Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series

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Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie
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2024 winner Zoe Saldaña
CountryUnited States
Presented by Critics Choice Association
First awarded 2021
Last awarded 2024
Currently held by Zoe Saldaña for Special Ops: Lioness (2024)
Most nominations Angela Bassett (4)
Website http://www.criticschoice.com/

The Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie is an award presented by the Critics Choice Association to the best performance by a female actress in an action television series or TV-movie.

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This award was first given out in 2021 to Angela Bassett for her role as Athena Carter Grant Nash on 9-1-1 . Bassett also holds the record for most nominations, with four consecutives nods for the same role.

The current Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie winner is Zoe Saldaña for her leading role as Joe in Special Ops: Lioness (2024).

Winners and nominees

The following is a list of Critics Choice Super Award winners and nominees for Best Actress in Action Series, winners are in bold:

YearActressSeriesNetworkRoleRef
Best Actress in an Action Series
2021 Angela Bassett 9-1-1 Fox Athena Carter Grant Nash [1] [2]
Jennifer Connelly Snowpiercer TNT Melanie Cavill
Esmé Creed-Miles Hanna Amazon Prime Video Hanna
Mireille Enos Marissa Wiegler
Katheryn Winnick Vikings History Lagertha
Alison Wright SnowpiercerTNTRuth Wardell
2022 HoYeon Jung Squid Game Netflix Kang Sae-byeok [3] [4]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 FoxAthena Carter Grant Nash
Kim Joo-ryoung Squid GameNetflixHan Mi-nyeo
Queen Latifah The Equalizer CBS Robyn McCall
Olivia Liang Kung Fu The CW Nicky Shen
Mary McCormack Heels Starz Willie Day
Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie
2023 Helen Mirren 1923 Paramount+ Cara Dutton [5] [6]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 FoxAthena Carter Grant Nash
Queen Latifah The Equalizer CBSRobyn McCall
Olivia Liang Kung Fu The CWNicky Shen
Katherine McNamara Walker: Independence Abby Walker
Kelly Reilly Yellowstone Paramount Network Beth Dutton
2024
Zoe Saldaña Special Ops: Lioness Paramount+Joe [7]
Angela Bassett 9-1-1 FoxAthena Carter Grant Nash
Luciane Buchanan The Night Agent NetflixRose Larkin
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Citadel Amazon Prime VideoNadia Sinh
Queen Latifah The Equalizer CBSRobyn McCall
Maria Sten Reacher Amazon Prime VideoFrances Neagley

Multiple nominees

4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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