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April 30, 2020 at 10:34 am #1203455517
List your all time favorite performance in every Emmy acting category. This is not meant to be based on specific seasons or episodes, but the work of the actors across the entirety of their series. Here’s my list:
Drama
Actor: Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Breaking Bad
Actress: Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown
Supporting Actor: Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress: Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones
Guest Actor: Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones
Guest Actress: Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell, Game of Thrones
Comedy
Actor: Steve Carell as Michael Scott, The Office
Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, Veep
Supporting Actor: Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Seinfeld
Supporting Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes, Seinfeld
Guest Actor: Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Guest Actress: Sally Phillips as Mina Häkkinen, Veep
Limited
Actor: Al Pacino as Roy Cohn, Angels in America
Actress: Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon, Fosse/Verdon
Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Wright as Belize, Angels in America
Supporting Actress: Mary-Louise Parker as Harper Pitt, Angels in America
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April 30, 2020 at 10:46 am #1203455534Drama
Actor: Matthew Rhys a Phillip Jennings, The Americans/Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Breaking Bad
Actress: Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown/Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife/Tatiana Maslany as the Clones, Orphan Black/Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Supporting Actor: Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
Supporting Actress: Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway, Mad Men
Guest Actor: Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning, The Good Wife
Guest Actress: Eliza Dushku as Faith, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Comedy
Actor: Steve Carell as Michael Scott, The Office
Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, Veep
Supporting Actor: Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Supporting Actress: Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester, Glee
Guest Actor: Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Guest Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow as Holly Holliday, Glee
Limited
Actor: Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe, A Very English Scandal/Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse, Fosse/Verdon/Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Actress: Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon, Fosse/Verdon/Hayley Atwell as Margaret Schlegel, Howards End
Supporting Actor: Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott, A Very English Scandal
Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon, American Horror Story
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ReplyCopy URLFYC OSCARS : PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN IN ALL CATEGORIES (ESP. ACTRESS – Carey Mulligan AND ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — EMERALD FENNELL), VANESSA KIRBY FOR "PIECES OF A WOMAN", ESSIE DAVIS FOR "BABYTEETH"
April 30, 2020 at 11:05 am #1203455564Didn’t do the male drama categories because I haven’t watched as many dramas and couldn’t feel like I could choose any performance as my favorite.
And yeah, I know Alexis Bledel became a series regular, but I really really love her performance in season one a lot, so.
Comedy
Lead Actress – Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep and Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback
(I think I’d rather cut off a finger than choose between these two perfect performances.)Lead Actor – Steve Carell in The Office
Supporting Actress – Kristen Wiig in Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actor – Tituss Burgess in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Guest Actress – Megan Mullally in Parks and Recreation
Guest Actor – Ben Schwartz in Parks and Recreation
Drama
Lead Actress – Tatiana Maslany in Orphan BlackSupporting Actress – Uzo Aduba in Orange Is the New Black
Guest Actress – Alexis Bledel in The Handmaid’s Tale
Limited
Lead Actress – Bryce Dallas Howard in Black Mirror: NosediveLead Actor – Jharrel Jerome in When They See Us
Supporting Actress – Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story: Asylum
Supporting Actor – Sterling K. Brown in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
ReplyCopy URLApril 30, 2020 at 11:06 am #1203455566Drama Actress: Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on HTGAWM
Drama Actor: Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates on Bates Motel
Drama Supporting Actress: Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones
Drama Supporting Actor: John Lithgow as Winston Churchill on The Crown
Drama Guest Actress: Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness on HTGAWM/Alexis Bledel as Emily on The Handmaid’s Tale
Drama Guest Actor: –
Limited Actress: Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clarke on the People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Limited Actor: Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan on The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Limited Supp. Actress: Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard on The Act/ Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters on AHS: Asylum
Limited Supp. Actor: Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
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April 30, 2020 at 11:18 am #1203455579Comedy
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Lead Actress: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lead Actor: Alan Alda, MASH
Supporting Actor: Ed Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Drama
Lead Actress: Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order SVU (consistently good)
Lead Actor: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Supporting Actor: Bruce Weitz, Hill Street Blues
Supporting Actress: Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Limited Series/Movie Made for TV
Lead Actress: Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth R / Ann-Margret, Who Will Love My Children?
