List of female television actors

This is an alphabetical list of notable female television actors. Actors who only have had minor appearances in television films or series are not included in this list.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in motion pictures, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of movie actors.

A

*Amy Acker (Angel)
*Holly Aird (Waking the Dead)
*Lola Albright (Peter Gunn)
*Khandi Alexander (ER, )
*Sarah Alexander (Coupling, Green Wing)
*Kristian Alfonso (Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest)
*Kirstie Alley (Cheers, Veronica's Closet)
*Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks)
*Gillian Anderson (X-Files)
*Loni Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Pamela Anderson (Baywatch, VIP, Stacked)
*Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
*Shiri Appleby (Roswell)
*Leila Arcieri ("Jamaica StCroix" on Son of the Beach)
*Beatrice Arthur (Maude, The Golden Girls)
*Reiko Aylesworth (24)

B

*Morena Baccarin (Firefly)
*Sarah Baker (The Lance Krall Show)
*Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy)
*Christine Baranski (Cybill, Welcome to New York, Happy Family)
*Majel Barrett (Star Trek, Earth: Final Conflict)
*Alice Barrett (Another World)
*Justine Bateman (Family Ties)
*Frances Bavier (The Andy Griffith Show)
*Meredith Baxter (Bridget Loves Bernie, Family Ties)
*Barbara Bel Geddes (Dallas)
*Anna Belknap (Deadline, The Handler, Medical Investigation)
*Catherine Bell (JAG)
*Gina Bellman (Blackeyes, Coupling)
*Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown, Boston Legal)
*Elizabeth Berkley (Saved by the Bell)
*Valerie Bertinelli ((One Day at a Time, Touched by an Angel)
*Laura Bertram (Andromeda)
*Jeanette Biedermann (Gute Zeiten, schlecte Zeiten)
*Jessica Biel (7th Heaven)
*Claudia Black (Farscape)
*Amanda Blake (Gunsmoke)
*Susan Blakely (Rich Man, Poor Man)
*Jolene Blalock (Star Trek: Enterprise)
*Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show)
*Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls)
*Yasmine Bleeth (Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, Baywatch, Nash Bridges, Titans)
*Lisa Bonet (The Cosby Show, A Different World)
*Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers)
*Lara Flynn Boyle (Twin Peaks, The Practice)
*Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos)
*Brandy (Moesha)
*Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy)
*Sally Bretton (Absolute Power, Green Wing)
*Blair Brown (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd)
*Ann Burbrook (Blue Heelers)
*Delta Burke (Designing Women)
*Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family)
*Amanda Burton (Silent Witness)
*Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill)
*Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill)
*Ruth Buzzi (Laugh-In, Sesame Street)
*Amanda Bynes (The Amanda Show, What I Like About You)
*Patsy Byrne (Blackadder'')

C

*Neve Campbell (Party of Five)
*Tisha Campbell-Martin (Martin, My Wife and Kids)
*Judy Carne (Love on a Rooftop, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
*Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
*Diahann Carroll (Julia, Dynasty)
*Dixie Carter (Filthy Rich, Diff'rent Strokes, Designing Women)
*Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)
*Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper)
*Diane Cary (aka Diane Civita) (Misfits of Science)
*Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
*Yvonne Catterfield (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten)
*Sarah Chalke (Roseanne, Scrubs)
*Emma Chambers (The Vicar of Dibley)
*Stockard Channing (The West Wing),(Out of Practice)
*Joan Chen (Twin Peaks)
*Sarah Clarke (24)
*Joan Collins (Dynasty)
*Olivia Colman (Peep Show, Green Wing)
*Holly Marie Combs (Charmed)
*Courteney Cox (Misfits of Science,Friends)
*Marcia Cross (Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives)
*Melinda Culea (The A-Team)
*Kaley Cuoco (8 Simple Rules, Charmed)
*Elisha Cuthbert (24)

