| Winner | The Closer | ★★ | Kyra Sedgwick | TNT | |
| Damages | ★★★ | Glenn Close | FX | ||
| Friday Night Lights | ★ | Connie Britton | DirecTV | ||
| Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | January Jones | BBC Four | ||
| The Good Wife | ★★★ | Julianna Margulies | More4 | ||
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ★ | Mariska Hargitay | NBC |