| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | |
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| Awarded for | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Currently held by | Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly (2011) |
| Official website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The award was first presented in 1953, but was not awarded again until 1959. It has been presented every year since then (excluding 1965).
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| Superlative | Lead Actress - Comedy Series | Supporting Actress - Comedy Series | Overall | |||
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| Actress with most awards | Candice Bergen, Mary Tyler Moore | 5 | Rhea Perlman, Doris Roberts | 4 | Candice Bergen, Mary Tyler Moore | 5 |
| Actress with most nominations | Mary Tyler Moore | 10 | Rhea Perlman, Loretta Swit | 10 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Betty White | 12 |
| Actress with most nominations without ever winning |
Jane Kaczmarek | 7 | Julia Duffy | 7 | Julia Duffy, Jane Kaczmarek | 7 |
| Television program with most wins | Murphy Brown | 5 | Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 6 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 9 |
| Television program with most nominations | The Golden Girls | 15 | Cheers, The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 12 | The Golden Girls | 22 |
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