Who won the 2026 Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series?
Answer
Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara won the 2026 Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
O’Hara received the award for her performance as Patty Leigh in The Studio. The win was posthumous, making it one of the ceremony’s most notable moments. The category also included Kathryn Hahn, Jenna Ortega, Jean Smart, and Kristen Wiig as nominees.
The Studio is a comedy series about the pressures and absurdities of running a film studio. O’Hara’s performance contributed to the program’s strong showing at the ceremony, where it won three awards overall.
The award should not be confused with the comedy ensemble prize, which also went to The Studio, or with Seth Rogen’s male comedy-series acting win for the same program. Those were separate competitive categories.