Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime
The Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime has been given every year since the first Soap Opera Digest Award in 1984 until the award's end in 2005. There were no awards presented in 1987, 2002 or 2004. The category was split up into Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain/Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime only in 1993, 1994, and 2000.
In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. In 1984 and 1985, the nominees aren't listed only the winners.
Winners
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Network | Ref |
| 1984 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | Nancy Frangione | Another World | Cecile DePoulignac | NBC | |
| 1985 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | Days of Our Lives | Megan Hathaway | NBC | ||
| 1986 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | Linda Gibboney | Santa Barbara | Gina Blake Lockridge | ||
| 1988 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | Brenda Dickson | The Young and the Restless | Jill Foster Abbott | ||
| 1989 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Lynn Herring | General Hospital | Lucy Coe | ||
| 1990 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Jane Elliot | General Hospital | Tracy Quartermaine | ||
| 1991 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Lynn Herring | General Hospital | Lucy Coe | ||
| 1992 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | Lynn Herring | General Hospital | Lucy Coe | ||
| 1993 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | Kimberlin Brown | The Bold and the Beautiful The Young and the Restless | Sheila Carter | ||
| 1995 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | Kimberlin Brown | The Bold and the Beautiful | Sheila Carter | ||
| 1996 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Alison Sweeney | Days of Our Lives | Sami Brady | ||
| 1997 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | Michelle Stafford | The Young and the Restless | Phyllis Summers | ||
| 1998 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | Alison Sweeney | Days of Our Lives | Sami Brady | ||
| 1999 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | Alison Sweeney | Days of Our Lives | Sami Brady | ||
| 2001 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Arianne Zucker | Days of Our Lives | Nicole Walker | ||
| 2005 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Jane Elliot | General Hospital | Tracy Quartermaine |
;Outstanding Villain/Villainess
| Year | Actress | Program | Role | Network | Ref |
| 1994 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | Louise Sorel | Days of Our Lives | Vivian Alamain | ||
| 2000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Timothy D. Stickney | One Life to Live | RJ Gannon |
Multiple wins
| Wins | Actress |
| 3 | Lynn Herring |
| 3 | Alison Sweeney |
| 2 | Kimberlin Brown |
| 2 | Jane Elliot |
Total awards won
| Number | Program |
| Days of our Lives | |
| General Hospital | |
| The Young and the Restless | |
| The Bold and the Beautiful | |
| 1 | Another World |
| 1 | Santa Barbara |
| 1 | One Life to Live |