Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series is a major American television honor recognizing the best performance by a leading actress in a comedic TV series each year.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category → television award →
alsoKnownAs	Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series →
awardCeremonyBroadcastOn	U.S. broadcast television networks →
awardedFor	outstanding performance by a lead actress in a comedy series →
awardType	performance award →
categoryType	acting award →
ceremonyFrequency	annual →
country	United States →
eligibility	female lead performers in U.S. television comedy series →
field	television acting →
firstAwarded	1954 →
genre	comedy television series →
hasGenderRestriction	female →
hasSubcategoryRelation	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series →
inception	1954 →
language	English →
location	Los Angeles →
medium	television →
notableRecipient	America Ferrera → Candice Bergen → Carol Burnett → Edie Falco → Felicity Huffman → Julia Louis-Dreyfus → Lucille Ball → Mary Tyler Moore → Patricia Heaton → Rachel Brosnahan → Tina Fey →
organizer	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences →
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards →
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences → Television Academy →
scope	primetime television →
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Television Academy →
status	active →
symbolizes	recognition of excellence in comedic acting by a leading actress on television →
timePeriodCovered	previous U.S. television season →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
America Ferrera → Candice Bergen → Cloris Leachman → Edie Falco → Felicity Huffman → Helen Hunt → I Love Lucy ("Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedienne") → Jane Wyatt → Jennifer Aniston → Julia Louis-Dreyfus → Nurse Jackie → Patricia Heaton → Phoebe Waller-Bridge → Rachel Brosnahan → Veep →	awardReceived
Amy Poehler → Jane Wyatt → Kaley Cuoco → Lea Michele →	nominatedFor
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series →	relatedAward
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ("Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series") →	alsoKnownAs
Emmy Award →	hasSubaward
The New Adventures of Old Christine →	notableAward