List of Daytime Emmy Award winners in acting and drama

See also: List of Primetime Emmy Award winners, List of International Emmy Award winners, and Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series

This is a list of annual Daytime Emmy Award winners for Best Drama Series and Best Lead Actress/Actor, Supporting Actress/Actor and Younger Actress/Actor in a Drama Series.

1974-2019

Year Best Drama Lead Actress Lead Actor Supporting Actress Supporting Actor Younger Actress Younger Actor
1974 The Doctors
(NBC) 		Elizabeth Hubbard
(The Doctors) 		Macdonald Carey
(Days of our Lives) 		No award given No award given No award given No award given
1975 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Susan Flannery
(Days of our Lives)
1976 Another World
(NBC) 		Helen Gallagher
(Ryan's Hope) 		Larry Haines
(Search for Tomorrow)
1977 Ryan's Hope
(ABC) 		Val Dufour
(Search for Tomorrow)
1978 Days of Our Lives
(NBC) 		Laurie Heineman
(Another World) 		James Pritchett
(The Doctors)
1979 Ryan's Hope
(ABC) 		Irene Dailey
(Another World) 		Al Freeman Jr.
(One Life to Live) 		Suzanne Rogers
(Days of our Lives) 		Peter Hansen
(General Hospital)
1980 Guiding Light
(CBS) 		Judith Light
(One Life to Live) 		Douglass Watson
(Another World) 		Francesca James
(All My Children) 		Warren Burton
(All My Children)
1981 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Jane Elliot
(General Hospital) 		Larry Haines
(Search for Tomorrow)
1982 Guiding Light
(CBS) 		Robin Strasser
(One Life to Live) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Dorothy Lyman
(All My Children) 		David Lewis
(General Hospital)
1983 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Dorothy Lyman
(All My Children) 		Robert S. Woods
(One Life to Live) 		Louise Shaffer
(Ryan's Hope) 		Darnell Williams
(All My Children)
1984 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Erika Slezak
(One Life to Live) 		Larry Bryggman
(As the World Turns) 		Judi Evans
(Guiding Light) 		Justin Deas
(As the World Turns)
1985 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Kim Zimmer
(Guiding Light) 		Darnell Williams
(All My Children) 		Beth Maitland
(The Young and the Restless) 		Larry Gates
(Guiding Light) 		Tracey E. Bregman
(The Young and the Restless) 		Brian Bloom
(As the World Turns)
1986 Erika Slezak
(One Life to Live) 		David Canary
(All My Children) 		Leann Hunley
(Days of our Lives) 		John Wesley Shipp
(As the World Turns) 		Ellen Wheeler
(Another World) 		Michael E. Knight
(All My Children)
1987 As the World Turns
(CBS) 		Kim Zimmer
(Guiding Light) 		Larry Bryggman
(As the World Turns) 		Kathleen Noone
(All My Children) 		Gregg Marx
(As the World Turns) 		Martha Byrne
(As the World Turns)
1988 Santa Barbara
(NBC) 		Helen Gallagher
(Ryan's Hope) 		David Canary
(All My Children) 		Ellen Wheeler
(All My Children) 		Justin Deas
(Santa Barbara) 		Julianne Moore
(As the World Turns) 		Billy Warlock
(Days of our Lives)
1989 Marcy Walker
(Santa Barbara) 		Debbi Morgan
(All My Children) /
Nancy Lee Grahn
(Santa Barbara) 		Kimberly McCullough
(General Hospital) 		Justin Gocke
(Santa Barbara)
1990 Kim Zimmer
(Guiding Light) 		A Martinez
(Santa Barbara) 		Julia Barr
(All My Children) 		Henry Darrow
(Santa Barbara) 		Cady McClain
(All My Children) 		Andy Kavovit
(As the World Turns)
1991 As the World Turns
(CBS) 		Finola Hughes
(General Hospital) 		Peter Bergman
(The Young and the Restless) 		Jess Walton
(The Young and the Restless) 		Bernard Barrow
(Loving) 		Anne Heche
(Another World) 		Rick Hearst
(Guiding Light)
1992 All My Children
(ABC) 		Erika Slezak
(One Life to Live) 		Maeve Kinkead
(Guiding Light) 		Thom Christopher
(One Life to Live) 		Tricia Cast
(The Young and the Restless) 		Kristoff St. John
(The Young and the Restless)
1993 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Linda Dano
(Another World) 		David Canary
(All My Children) 		Ellen Parker
(Guiding Light) 		Gerald Anthony
(General Hospital) 		Heather Tom
(The Young and the Restless) 		Monti Sharp
(Guiding Light)
1994 All My Children
(ABC) 		Hillary B. Smith
(One Life to Live) 		Michael Zaslow
(Guiding Light) 		Susan Haskell
(One Life to Live) 		Justin Deas
(Guiding Light) 		Melissa Hayden
(Guiding Light) 		Roger Howarth
(One Life to Live)
1995 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Erika Slezak
(One Life to Live) 		Justin Deas
(Guiding Light) 		Rena Sofer
(General Hospital) 		Jerry verDorn
(Guiding Light) 		Sarah Michelle Gellar
(All My Children) 		Jonathan Jackson
(General Hospital)
1996 Charles Keating
(Another World) 		Anna Kathryn Holbrook
(Another World) 		Kimberly McCullough
(General Hospital) 		Kevin Mambo
(Guiding Light)
1997 Jess Walton
(The Young and the Restless) 		Justin Deas
(Guiding Light) 		Michelle Stafford
(The Young and the Restless) 		Ian Buchanan
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Sarah Brown
(General Hospital)
1998 All My Children
(ABC) 		Cynthia Watros
(Guiding Light) 		Eric Braeden
(The Young and the Restless) 		Julia Barr
(All My Children) 		Steve Burton
(General Hospital) 		Jonathan Jackson
(General Hospital)
1999 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Susan Lucci
(All My Children) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Sharon Case
