| Winner | Homeland | ★★★★★★★★★★ | Claire Danes | Channel 4 | |
| House of Cards | ★★ | Robin Wright | Netflix | ||
| Mad Men | ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ | Elisabeth Moss | BBC Four | ||
| Downton Abbey | Michelle Dockery | PBS | |||
| Nashville | Connie Britton | ABC | |||
| Bates Motel | Vera Farmiga | A&E | |||
| Scandal | Kerry Washington | ABC |