2001:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), 5'4"
Drama: Sela Ward (Once and Again), 5'7 1/2"
Movie/Mini-series: Judi Dench (Last of the Blonde Bombshells), 5'3 1/2"
2001 TV Average: 5'5"
2002:
TV:Musical or Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), 5'4"
Drama: Jennifer Garner (Alias), 5'9"
Movie/Mini-series: Judy Davis (Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows), 5'5"
2002 Average: 5'6"
2003:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Aniston (Friends), 5'4"
Drama: Edie Falco (The Sopranos), 5'5"
Movie/Mini-series: Uma Thurman (Hysterical Blindness), 6'0"
2003 Average: 5'7"
2004:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City), 5'4"
Drama: Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under), 5'8"
Movie/Mini-series: Meryl Streep (Angels in America), 5'6"
2004 TV Average: 5'6"
2005:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives), 5'6"
Drama: Mariska Hargitay (Once and Again), 5'7 1/2"
Movie/Mini-series: Glenn Close (The Lion in the Winter), 5'5"
2005 TV Average: 5'6" (a little over)
2006:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), 5'8"
Drama: Geena Davis (Commander in Chief), 6'0"
Movie/Mini-series: S. Epatha Merkerson (Lakawana Blues), 5'6"
2006 TV Average: (a bit over) 5'8 1/2"
2007:
TV:
Musical or Comedy: America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), 5'1"
Drama: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), 5'5"
Movie/Mini-series: Helen Miren (Elizabeth I), 5'4"
2007 TV Average: A little over 5'3 1/4"
Total TV Average*: 5'6"
*multiple winners are calculated by their number of wins. In other words, if Actress A wins in 2001, 2002 and 2003, she'll be included three times, whether they are for the same role or not.
So far, the Emmy height average is the shortest to date and television comedy actresses are, on average, the more likely to be petite. Have you noticed this? Do you think the general public has?