(The Young and the Restless) 		Stuart Damon
(General Hospital) 		Heather Tom
(The Young and the Restless)
2000 Susan Flannery
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Sarah Brown
(General Hospital) 		Shemar Moore
(The Young and the Restless) 		Camryn Grimes
(The Young and the Restless) 		David Tom
(The Young and the Restless)
2001 As the World Turns
(CBS) 		Martha Byrne
(As the World Turns) 		David Canary
(All My Children) 		Lesli Kay
(As the World Turns) 		Michael E. Knight
(All My Children) 		Adrienne Frantz
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Justin Torkildsen
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
2002 One Life to Live
(ABC) 		Susan Flannery
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Peter Bergman
(The Young and the Restless) 		Crystal Chappell
(Guiding Light) 		Josh Duhamel
(All My Children) 		Jennifer Finnigan
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Jacob Young
(General Hospital)
2003 As the World Turns
(CBS) 		Maurice Benard
(General Hospital) 		Vanessa Marcil
(General Hospital) 		Benjamin Hendrickson
(As the World Turns) 		Jordi Vilasuso
(Guiding Light)
2004 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Michelle Stafford
(The Young and the Restless) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Cady McClain
(As the World Turns) 		Rick Hearst
(General Hospital) 		Chad Brannon
(General Hospital)
2005 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Erika Slezak
(One Life to Live) 		Christian Jules LeBlanc
(The Young and the Restless) 		Natalia Livingston
(General Hospital) 		Greg Rikaart
(The Young and the Restless) 		Eden Riegel
(All My Children) 		David Lago
(The Young and the Restless)
2006 Kim Zimmer
(Guiding Light) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Gina Tognoni
(Guiding Light) 		Jordan Clarke
(Guiding Light) 		Jennifer Landon
(As the World Turns) 		Tom Pelphrey
(Guiding Light)
2007 Guiding Light
(CBS) /
The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Maura West
(As the World Turns) 		Christian LeBlanc
(The Young and the Restless) 		Genie Francis
(General Hospital) 		Rick Hearst
(General Hospital) 		Bryton McClure
(The Young and the Restless)
2008 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Jeanne Cooper
(The Young and the Restless) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Gina Tognoni
(Guiding Light) 		Kristoff St. John
(The Young and the Restless) 		Tom Pelphrey
(Guiding Light)
2009 The Bold and the Beautiful
(CBS) 		Susan Haskell
(One Life to Live) 		Christian LeBlanc
(The Young and the Restless) 		Tamara Braun
(Days of our Lives) 		Vincent Irizarry
(All My Children)
Jeff Branson
(Guiding Light) 		Julie Berman
(General Hospital) 		Darin Brooks
(Days of our Lives)
2010 Maura West
(As the World Turns) 		Michael Park
(As the World Turns) 		Julie Pinson
(As the World Turns) 		Billy Miller
(The Young and the Restless) 		Drew Tyler Bell
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
2011 Laura Wright
(General Hospital) 		Heather Tom
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Jonathan Jackson
(General Hospital) 		Brittany Allen
(All My Children) 		Scott Clifton
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
2012 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Heather Tom
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Nancy Lee Grahn
(General Hospital) 		Christel Khalil
(The Young and the Restless) 		Chandler Massey
(Days of our Lives)
2013 Days of Our Lives
(NBC) 		Doug Davidson
(The Young and the Restless) 		Julie Marie Berman
(General Hospital) 		Scott Clifton
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
Billy Miller
(The Young and the Restless) 		Kristen Alderson
(General Hospital)
2014[1] The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Eileen Davidson
(Days Of Our Lives) 		Billy Miller
(The Young and the Restless) 		Amelia Heinle
(The Young and the Restless) 		Eric Martsolf
(Days of Our Lives) 		Hunter King
(The Young and the Restless)
2015[2] Days of Our Lives
(NBC) 		Maura West
(General Hospital) 		Anthony Geary
(General Hospital) 		Chad Duell
(General Hospital) 		Freddie Smith
(Days of Our Lives)
2016 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Mary Beth Evans
(Days of Our Lives) 		Tyler Christopher
(General Hospital) 		Jessica Collins
(The Young and the Restless) 		Sean Blakemore
(General Hospital) 		True O'Brien
(Days of Our Lives) 		Bryan Craig
(General Hospital)
2017 Gina Tognoni
(The Young and the Restless) 		Scott Clifton
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Kate Mansi
(Days of Our Lives) 		Steve Burton
(The Young and the Restless) 		Lexi Ainsworth
(General Hospital)
2018 Days of Our Lives
(NBC) 		Eileen Davidson
(The Young and the Restless) 		James Reynolds
(Days of Our Lives) 		Camryn Grimes
(The Young and the Restless) 		Greg Vaughan
(Days of Our Lives) 		Chloe Lanier
(General Hospital) 		Rome Flynn
(The Bold and the Beautiful)
2019 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Maurice Benard
(General Hospital) 		Vernee Watson
(General Hospital) 		Max Gail
(General Hospital) 		Hayley Erin
(General Hospital) 		Kyler Pettis
(Days of Our Lives)

2020-present

The categories, Outstanding Younger Actor and Younger Actress were merged into Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series.

Year Best Drama Lead Actress Lead Actor Supporting Actress Supporting Actor Younger Performer
2020 The Young and the Restless
(CBS) 		Heather Tom
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Jason Thompson
(The Young and the Restless) 		Tamara Braun
(General Hospital) 		Bryton James
(The Young and the Restless) 		Olivia Rose Keegan
(Days of Our Lives)
2021 General Hospital
(ABC) 		Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Maurice Benard
(General Hospital) 		Marla Adams
(The Young and the Restless) 		Max Gail
(General Hospital) 		Victoria Konefal
(Days of Our Lives)
2022 Mishael Morgan
(The Young and the Restless) 		John McCook
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Kelly Thiebaud
(General Hospital) 		Jeff Kober
(General Hospital) 		Nicholas Chavez
(General Hospital)
2023 Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Thorsten Kaye
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Sonya Eddy
(General Hospital) 		Robert Gossett
(General Hospital) 		Eden McCoy
(General Hospital)
2024 Michelle Stafford
(The Young and the Restless) 		Thorsten Kaye
(The Bold and the Beautiful) 		Courtney Hope
(The Young and the Restless) 		Robert Gossett
(General Hospital) 		Category retired

References

  1. ^ "'Sesame Street,' 'Ellen DeGeneres' Lead Daytime Emmy Creative Arts Winners". Variety. Penske Business Media. June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "CBS, PBS and The Bold and the Beautiful Lead Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Winners". Variety. Penske Business Media. April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.