D

*Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy)
*Linda Dano (Another World, One Life to Live)
*Amy Davidson (8 Simple Rules)
*Gail Davis (Annie Oakley)
*Janet Davies (Dad's Army)
*Kristin Davis (Sex and the City)
*Pam Dawber (Mork & Mindy)
*Nicole DeBoer (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Yvonne De Carlo (The Munsters)
*Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen, The Ellen Show)
*Melinda Deines (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Jennifer Dempster (BodyShaping)
*Angie Dickinson (Police Woman)
*Jamie Lynn DiScala (The Sopranos)
*Anita Dobson (EastEnders)
*Shannen Doherty (Little House on the Prairie, Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed)
*Lexa Doig (Andromeda)
*Marika Dominczyk (Heist)
*Elinor Donahue (Father Knows Best)
*Alisen Down (Mysterious Ways)
*Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel)
*Fran Drescher (The Nanny)
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Seinfeld, Watching Ellie)
*Sharon Duce (Big Deal)
*Carmen Duncan (Another World)
*Debbe Dunning (Home Improvement)
*Karyn Dwyer (A Taste of Shakespeare and numerous TV movies)

E

*Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
*Gigi Edgley (Farscape)
*Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
*Linda Evans (The Big Valley, Dynasty)

F

*Fann Wong (House of Harmony, Return of the Condor Heroes)
*Shelley Fabares (The Donna Reed Show, Coach)
*Edie Falco (The Sopranos)
*Terry Farrell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels)
*Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks)
*Sally Field (Gidget, The Flying Nun, The Girl with Something Extra)
*Jenna Fischer (The Office)
*Kate Flannery (The Office)
*Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
*Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Homicide: Life on the Street, Wonderland, Global Frequency)
*Jorja Fox ()
*Bonnie Franklin (One Day at a Time)
*Mary Frann (Days of Our Lives, Newhart)
*Jennifer Freeman (My Wife and Kids)
*Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley, Murder Most Horrid)

G

*Nina Garbiras (Boomtown)
*Jennifer Garner (Alias)
*Jennie Garth (Beverly Hills 90210, What I Like About You)
*Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Estelle Getty (The Golden Girls)
*Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie)
*Peri Gilpin (Frasier)
*Summer Glau (Firefly)
*Michelle Gomez (Green Wing, Feel the Force)
*Laurel Goodwin (The Cage)
*Claire Goose (Waking the Dead)
*Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls)
*Erin Gray (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
*Tamsin Greig (Black Books, Green Wing)
*Jasmine Guy (A Different World, Dead Like Me)

H

*Veronica Hamel (Hill Street Blues)
*Linda Hamilton (Beauty and the Beast)
*Anne Haney (Mama's Family)
*Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
*Ayumi Hamasaki (Gakko II)
*Melora Hardin (The Office)
*Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)
*Susannah Harker (Ultraviolet, House of Cards)
*Valerie Harper (Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda)
*Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
*Jackee Harry (227, Sister, Sister)
*Teri Hatcher (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Desperate Housewives)
*Keeley Hawes (Spooks, Tipping the Velvet)
*Pippa Haywood (The Brittas Empire, Green Wing)
*Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)
*Jayne Heitmeyer (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica)
*Marg Helgenberger (China Beach, )
*Anne Helm (General Hospital)
*Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch)
*Natasha Henstridge (She Spies)
*Pamela Hensley (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,Matt Houston)
*Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five,Ghost Whisperer)
*Virginia Hey (Farscape)
*Catherine Hicks (7th Heaven)
*Torri Higginson (Stargate Atlantis)
*Amanda Holden (Kiss Me Kate, Cutting It)
*Jennifer Holmes (Misfits of Science)
*Sue Holderness (Only Fools and Horses)
*Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek)
*Leslie Hope (24)
*Monica Horan (Everybody Loves Raymond)
*Lisa Howard (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Kelly Hu (Martial Law)
*Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)
*Annie Humphrey (The Lance Krall Show)
*Bonnie Hunt (Life with Bonnie)
*Francesca Hunt (The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)
*Helen Hunt (Mad About You)

I

*Smriti Irani (Kyoonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
*Kate Isitt (Coupling)

J

*Kate Jackson (Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow & Mrs. King)
*Allison Janney (The West Wing)
*Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace)
*Penny Johnson Jerald (The Larry Sanders Show, 24)
*Sue Johnston (Brookside, The Royle Family, Waking the Dead)
*Carolyn Jones (The Addams Family)
*Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family)

