This is an alphabetical list of notable female television actors. Actors who only have had minor appearances in television films or series are not considered television actors and are not included in this list.

A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in motion pictures, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of movie actors.

See also: Actors, List of male television actors, List of male movie actors and List of female movie actors.

A

• Amy Acker (Angel)
• Lola Albright (Peter Gunn)
• Khandi Alexander (ER, CSI: Miami)
• Kristian Alfonso (Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest)
• Kirstie Alley (Cheers, Veronica's Closet)
• Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks)
• Gillian Anderson (X-Files)
• Pamela Anderson (Baywatch, VIP)
• Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
• Leila Arcieri ("Jamaica StCroix" on Son of the Beach)
• Beatrice Arthur (Maude, The Golden Girls)
• Reiko Aylesworth (24)

B

• Sarah Baker (The Lance Krall Show)
• Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy)
• Majel Barrett (Star Trek, Earth: Final Conflict)
• Alice Barrett (Another World)
• Justine Bateman (Family Ties)
• Frances Bavier (The Andy Griffith Show)
• Meredith Baxter (Bridget Loves Bernie, Family Ties)
• Barbara Bel Geddes (Dallas)
• Anna Belknap (Deadline , The Handler, Medical Investigation)
• Catherine Bell (JAG)
• Elizabeth Berkley (Saved by the Bell)
• Laura Bertram (Andromeda)
• Jeanette Biedermann (Gute Zeiten, schlecte Zeiten )
• Jessica Biel (7th Heaven)
• Claudia Black (Farscape)
• Susan Blakely (Rich Man, Poor Man)
• Jolene Blalock (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show)
• Lisa Bonet (The Cosby Show)
• Lara Flynn Boyle (Twin Peaks, The Practice)
• Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy)
• Delta Burke (Designing Women)
• Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family)
• Amanda Burton (Silent Witness)
• Ruth Buzzi (Laugh-In, Sesame Street)

C

• Neve Campbell (Party of Five)
• Tisha Campbell-Martin (Martin, My Wife and Kids)
• Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
• Dixie Carter (Filthy Rich , Diff'rent Strokes, Designing Women)
• Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)
• Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper)
• Diane Cary (aka Diane Civita) (Misfits of Science)
• Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
• Yvonne Catterfield (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten)
• Sarah Chalke (Roseanne, Scrubs)
• Stockard Channing (The West Wing)
• Joan Chen (Twin Peaks)
• Sarah Clarke (24)
• Joan Collins (Dynasty)
• Holly Marie Combs (Charmed)
• Courteney Cox (Misfits of Science,Friends)
• Melinda Culea (The A-Team)
• Elisha Cuthbert (24)

D - E

• Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy)
• Linda Dano (Another World, One Life to Live)
• Gail Davis (Annie Oakley)
• Kristin Davis (Sex and the City)
• Pam Dawber (Mork & Mindy)
• Nicole DeBoer (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Melinda Deines (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Jennifer Dempster (BodyShaping)
• Anita Dobson (Eastenders)
• Shannon Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed)
• Lexa Doig (Andromeda)
• Elinor Donahue (Father Knows Best)
• Alisen Down (Mysterious Ways )
• Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel)
• Fran Drescher (The Nanny)
• Sharon Duce (Big deal)
• Carmen Duncan (Another World)
• Debbe Dunning (Home Improvement)
• Karyn Dwyer (A Taste of Shakespeare and numerous TV movies)
• Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
• Gigi Edgley (Farscape)
• Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
• Linda Evans (The Big Valley, Dynasty)

F - G

• Shelley Fabares (The Donna Reed Show – Coach)
• Terry Farrell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels)
• Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks)
• Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
• Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Homicide: Life on the Street, Wonderland , Global Frequency )
• Jorja Fox (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
• Mary Frann (Days of Our Lives, Newhart)
• Nina Garbiras (Boomtown)
• Jennifer Garner (Alias)
• Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Estelle Getty (The Golden Girls)
• Peri Gilpin (Frasier)
• Laurel Goodwin (The Cage)
• Tamsin Greig (Black Books, Green Wing)

H

• Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)
• Susannah Harker (Ultraviolet)
• Teri Hatcher (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Desperate Housewives)
• Keeley Hawes (Spooks, Tipping the Velvet)
• Pippa Haywood (The Brittas Empire, Green Wing)
• Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond)
• Jayne Heitmeyer (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica)
• Marg Helgenberger (China Beach, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
• Anne Helm (General Hospital)
• Natasha Henstridge (She Spies )
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (Party of Five)
• Virginia Hey (Farscape)
• Catherine Hicks (7th Heaven)
• Torri Higginson (Stargate Atlantis)
• Amanda Holden (Kiss Me Kate, Cutting It )
• Jennifer Holmes (Misfits of Science)
• Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek)
• Cheryl Holdridge (Mickey Mouse Club)
• Leslie Hope (24)
• Lisa Howard (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Kelly Hu (Martial Law)
• Annie Humphrey (The Lance Krall Show)
• Francesca Hunt (The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)
• Helen Hunt (Mad About You)

I

• Smriti Irani (Kyoonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi )

