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AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress (TV/Streaming)

AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress (TV/Streaming)
The 2024 recipient: Jodie Foster
Awarded forBest performance by an actress over the age of 50 on a television or streaming program
CountryUnited States
Presented byAARP
First awardCatherine O'Hara for Schitt's Creek (2020)
Most recent winnerJodie Foster for True Detective: Night Country (2024)
Websitehttps://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/

The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Actress (TV/Streaming) is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors the best performance in a television or streaming series by an actress over the age of 50.[1]

The first television award given by AARP was titled Best TV Movie, and was given to Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay in 2003.[2] The category was discontinued after 2006 before returning in 2021 as Best TV Movie/Limited Series alongside three new awards for Best Series, Best Actress, and Best Actor.[3][4]

Winners and Nominees

  indicates the winners.

2020s

Year Actress Role Series Network
2020–21
(20th)
[5]
Catherine O'Hara Moira Rose Schitt's Creek CBC Television
Jennifer Aniston Alexandra "Alex" Levy The Morning Show Apple TV+
Cate Blanchett Phyllis Schlafly Mrs. America FX on Hulu
Regina King Angela Abar / Sister Night Watchmen HBO
Laura Linney Wendy Byrde Ozark Netflix
2021
(21st)
[6][7]
Jean Smart Deborah Vance Hacks HBO Max
Gillian Anderson Margaret Thatcher The Crown Netflix
Andie MacDowell Paula Maid Netflix
Sandra Oh Ji-Yoon Kim The Chair Netflix
Lily Tomlin Frances "Frankie" Bergstein Grace and Frankie Netflix
2022
(22nd)
[8]
Sheryl Lee Ralph Barbara Howard Abbott Elementary ABC
Christina Applegate Jen Harding Dead to Me Netflix
Toni Collette Kathleen Peterson The Staircase HBO Max
Laura Linney Wendy Byrde Ozark Netflix
Rhea Seehorn Kim Wexler Better Call Saul AMC
2023
(23rd)
Jennifer Coolidge Tanya McQuoid The White Lotus HBO
Jennifer Aniston Alexandra "Alex" Levy The Morning Show Apple TV+
Jennifer Garner Hannah Hall The Last Thing He Told Me Apple TV+
Imelda Staunton Queen Elizabeth II The Crown Netflix
Meryl Streep Loretta Durkin Only Murders in the Building Hulu
2024
(24th)
Jodie Foster Chief Liz Danvers True Detective: Night Country HBO
Jennifer Aniston Alexandra "Alex" Levy The Morning Show Apple TV+
Jean Smart Deborah Vance Hacks HBO Max
Meryl Streep Loretta Durkin Only Murders in the Building Hulu
Sofía Vergara Griselda Blanco Griselda Netflix

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