Rank This Decade’s Above the Line Acting Winners

[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 245 Posts: 37576 View Predictions]

#1205353172

Inspired by the thread on the film side.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

X

Reply

[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 245 Posts: 37576 View Predictions]

#1205353189

(Personal winners in brackets, if applicable)

1. Josh O’Connor, The Crown
2. Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (Danielle Deadwyler, Station Eleven)
3. Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (Sarah Goldberg, Barry)
4. Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
—
5. Zendaya, Euphoria season 1 (Laura Linney, Ozark)
6. Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (Tramell Tillman, Severance)
7. Jean Smart, Hacks season 1
8. Gillian Anderson, The Crown (Ruth Wilson, His Dark Materials)
9. Jeremy Strong, Succession
10. Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown (Keeley Hawes, It’s a Sin)
11. Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
12. Regina King, Watchmen (Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People)
13. Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown (Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You)
14. Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (Adam Scott, Severance)
15. Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (Elle Fanning, The Great)
—
16. Michael Keaton, Dopesick (Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven)
17. Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America (Jean Smart, Watchmen)
18. Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek (Gillian Anderson, Sex Education)
19. Julia Garner, Ozark season 4 (Sarah Snook, Succession)
—
20. Zendaya, Euphoria season 2 (Britt Lower, Severance)
21. Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso season 1
22. Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (Matthew Macfadyen, Succession)
23. Ewan McGregor, Halston (Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird)
24. Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso season 2 (Bill Hader, Barry)
—
25. Tobias Menzies, The Crown (O-T Fagbenle, The Handmaid’s Tale)
26. Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown (Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You)
27. Jean Smart, Hacks season 2 (Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant)
28. Olivia Colman, The Crown (Emma Corrin, The Crown/Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale*)
—
29. Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout (Mackenzie Davis, Station Eleven)
30. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen (Russell Tovey, Years and Years)
31. Julia Garner, Ozark season 3 (Sarah Snook, Succession)
32. Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Asa Butterfield, Sex Education)
33. Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso season 2 (Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
34. Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
—
35. Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much is True (Hugh Jackman, Bad Education)
36. Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso season 1 (John Early, Search Party)

* = Billie Piper was comfortably my personal winner that year for I Hate Suzie but seeing she wasn’t eligible for the Emmys I would have awarded it to Corrin and Moss in a tie.

FYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.

X

ReplyCopy URL

[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 9299 View Predictions]

#1205353193

Wow that was a lot, counting 2020-2021 as the first cycle
Edit: Added 2019-2020

1. Matthew Macfadyen, Succession s3
2. Regina King, Watchmen
3. Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso s1
4. Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
5. Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

—

6. Jeremy Strong, Succession s2
7. Josh O’Connor, The Crown s4
8. Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
9. Tobias Menzies, The Crown s4
10. Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso s2

—

11. Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
12. Jean Smart, Hacks s1
13. Annie Murphy, Schitts Creek
14. Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary s1

—

15. Michael Keaton, Dopesick
16. Zendaya, Euphoria s1
17. Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown
18. Julia Garner, Ozark s4
19. Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek

—-

20. Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso s2
21. Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso s1
22. Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Watchmen
23. Lee jung-jae, Squid Game s1
24. Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown
25. Jean Smart, Hacks s2

The ones I don’t like/care for

26. Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
27. Uzo Aduba, Mrs America
28. Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso s1
29. Zendaya, Euphoria s2
30. Olivia Colman, The Crown
31. Dan Levy, Schitt’s Creek
32. Gillian Anderson, The Crown s4
33. Julia Garner, Ozark s3
34. Ewan McGregor, Halston
35. Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
36. Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.

Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!

X

ReplyCopy URL

[ColtonM Joined: Jan 8th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 78 View Predictions]

#1205353284

1. Zendaya (2022)
2. Zendaya (2020)
3. Jean Smart (2021)
4. Regina King
5. Jean Smart (2022)
6. Jennifer Coolidge
7. Josh O’Connor
8. Gillian Anderson
9. Murray Bartlett
10. Catherine O’Hara
11. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
12. Hannah Waddingham
13. Sheryl Lee Ralph
14. Kate Winslet
15. Annie Murphy
16. Amanda Seyfried
17. Jeremy Strong
18. Jason Sudeikis (2021)
19. Eugene Levy
20. Uzo Aduba
21. Matthew Macfayden
22. Jason Sudeikis (2022)
23. Evan Peters
24. Tobias Menzies
25. Olivia Colman
26. Julianne Nicholson
27. Dan Levy

28. Brett Goldstein (2021)
29. Brett Goldstein (2022)
30. Julia Garner (2020)
31. Julia Garner (2022)

Ones I haven’t seen:

Michael Keaton
Lee Jung-jae
Ewan McGregor
Mark Ruffalo
Billy Crudup

 

X

ReplyCopy URL

[adriandecker770 Joined: Oct 2nd, 2022 Topics: 3 Posts: 442 View Predictions]

#1205353384

I didn’t separate people with multiple wins because I generally felt that their performances were pretty similar, and I also don’t totally remember well enough to distinguish. Preferred winners are only chosen from the other nominees because I just can’t remember well enough who was eligible where.

