Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 1996

Nominations

Winner	Picket Fences	★★★★★★★	Kathy Baker		CBS
	Murder, She Wrote	★★★★★★	Angela Lansbury		CBS
	The X-Files	★★★★★★	Gillian Anderson		Fox
	Chicago Hope	★★★	Christine Lahti		CBS
	ER	★★	Sherry Stringfield		NBC