Outstanding Lead Actress in A Miniseries or Movie
- Vanessa Redgrave for playing Clementine Churchill in The Gathering Storm
- Angela Bassett for playing Rosa Parks in The Rosa Parks Story
- Blythe Danner for playing Corinne Mulvaney in We Were the Mulvaneys
- Laura Linney for playing Iris Bravard in Wild Iris
- Gena Rowlands for playing Minnie Brinn in Wild Iris
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