| Winner | The Good Wife | ★★★ | Julianna Margulies | More4 | |
| Friday Night Lights | ★ | Connie Britton | DirecTV | ||
| The Killing | Mireille Enos | AMC | |||
| Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Elisabeth Moss | BBC Four | ||
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ★ | Mariska Hargitay | NBC | ||
| Harry's Law | Kathy Bates | NBC |