K

*Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle)
*Julie Kavner (Rhoda, The Simpsons)
*Penelope Keith (The Good Life, To the Manor Born)
*Lisa Kelly (That '70s Show)
*Felicity Kendal (The Good Life [US title: Good Neighbors])
*Katherine Z. Jones
*Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains)
*Kathy Kinney (The Drew Carey Show)
*Angela Kinsey (The Office)
*Kristin Kreuk (Smallville)
*Lisa Kudrow (Friends)
*Mila Kunis (That '70s Show)

L

*Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels)
*Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote)
*Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
*Anita LaSelva (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Piper Laurie (Twin Peaks)
*Linda Lavin (Alice)
*Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Battlestar Galatica)
*Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family)
*Cloris Leachman (Mary Tyler Moore, Phyllis, The Facts of Life)
*Sabrina Le Beauf (The Cosby Show)
*Michele Lee (Knots Landing)
*Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks)
*Jane Leeves (The Benny Hill Show, Frasier)
*Judith Light (Who's the Boss?)
*Evangeline Lilly (Lost)
*Peggy Lipton (Twin Peaks)
*Sabrina Lloyd (Sliders)
*June Lockhart (Lassie, Lost in Space)
*Heather Locklear (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Spin City)
*Kristanna Loken (Mortal Combat: Conquest)
*Shelley Long (Cheers)
*Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
*Rachel Luttrell (Stargate Atlantis)
*Katie Lyons (Green Wing)

M

*Camryn Manheim (The Practice)
*Rose Marie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
*Penny Marshall (Laverne and Shirley)
*Sarah Mason (The Loop)
*Heather Matarazzo (Roseanne, Now and Again)
*Jenny McCarthy (The Jenny McCarthy Show, Jenny)
*Sheila McCarthy (Emily of New Moon and numerous TV movies and mini-series)
*Rue McClanahan (Maude, The Golden Girls)
*Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
*Reba McEntire (Reba)
*Rose McGowan (Charmed)
*Sally McLean (Bootleg, Blue Heelers, Flying Doctors)
*Audrey Meadows (The Honeymooners)
*Olive Mercer (Dad's Army)
*Lee Meriwether (Barnaby Jones)
*Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
*Dina Meyer (Birds of Prey, Beverly Hills 90210)
*Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?, Charmed)
*Christa Miller (The Drew Carey Show, Scrubs)
*Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect)
*Beverly Mitchell (7th Heaven)
*Mo'Nique (The Parkers)
*Shanna Moakler (Pacific Blue)
*Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched)
*Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace)
*Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore)
*Shelley Morrison (Will & Grace)
*Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Ryan's Hope)
*Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
*Jaime Murray (Hustle)

N

*Diandra Newlin (Passions)
*Parminder Nagra (E.R.)
*Kate Nelligan (The Onedin Line)
*Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers, Deadline, Law & Order: Trial by Jury)
*Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek)
*Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)

O

*Kim Oja (Son of the Beach, recurring role on The O.C.)
*Susan Oliver (Peyton Place, Days of Our Lives)
*Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen (Full House, Two of a Kind, So Little Time)
*Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders, Red Cap)

P

*Sarah Parish (Peak Practice, Cutting It)
*Leni Parker (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing, Weeds)
*Sarah Jessica Parker (Square Pegs, Sex and the City)
*Lana Parrilla (Spin City, Boomtown)
*Marnette Patterson (Something So Right, Movie Stars, Charmed)
*Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses)
*Mary Beth Peil (Dawson's Creek)
*Lisa Peluso (Search for Tomorrow, Loving, Another World)
*Elizabeth Perkins (Battery Park)
*Rhea Perlman (Cheers)
*Pauley Perrette (NCIS)
*Billie Piper (The Canterbury Tales, Doctor Who)
*Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show)
*Kim Poirier - (Paradise Falls)
*Annie Potts (Designing Women)
*Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart)
*Kyla Pratt (One On One, The Proud Family)
*Laura Prepon (That '70s Show)
*Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl)
*Emily Procter {}
*Keshia Knight Pulliam (The Cosby Show)

Q

*Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek, Kiss Me Kate)