Lead Actor: Michael Moriarty, Holocaust
Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown, The People vs OJ Simpson
Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange, American Horror StoryApril 30, 2020 at 11:40 am #1203455621Mostly did stuff from the past decade as couldn’t be bothered to think too hard. It’s weird because it ended up seeming like I love my dramas British and my comedies American when I’d always considered it the other way around if anything.
Drama
ACTOR: David Tennant, Doctor Who
ACTRESS: Claire Foy, The Crown
SUPPORTING ACTOR: James Norton, Happy Valley
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
GUEST ACTOR: Richard Fleeshman, Call the Midwife
GUEST ACTRESS: Anna Maxwell Martin, Line of DutyComedy
ACTOR: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
ACTRESS: Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Hayes, Will and Grace
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jane Lynch Glee
GUEST ACTOR: Leslie Jordan, Will and Grace
GUEST ACTRESS: Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtLimited
ACTOR: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Man in an Orange Shirt
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ACTRESS: Sarah Paulson, The People vs. OJ Simpson
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joey Pollari, American Crime
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sophie Okonedo, The Hollow Crown: War of the RosesApril 30, 2020 at 11:42 am #1203455625Drama
Lead Actor: James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) / Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
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Lead Actress: Edie Falco (The Sopranos)
Supporting Actor: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Supporting Actress: Julia Garner (Ozark) / Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Guest Actor: John Lithgow (Dexter)
Guest Actress: Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones)April 30, 2020 at 11:43 am #1203455629Mostly did stuff from the past decade as couldn’t be bothered to think too hard. It’s weird because it ended up seeming like I love my dramas British and my comedies American when I’d always considered it the other way around if anything. Drama ACTOR: David Tennant, Doctor Who ACTRESS: Claire Foy, The Crown SUPPORTING ACTOR: James Norton, Happy Valley SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey GUEST ACTOR: Richard Fleeshman, Call the Midwife GUEST ACTRESS: Anna Maxwell Martin, Line of Duty Comedy ACTOR: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory ACTRESS: Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Hayes, Will and Grace SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jane Lynch Glee GUEST ACTOR: Leslie Jordan, Will and Grace GUEST ACTRESS: Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Limited ACTOR: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Man in an Orange Shirt ACTRESS: Sarah Paulson, The People vs. OJ Simpson SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joey Pollari, American Crime SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sophie Okonedo, The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses
Damn it I forgot about Tennant!
And yes Maxwell Martin gave truly a profound guest performance
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April 30, 2020 at 11:53 am #1203455651SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joey Pollari, American Crime
Loved this choice
ReplyCopy URLApril 30, 2020 at 11:55 am #1203455654Comedy Actress- Catherine O’Hara, Schitts Creek
Comedy Actor- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Comedy Supporting Actress- Lisa Kudrow, Friends
Comedy Supporting Actor- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Comedy Guest Actress- Christina Applegate, Friends
Comedy Guest Actor- Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Drama Actress- Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder/ Olivia Colman, Broadchurch
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Drama Supporting Actress- Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Drama Supporting Actor- John Lithgow, The Crown
Drama Guest Actress- Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder
Drama Guest Actor
Limited Actress- Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies/ Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
Limited Actor- Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal
Limited Supporting Actress- Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Limited Supporting Actor- Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN- Picture, Director, Actress, Screenplay
April 30, 2020 at 12:03 pm #1203455689DRAMA
Lead Actor: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos (Jon Hamm, Mad Men)
Lead Actress: Keri Russell, The Americans (Edie Falco, The Sopranos)
Supporting Actor: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (John Lithgow, The Crown)
Supporting Actress: Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (Christina Hendricks, Mad Men/Drea de Matteo, The Sopranos)