J-K

• Kate Jackson (Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow & Mrs. King )
• Allison Janney (The West Wing)
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace)
• Penny Johnson Jerald (The Larry Sanders Show, 24)
• Sue Johnston (Brookside, The Royle Family, Waking the Dead )
• Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle)
• Julie Kavner (Rhoda, The Simpsons)
• Penelope Keith (The Good Life,To the Manor Born)
• Felicity Kendal (The Good Life [US title: Good Neighbors])
• Kathy Kinney (The Drew Carey Show)
• Lisa Kudrow (Friends)

L

• Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels)
• Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote)
• Anita LaSelva (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Piper Laurie (Twin Peaks)
• Linda Lavin (Alice)
• Vicki Lawrence (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family)
• Sabrina Le Beauf (The Cosby Show)
• Michele Lee (Knots Landing)
• Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks)
• Jane Leeves (The Benny Hill Show, Frasier)
• Judith Light (Who's the Boss?)
• Evangeline Lilly (Lost)
• Peggy Lipton (Twin Peaks)
• Sabrina Lloyd (Sliders)
• Heather Locklear (Dynasty, Melrose Place)
• Kristanna Loken ()
• Shelley Long (Cheers)
• Rachel Luttrell (Stargate Atlantis)

M

• Camryn Manheim (The Practice)
• Rose Marie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
• Heather Matarazzo (Roseanne, Now and Again)
• Sheila McCarthy (Emily of New Moon and numerous TV movies and mini-series)
• Rue McClanahan (Another World, Maude, The Golden Girls)
• Reba McEntire (Reba)
• Rose McGowan (Charmed)
• Audrey Meadows (The Honeymooners)
• Lee Meriwether (Barnaby Jones)
• Debra Messing (Will & Grace)
• Dina Meyer (Birds of Prey, Beverly Hills 90210)
• Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?, Charmed)
• Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect)
• Beverly Mitchell (7th Heaven)
• Yvonne Mitchell (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
• Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched)
• Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace)
• Mary Tyler Moore (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
• Shelley Morrison (Will & Grace)
• Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Ryan's Hope)
• Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)

N - Q

• Kate Nelligan (The Onedin Line)
• Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers, Deadline )
• Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City)
• Kim Oja (Son of the Beach, recurring role on The O.C.)
• Susan Oliver (Star Trek: The Cage, Peyton Place, Days of Our Lives)
• Tamzin Outhwaite (Eastenders, Red Cap)
• Sarah Parish (Peak Practice, Cutting It )
• Leni Parker (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing, Weeds)
• Sarah Jessica Parker (Square Pegs, Sex and the City)
• Lana Parrilla (Spin City, Boomtown)
• Mary Beth Peil (Dawson's Creek)
• Lisa Peluso (Search for Tomorrow, Loving, Another World)
• Elizabeth Perkins (Battery Park)
• Rhea Perlman (Cheers)
• Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show)
• Annie Potts (Designing Women)
• Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart)
• Emily Procter {CSI: Miami}
• Keshia Knight Pulliam (The Cosby Show)
• Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek, Kiss Me Kate)

R

• Charlotte Rae (Car 54, Where Are You?, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life)
• Mary Lynn Rajskub (The Larry Sanders Show, 24)
• Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show)
• Amanda Redman (New Tricks , At Home with the Braithwaites)
• Della Reese (Touched by an Angel)
• Judy Reyes (Scrubs)
• Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement, Strong Medicine)
• Diana Rigg (The Avengers)
• Molly Ringwald (The Facts of Life, Townies)
• Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond)
• Kimmy Robertson (Twin Peaks)
• Ruth Roman (The Long, Hot Summer , Knots Landing)
• Mackenzie Rosman (7th Heaven)
• Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue)
• Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development)
• Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG-1)
• Patricia Routledge (Keeping Up Appearances)
• Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager, Boston Public)
• Lisa Ryder (Andromeda)

S - U

• Katey Sagal (Married... with Children, Futurama, 8 Simple Rules)
• Emma Samms (Dynasty)
• Julia Sawalha (Press Gang, Absolutely Fabulous, Jonathan Creek)
• Jane Seymour, (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
• Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan)
• Jean Smart (Designing Women, In-Laws , Center of the Universe)
• Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels)
• Jan Smithers (WKRP in Cincinnati)
• Suzanne Somers (Three's Company, She's the Sheriff , Step by Step)
• Guylaine St. Onge (Earth: Final Conflict)
• Jean Stapleton (All in the Family)
• Kirsten Storms (Days of Our Lives, Clubhouse)
• Dorothy Stratten (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
• Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1)
• Tiffani Thiessen (Saved by the Bell, Beverly Hills 90210)
• Lynne Thigpen (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, The District)
• Courtney Thorne-Smith (According to Jim, Melrose Place)
• Thuy Trang (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

V - Z

• Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy)
• Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Anna Vocino (The Lance Krall Show)
• Lark Voorhies (Saved by the Bell)
• Julie Walters (Dinnerladies)
• Tasma Walton (Blue Heelers)
• Honeysuckle Weeks (Foyle's War)
• Betty White (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls)
• Kelli Williams (The Practice, Medical Investigation)
• Michelle Williams( Dawson's Creek)
• Sheree J. Wilson (Our Family Honor , Dallas, Walker, Texas Ranger)
• Victoria Wood (Dinnerladies)
• Kari Wuhrer (MTV, Sliders)
• Jane Wyman (Falcon Crest)
• Victoria Wyndham (Another World)
• Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks)