Allison Janney, "Mother," Lost
Sarah Paulson, "Ellis Grey," Grey's Anatomy
Kiernan Shipka, "Sally Draper," Mad Men
Sissy Spacek, "Marilyn Densham," Big Love
Lily Tomlin, "Marilyn Tobin," Damages
Ann-Margret was thrillingly over-the-top on SVU, bringing an element of camp to an episode that needed it. A lot of Lost fans were down on "Across the Sea," but I think Janney provided a necessary grounding element for the exploration of the show's mythology. The flashback episode of Grey's was somewhat hit-or-miss, but Paulson believably built upon the foundation laid by Kate Burton to play the young Ellis Grey in a way that brought her drive and intelligence into sharp focus. Shipka has become an increasingly vital player in the Mad Men ensemble since the first season, and she did a great job communicating Sally's attempts to contend with the changes both inside and outside her home in a tumultuous 1963. Spacek and Tomlin both excelled in roles that could easily have tended towards manic scenery chewing - Spacek in providing a ballsy foil for Bill Paxton in a season where much of Big Love went totally off the rails, and Tomlin in chillingly portraying the World's Worst Matriarch in Damages' riff on the Madoff scandal.
Honorable Mentions: Sarah Drew, Leven Rambin, Grey's Anatomy; Lena Olin, Sarah Paulson, Jill Scott, Sharon Stone, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit; Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost; Alison Brie, Mad Men; Ashley Jones, Dale Raoul, Evan Rachel Wood, True Blood
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