S Tier (iconic, life changing)

Regina King
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Julianne Nicholson
Matthew MacFadyen (I just barely preferred Kieran Culkin this season, but I’m certainly not upset that MattMac won)
Jeremy Strong
Annie Murphy

A Tier (outstanding, really good)

Kate Winslet (Michaela Coel)
Catherine O’Hara
Jennifer Coolidge
Murray Bartlett
Amanda Seyfried (Margaret Qualley)
Jean Smart (Quinta Brunson. Happy with her Season 1 win)
Zendaya (Melanie Lynskey. Fine with her Season 1 win)
Lee Jung-jae (Jeremy Strong)

B Tier (Good)

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Dan Levy
Eugene Levy (Ramy Youssef)

B- Tier (Not undeserving but a bit forgettable to me)

Uzo Aduba
Evan Peters (Paapa Essiedu)

C Tier (meh. I really do not harbor the same hatred for Ted Lasso that some people do, it’s just not really for me. I don’t even begrudge them their wins)

Jason Sudeikis (Donald Glover. I’m fine with his Season 1 win)
Hannah Waddingham (Hannah Einbinder)
Brett Goldstein (Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Bowen Yang)
Michael Keaton (Himesh Patel)

D Tier

Julia Garner (Sarah Snook, Rhea Seehorn)
Mark Ruffalo (Jeremy Irons)

Haven’t seen:

Any of The Crown actors (only seen the first three seasons)
Billy Crudup (even if I had I’d likely give this to Matthew Macfadyen)
Ewan McGregor

X

ReplyCopy URL

[hopelesstar Joined: Mar 10th, 2020 Topics: 3 Posts: 3456 View Predictions]

#1205353417

Annie Murphy
Regina King
Billy Crudup
Catherine O’Hara
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Jean Smart
Murray Barlett
Julia Garner
Kate Winslet
Lee Jung-jae
Olivia Colman
Zendaya
Gillian Anderson
Dan Levy
Hannah Waddingham
Jason Sudeikis
Eugene Levy
Jeremy Strong
Josh O’Connor
Uzo Aduba
Michael Keaton
Jennifer Coolidge
Julianne Nicholson
Amanda Seyfried
Ewan McGregor
Evan Peters
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Brett Goldstein
Tobias Menzies

X

ReplyCopy URL

[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 26 Posts: 3677 View Predictions]

#1205354647

Everything good gets moved to bloody games

TOP TIER
Catherine O’Hara (Debra Messing) – still the top as deserved to win multiple Emmys even if she was my runner up for the final season
Jennifer Coolidge
Annie Murphy
Kate Winslet
Billy Crudup (x2)
Dan Levy

GREAT
Lee Jung-jae (Kit Connor – but Jung-jae was #1 of those eligible)
Brett Goldstein (Deserved for season 2, wouldn’t have nommed for season 1 where Nick Mohammed was my winner)
Tobias Menzies (OT Fagbenle) – high up still because he was my lead winner for season 3
Murray Barlett (Jake Lacy)
Hannah Waddingham (Renee Elise Goldsberry)
Jason Sudeikis (William H. Macy, Jon Pointing)
Josh O’Connor (Billy Porter)

GREAT
Eugene Levy (Ben Platt)
Jean Smart (Kaley Cuoco x2)
Regina King (Kerry Washington or Cate Blanchett)
Michael Keaton (David Thewlis)
Evan Peters (Malachi Kirby)

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
Julianne Nicholson (Keeley Hawes)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Sarah Goldberg)
Jeremy Strong (Tobias Menzies)
Julia Garner (Meryl Streep, Patricia Arquette)
Zendaya (Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Lancashire)
Amanda Seyfried (Sarah Pauslon)
Ewan McGregor (Joshua Caleb Johnson)

WEREN’T EVEN THE BEST ONE FROM THEIR OWN SHOW
Uzo Aduba (Sarah Paulson)
Olivia Colman (Billie Piper)
Gillian Anderson (Erin Doherty)

X

ReplyCopy URL