Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)


This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup and Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup . Before 2002, the category was called Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special and included prosthetic and special effects makeup. Prior to 2020, awards were split between miniseries or movies and ongoing series.
Beginning in 2024, the Outstanding Period and/or Character Makeup category will be renamed Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

1960s

'''Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Visual Arts '''

1970s

'''Outstanding Achievement in Makeup'''

Programs with multiple awards

;5 awardsGame of Thrones
;3 awardsThe X-Files
;2 awardsAmerican Horror StoryDeadwoodEuphoriaThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselStar Trek: Deep Space NineStar Trek: The Next GenerationThe Tracey Ullman Show

Programs with multiple nominations

;10 nominationsAmerican Horror Story
;9 nominationsStar Trek: The Next Generation
;8 nominationsGame of ThronesMad Men
;7 nominationsStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
;6 nominationsCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
;5 nominationsBoardwalk EmpireGleeThe X-Files
;4 nominationsAlien NationBabylon 5Beauty and the BeastBuffy the Vampire SlayerDeadwoodGrey's AnatomyThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselNip/TuckStar Trek: VoyagerThe Tracey Ullman Show
;3 nominationsAmerican Crime StoryEuphoriaFargoThe Handmaid's TalePoseStar Trek: PicardStranger ThingsTracey Takes On...True DetectiveVikings
;2 nominationsAliasAmazing StoriesAmerican Horror StoriesBig Little LiesCarnivàleDr. Quinn, Medicine WomanFeudGeniusGLOWHouse of the DragonInto the WestThe KnickKung FuThe Last of UsMonsterOnly Murders in the BuildingOzarkPenny DreadfulThe PoliticianPushing DaisiesRomeSex and the CitySix Feet UnderTales from the CryptThis Is UsWar and RemembranceWestworld