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

Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie
The 2025 recipient: Anna Sawai
Country	United States
Presented by	Critics Choice Association
First award	2021
Currently held by	Anna Sawai, Shōgun (2025)
Most nominations	Angela Bassett (5)
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.

This award was first presented 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 five consecutives nods for the same role.

The current recipient of the award is Anna Sawai for her role as Toda Mariko in Shōgun .

Winners and nominees

Year	Actress	Series	Network	Role	Ref
Best Actress in an Action Series
2021	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	Fox	Athena 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	Snowpiercer	TNT	Ruth Wardell
2022	HoYeon Jung	Squid Game	Netflix	Kang Sae-byeok	[3] [4]
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	Fox	Athena Grant-Nash
	Kim Joo-ryoung	Squid Game	Netflix	Han 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	Fox	Athena Grant-Nash
	Queen Latifah	The Equalizer	CBS	Robyn McCall
	Olivia Liang	Kung Fu	The CW	Nicky Shen
	Katherine McNamara	Walker: Independence		Abby Walker
	Kelly Reilly	Yellowstone	Paramount Network	Beth Dutton
2024	Zoe Saldaña	Special Ops: Lioness	Paramount+	Joe McNamara	[7]
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	Fox	Athena Grant-Nash
	Luciane Buchanan	The Night Agent	Netflix	Rose Larkin
	Priyanka Chopra Jonas	Citadel	Amazon Prime Video	Nadia Sinh
	Queen Latifah	The Equalizer	CBS	Robyn McCall
	Maria Sten	Reacher	Amazon Prime Video	Frances Neagley
2025	Anna Sawai	Shōgun	FX	Toda Mariko	[8]
	Angela Bassett	9-1-1	Fox	Athena Grant-Nash
	Viola Davis	G20	Amazon Prime Video	Danielle Sutton
	Keira Knightley	Black Doves	Netflix	Helen Webb
	Lashana Lynch	The Day of the Jackal	Peacock	Bianca Pullman
	Zoe Saldaña	Lioness	Paramount+	Joe McNamara

Series with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• 9-1-1

3 nominations

• The Equalizer

2 nominations

• Hanna
• Kung Fu
• Lioness
• Snowpiercer
• Squid Game

Performers with multiple nominations

5 nominations

• Angela Bassett

3 nominations

• Queen Latifah

2 nominations

• Olivia Liang
• Zoe Saldaña

See also

• Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Action Series
• Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actor in an Action Series

References

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5. "Nominations Announced for the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series". Critics Choice Association . February 22, 2023.
6. "Winners Announced for the 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards | Critics Choice Awards". Critics Choice Association . Retrieved 2023-12-25.
7. "Nominations announced for the Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual "Critics Choice Super Awards" honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series". Critics Choice Association. 2024-03-07. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
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