Oscar winning / nominated actors while on a television series

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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Until very very recently, television work was often considered as the ugly step-sister when compared to film and theatre. In fact, notable film performers doing a series was often seen as a “career ender” and “slumming it”.

I bring this because at the 91st Academy Awards, all four winners could be considered TV stars with all of their most notable work coming in the medium as opposed to their film work.

• Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
• Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, Fleabag, Crown)
• Mahershala Ali (Luke Cage, House of Cards, Ramy, True Detective)
• Regina King (227, Boondocks, Southland, Leftovers)

Malek notably took a season off from his Emmy-winning role in Mr. Robot to film Bohemian Rhapsody, Colman was Emmy eligible in ceremony before (Broadchurch S3) and after (Fleabag) her win, is a darling of British TV and couldn’t Even campaign because of prior commitments filming The Crown, Ali was literally on a HBO drama during that awards season & King was double nominated at all the winter awards for both Beale Street and her cancelled Netflix show.

What’s even more interesting is throughout the decades, thespians who have won/been nominated for Oscars while appearing on a regular television series (no miniseries or TV movies & show must be actively on air, Adam Driver wouldn’t qualify as Girls had ended it’s run) had remained relevantly stead until the 2010s, when more active TV performers were Oscar nominated than the previous 5 decades combined.

1960s (2)
• Patty Duke — The Patty Duke Show
• Goldie Hawn — Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In

1970s (2)

• Cloris Leachman — The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• John Travolta — Welcome Back Kotter

1980s (1)

• Denzel Washington — St. Elsewhere

1990s (4)

• Whoops Goldberg — Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Helen Hunt — Mad About You
• Judi Dench — As Time Goes By
• Hilary Swank — Beverly Hills 90210

2000s (5)

• Ellen Burstyn — That’s Life
• Alan Alda — The West Wing
• Felicity Huffman — Desperate Housewives
• Helen Mirren — Prime Suspect
• Mo’Nique — The Mo’Nique Show (talk show)

2010s (17)

• Melissa Leo — Treme
• Melissa McCarthy — Mike & Molly
• Glenn Close — Damages
• Matthew McConaughey — True Detective
• June Squibb — Getting On (+ Girls & Glee)
• JK Simmons — The Legend of Korra & Ultimate Spider-Man
• Patricia Arquette — CSI: Cyber
• Viola Davis — How to Get Away with Murder
• Mahershala Ali — House of Cards & Luke Cage
• Allison Janney — Mom
• Laurie Metcalf — Roseanne & The Big Bang Theory
• Rami Malek — Mr. Robot
• Olivia Colman — Broadchurch & Fleabag
• Mahershala Ali — True Detective
• Regina King — Seven Seconds & The Big Bang Theory
• Laura Dern — Big Little Lies
• Cynthia Erivo — The Outsider
• Al Pacino — Hunters

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[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 53 Posts: 364 View Predictions]

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Regina King was also on American Crime which won her 2 of her 3 Emmys…in case you forgot

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[estrelas Joined: Jul 25th, 2018 Topics: 1 Posts: 6856 View Predictions]

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Sab227 wrote:

Regina King was also on American Crime which won her 2 of her 3 Emmys…in case you forgot

Actually no. The third season of American Crime aired in 2017 and she won the Oscar in 2019.

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[Owl-Always-watching Joined: Dec 13th, 2017 Topics: 13 Posts: 1205 View Predictions]

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Mary Tyler Moore

Art Carney

John Travolta

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[James Gibson Joined: Jul 8th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 3022 View Predictions]

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You can argue much of Reginas goodwill to win the award came from her American Crime success and Emmy rise so I kinda count that.

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 1 Posts: 2645 View Predictions]

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James Gibson wrote:

You can argue much of Reginas goodwill to win the award came from her American Crime success and Emmy rise so I kinda count that.

Yeah. She definitely was on a super hot streak. She still is actually

FYC

AOTY - Renaissance

Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Tyree Henry.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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Owl-Always-watching wrote:

Mary Tyler Moore

Art Carney

John Travolta

Travolta already in the OP, didn’t include MTM & Carney because while they still had to overcome the TV Stigma of the 1970s, neither of them had any active shows on the air come Oscar time.

Bassett wrote:

Yeah. She definitely was on a super hot streak. She still is actually

She’s really been iron hot since Southland and really hasn’t stepped a bad foot forward (even a flop like Seven Seconds still got her an Emmy).

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[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 53 Posts: 364 View Predictions]

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That’s why I mentioned American Crime because that is what really lit her up to the point she is now

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[Nameizmann Joined: Jan 16th, 2020 Topics: 33 Posts: 696 View Predictions]

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You always have the best statistics lol thank you

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[ricardo505 Joined: Jun 14th, 2015 Topics: 1 Posts: 670 View Predictions]

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Sally Field for “Brothers & Sisters”

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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ricardo505 wrote:

Sally Field for “Brothers & Sisters”

Didn’t included as Brothers & Sisters as it was cancelled during the 2010-2011 TV season. Only included thespians who had a a show competing at either the prior Emmy ceremony in September before the Winter wards (Like Malek & King at the 2018 Emmys) or at the following Emmy ceremony after (Ali & Arquette).

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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With the prediction centre now open, three performers in the top 5 could this criteria.

Delroy Lindo — Da 5 Bloods / The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
Eli Goree — One Night in Miami / Riverdale (The CW)
Viola Davis — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom / How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Zendaya — Dune / Euphoria (HBO)

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 249 Posts: 39043 View Predictions]

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There is also :

Tom Pelphrey – Mank/Ozark
Tom Burke – Mank/Strike
Charles Dance – Mank/The Crown
Jeremy Strong – The Trial of the Chicago 7/Succession
Yayha Abdul-Mateen II – The Trial of the Chicago 7/Watchmen
Olivia Colman – The Father/The Crown
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things/Fargo
Lily Collins – Mank/Emily in Paris
Elisabeth Moss – Next Goal Wins/The Handmaid’s Tale
Fiona Shaw – Ammonite/Killing Eve
Rachel Brosnahan – The Courier/The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Julia Garner – The Assistant/Ozark
Kerry Washington – The Prom/Little Fires Everywhere
Nicole Kidman – The Prom/Little Fires Everywhere
Samira Wiley – Red, White and Water/The Handmaid’s Tale
Laura Linney – Falling/Ozark
Camille Cottin – Stillwater/Killing Eve
Nicholas Hoult – Those Who Wish Me Dead/The Great
Cherry Jones – The Eyes of Tammy Faye/Succession, The Handmaid’s Tale, Defending Jacob

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[Leo Grant Logan Joined: Nov 7th, 2010 Topics: 6 Posts: 207 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

• Hilary Swank — Beverly Hills 90210

Swank had already left 90210 in early 1998 before Boys Don’t Cry was even made.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8872 View Predictions]

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If Colman Domingo gets nominated for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, he’ll be on the Emmy as a main cast member on two different shows (“Fear the Walking Dead” and “Euphoria”) and another as a guest anthology (“The Twilight Zone”).

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