton, Days of Our Lives
- Marcy Walker as Eden Capwell, Santa Barbara
- 1988 (15th) - Helen Gallagher as Maeve Ryan, Ryan's
Hope
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, One Life to Live
- Marcy Walker as Eden Capwell, Santa Barbara
- 1989 (16th) - Marcy Walker as Eden Capwell, Santa Barbara
1990s
- 1990 (17th) - Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding Light
- 1991 (18th) - Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital
- 1993 (20th) - Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Ellen Dolan as Margo Montgomery Hughes, As the World Turns
- Maeve Kinkead as Vanessa Chamberlain, Guiding Light
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1994 (21st) - Hillary B. Smith as Nora Hanen, One Life to Live
- Julia Barr as Brooke English, All My Children
- Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Fiona Hutchison as Jenna Bradshaw, Guiding Light
- Kathleen Widdoes as Emma Snyder, As the World Turns
- 1995 (22nd) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, One Life to Live
- Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital
- Marj Dusay as Alexandra Spaulding, Guiding Light)
- Maeve Kinkead as Vanessa Chamberlain, Guiding Light
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1996 (23rd) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, One Life to Live
- Jensen Buchanan as Vicky Hudson, Another World
- Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant, Another World
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- 1997 (24th) - Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Jensen Buchanan as Vicky Hudson, Another World
- Genie Francis as Laura Spencer, General Hospital
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- 1998 (25th) - Cynthia Watros as Annie Dutton, Guiding Light
- Eileen Davidson as Kristen Blake, Days of our Lives
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
- Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital
- Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne, Guiding Light
- 1999 (26th) - Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, All My Children
2000s
- 2005 (32nd) - Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, One Life to Live
- Martha Byrne as Lily Walsh Snyder, As the World Turns
- Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer, One Life to Live
- Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
- Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis, General Hospital
- Juliet Mills as Tabitha Lenox, Passions
- Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers Abbott, The Young and the Restless
- Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne Lewis, Guiding Light
- 2006 (33rd) - Kim Zimmer as Reva Shayne Lewis, Guiding Light
References
- Daytime Emmy Awards. National Television Academy. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- soapcentral.com - Daytime Emmys Archive. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
- IMDb: Daytime Emmy Awards. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
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