Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional leading performances by actresses in limited series or television films.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	19
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie canonical	18
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	14
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	7
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	4
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special	3
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	2
Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama (Cicely Tyson)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Cicely Tyson nomination)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Nicole Kidman)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Regina King)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for When They See Us	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (for Ingrid Bergman)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (for Beef)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (nomination)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie nomination	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Maggie Smith)	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Sigourney Weaver	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special nomination for Isabella Rossellini	1
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Context triple: [Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, awarded, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in limited series or television films.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic TV series.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in a dramatic TV series.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is a major American television accolade honoring exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on dramatic TV series.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in television films and limited series.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional leading performances by actresses in limited series or television films.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie is a major television honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional lead performances by male actors in limited series or television films.
B. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a leading actress in a dramatic TV series.
C. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a major television honor presented annually to recognize the best performance by a male lead in a dramatic TV series.
D. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is a major American television accolade honoring exceptional performances by actresses in supporting roles on dramatic TV series.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding lead performances by actresses in television films and limited series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie ⓘ linked to: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
awardedFor	exceptional performance in a leading role ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding lead acting performance by an actress in a miniseries ⓘ outstanding lead acting performance by an actress in a television movie ⓘ
belongsTo	drama and limited series performance awards ⓘ
categoryType	acting award ⓘ lead performance ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleWork	limited series ⓘ television film ⓘ
field	television acting ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasAwardingBody	Television Academy ⓘ linked to: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
hasCriterion	actress ⓘ lead acting performance ⓘ limited series or television movie role ⓘ
hasRecipientType	actress ⓘ
inceptionApproximate	20th century ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Primetime Emmy acting awards ⓘ linked to: Primetime Emmy Awards for acting
languageOfName	English ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
notableChange	category name and rules have been adjusted over time to reflect limited series and television movie formats ⓘ
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
recognizes	artistic excellence in television performance ⓘ
scope	primetime television ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ

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Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows → awarded → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie ⓘ

subject linked to: biographical film "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows"

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series → hasCategoryWithin → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie ⓘ