Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama

The Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama is an award held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. It was first awarded at the 1st Soap Opera Digest Award ceremony in 1984.^[1] It is given to honor an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the soap opera genre industry. The winners are decided by the fans who read the magazine.

Deidre Hall holds the most wins, winning in 1984, 1985 and 1995. Hall is followed by Kim Zimmer who won twice in 1988 and 2000.

Winners

Year	Recipients	Program	Role	Network	Ref
1984	Deidre Hall	Days of Our Lives	Marlena Evans	NBC	[1]
1985	Deidre Hall	Days of Our Lives	Marlena Evans	NBC	[2]
1986	Patsy Pease	Days of Our Lives	Kimberly Brady	NBC	[3]
1988	Kim Zimmer	Guiding Light	Reva Shayne	CBS	[4]
1989	Jeanne Cooper	The Young and the Restless	Katherine Chancellor	CBS	[5]
1990	Marcy Walker	Santa Barbara	Eden Capwell	NBC	[6]
1991	Finola Hughes	General Hospital	Anna Devane	ABC	[7]
1992	Anne Heche	Another World	Marley Hudson/Vicky Hudson	NBC	[8]
1993	Susan Lucci	All My Children	Erica Kane	ABC	[9]
1994	Jess Walton	The Young and the Restless	Jill Abbott	CBS	[10]
1995	Deidre Hall	Days of Our Lives	Marlena Evans	NBC	[11][12]
1996	Robin Strasser	One Life to Live	Dorian Lord	ABC	[13]
1997	Genie Francis	General Hospital	Laura Spencer	ABC	[14][15]
1998	Vanessa Marcil	General Hospital	Brenda Barrett	ABC	[16]
1999	Lynn Herring	Port Charles	Lucy Coe	ABC	[17]
2000	Kim Zimmer	Guiding Light	Reva Shayne	CBS	[18]
2001	Melody Thomas Scott	The Young and the Restless	Nikki Newman	CBS	[19]
2003	Michelle Stafford	The Young and the Restless	Phyllis Summers Abbott	CBS	[20]
2005	Tamara Braun	General Hospital	Carly Corinthos	ABC	[21]

Total awards won

Multiple wins

References