COMEDY
Lead Actor: Steve Carell, The Office (Bill Hader, Barry)
Lead Actress: Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek)
Supporting Actor: David Schwimmer, Friends (Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation)
Supporting Actress: Lisa Kudrow, Friends (Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie)
ReplyCopy URLApril 30, 2020 at 12:06 pm #1203455697Drama
Actor: Matthew Rhys, The Americans / James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Actress: Edie Falco, The Sopranos / Keri Russell, The Americans
Supporting Actor: John Lithgow, The Crown
Supporting Actress: Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy / Laura Dern, Big Little Lies / Drea de Matteo, The Sopranos
Guest Actor: Peter Boyle, The X Files
Guest Actress: Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Comedy
Actor: –
Actress: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie / Laura Dern, Enlightened
Supporting Actor: Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Supporting Actress: Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie / Lisa Kudrow, Friends
Guest Actor: Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Guest Actress: Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives
Limited
Actor: Sam Rockwell, Fosse/ Verdon
Actress: Michelle Williams , Fosse/Verdon / Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Supporting Actor: Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven
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April 30, 2020 at 12:47 pm #1203455762Drama
Drama Actor: Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, Dexter
Drama Actress: Glenn Close as Patty Hewes, Damages / Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown
Drama Supporting Actor: John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, The Crown
Drama Supporting Actress: Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones
Drama Guest Actor: Matthew Goode as Antony Armstrong-Jones , The Crown
Drama Guest Actress: Jane Lapotaire as Princess Alice of Battenberg, The Crown / Alexis Bledel as Ofglen/Emily Malek, The Handmaid’s Tale
Comedy
Comedy Actor: Jonathan Groff as Patrick Murray, Looking
Comedy Actress: Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose, Schitt’s Creek / Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag, Fleabag
Comedy Supporting Actor: Andrew Scott as The Hot Priest, Fleabag / Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, Glee
Comedy Supporting Actress: Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones, Sex and the City / Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester, Glee
Comedy Guest Actor: –
Comedy Guest Actress: Kristin Scott Thomas as Belinda Friers, Fleabag
Limited Series or TV Movie
Limited Actor: Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise, When They See Us
Limited Actress: Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon, Fosse/Verdon / Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clarke, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Limited Supporting Actor: Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright, Big Little Lies / Sterling K. Brown as Chris Darden, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Limited Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman, Big Little Lies
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April 30, 2020 at 1:19 pm #1203455840Drama
Lead Actor: Bryan Cranston: Breaking Bad
Lead Actress: Eva Green: Penny Dreadful
Supporting Actor: Giancarlo Esposito: Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress: Lena Headey: Game of Thrones
Guest Actor: Mark Margolis: Breaking Bad
Guest Actress: Diana Rigg: Game of ThronesComedy
Lead Actor: Alec Baldwin: 30 Rock
Lead Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Veep
Supporting Actor: Timothy Simons: Veep
Supporting Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Seinfeld
Guest Actor: Justin Timberlake: SNL
Guest Actress: Elaine Stritch: 30 RockLimited Series
Lead Actor: Connor Jessup: American Crime
Lead Actress: Sarah Paulson: American Crime Story
Supporting Actor: David Thewlis: Fargo
Supporting Actress: Lily Rabe: America Horror Story: Asylum-
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April 30, 2020 at 1:59 pm #1203455940Drama:
Lead Actor: Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Lead Actress: Frances Conroy – Six Feet Under
Supporting Actor: Michael Emerson – Lost
Supporting Actress: Lena Headey -Game of Thrones
Guest Actor: John Lithgow – Dexter
Guest Actress: Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones
Comedy
Lead Actor: Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lead Actress: Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle
Supporting Actor: Jeremy Piven – Entourage
Supporting Actress: Ashley Jensen – Extras
Guest Actor: Jon Hamm – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Guest Actress: Cloris Leachman – Malcolm in the Middle
I haven’t seen enough limited series so skipped that one
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