R

*Charlotte Rae (Car 54, Where Are You?, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life)
*Lucinda Raikes (Green Wing)
*Mary Lynn Rajskub (The Larry Sanders Show, 24)
*Tania Raymonde (Malcom in the Middle, Lost)
*Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show)
*Amanda Redman (New Tricks, At Home with the Braithwaites)
*Della Reese (Touched by an Angel)
*Leah Remini (The King of Queens)
*Judy Reyes (Scrubs)
*Miranda Richardson (Blackadder)
*Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement, Strong Medicine)
*Diana Rigg (The Avengers)
*Molly Ringwald (The Facts of Life, Townies)
*Doris Roberts (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Everybody Loves Raymond)
*Tanya Roberts (Charlie's Angels, That 70's Show)
*Kimmy Robertson (Twin Peaks)
*Mimi Rogers (The Loop, The X-Files)
*Ruth Roman (The Long, Hot Summer, Knots Landing)
*Mackenzie Rosman (7th Heaven)
*Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue)
*Marion Ross (Happy Days)
*Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development)
*Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG-1)
*Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances)
*Debra Jo Rupp (That '70s Show)
*Keri Russell (Felicity)
*Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public)
*Lisa Ryder (Andromeda)

S

*Katey Sagal (Married... with Children, Futurama, 8 Simple Rules)
*Emma Samms (Dynasty)
*Nikki Sanderson (Coronation Street)
*Julia Sawalha (Press Gang, Absolutely Fabulous, Jonathan Creek)
*Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers)
*Kim Schraner (Spynet)
*Tracy Scoggins (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Babylon 5)
*Jane Seymour, (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
*Sarah Shahi (The L Word)
*Cybill Shepherd (Moonlighting, Cybill)
*Nicolette Sheridan, (Knots Landing, Desperate Housewives)
*Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan)
*Jean Smart (Designing Women, In-Laws, Center of the Universe)
*Anna Nicole Smith (The Anna Nicole Smith Show)
*Phyllis Smith (The Office)
*Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels)
*Liz Smith (The Vicar of Dibley, The Royle Family)
*Jan Smithers (WKRP in Cincinnati)
*Suzanne Somers (Three's Company, She's the Sheriff, Step by Step)
*Guylaine St. Onge (Earth: Final Conflict)
*Florence Stanley (Fish, My Two Dads)
*Barbara Stanwyck (The Big Valley)
*Jean Stapleton (All in the Family)
*Mary Steenburgen (Ink, Joan of Arcadia)
*Kirsten Storms (Days of our Lives, Clubhouse)
*Inger Stevens (The Farmer's Daughter)
*Alexis Stodghill (Grand Strand (television show))
*Dorothy Stratten (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
*Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses)
*Nicole Sullivan (MadTV, The King of Queens, Hot Properties)
*Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H'')

T

*Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia)
*Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1)
*Cherilee Taylor (Paradise Falls)
*Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell, Beverly Hills 90210)
*Lynne Thigpen (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, The District)
*Heather Thomas (The Fall Guy)
*Marlo Thomas (That Girl)
*Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place, According to Jim)
*Nicholle Tom (The Nanny)
*Lily Tomlin (Laugh-In, Murphy Brown, The West Wing)
*Thuy Trang (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'')

U

V

*Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy)
*Countess Vaughn (227, Moesha, The Parkers)
*Nadine Velazquez (My Name is Earl)
*Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
*Anna Vocino (The Lance Krall Show)
*Lark Voorhies (Saved by the Bell)

W

*Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman)
*Jessica Walter (Amy Prentiss, Dinosaurs, Arrested Development)
*Julie Walters (Dinnerladies)
*Tasma Walton (Blue Heelers)
*Cynthia Watros (Titus, The Drew Carey Show, Lost)
*Alberta Watson (La Femme Nikita)
*Honeysuckle Weeks (Foyle's War)
*Betty White (Mary Tyler Moore, The Golden Girls)
*Cara Williams (Pete and Gladys)
*Cindy Williams (Laverne and Shirley)
*Kelli Williams (The Practice, Medical Investigation)
*Vanessa Williams (Melrose Place)
*Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek)
*Peta Wilson (La Femme Nikita)
*Sheree J. Wilson (Our Family Honor, Dallas, Walker, Texas Ranger)
*Victoria Wood (Dinnerladies)
*Kari Wuhrer (Sliders)
*Jane Wyman (Falcon Crest)
*Victoria Wyndham (Another World)

X

Y

Z

*Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks)
*Madeline Zima (The Nanny)

See also

*Actor
*List of male television actors
*List of male movie actors
*List of female movie actors