All Time Favorite Performance in Each Category

[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 45 Posts: 3258 View Predictions]

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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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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 181 Posts: 19139 View Predictions]

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Drama

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

FYC Emmys: "The Crown" in all categories, "I May Destroy You" in all categories, "It's a Sin" in all categories, "Small Axe" in all categories, Billie Piper ("I Hate Suzie"), Yvonne Strahovski ("Stateless") and Ruth Wilson ("His Dark Materials")

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[Heptapod Joined: Feb 2nd, 2019 Topics: 9 Posts: 1257 View Predictions]

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Didn’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 Black

Supporting 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: Nosedive

Lead 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

Emmys FYC: Maya Erskine in PEN15, Paapa Essiedu in I May Destroy You, Keeley Hawes in It's a Sin, Carl Lumbly in TFATWS, Cristin Milioti in Made for Love, Elizabeth Olsen in WandaVision, Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie, Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson, William Zabka in Cobra Kai

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[Luca Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 4679 View Predictions]

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Drama 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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[keithw Joined: Aug 17th, 2012 Topics: 1 Posts: 86 View Predictions]

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Comedy
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 Story

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 10 Posts: 1783 View Predictions]

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Mostly 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

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 1996 View Predictions]

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Drama

Lead Actor: James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) / Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
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)

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 181 Posts: 19139 View Predictions]

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forwardswill wrote:

Mostly 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

FYC Emmys: "The Crown" in all categories, "I May Destroy You" in all categories, "It's a Sin" in all categories, "Small Axe" in all categories, Billie Piper ("I Hate Suzie"), Yvonne Strahovski ("Stateless") and Ruth Wilson ("His Dark Materials")

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[Reis Joined: Jun 17th, 2014 Topics: 7 Posts: 448 View Predictions]

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forwardswill wrote:

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joey Pollari, American Crime

Loved this choice

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[Gabarnes43 Joined: Jan 6th, 2018 Topics: 24 Posts: 1217 View Predictions]

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Comedy 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

Drama Actor-

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

6th Place WGA 2021
12th Place VES 2021
61st Place BAFTA nominations 2021

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[Jays Joined: Dec 15th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 821 View Predictions]

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DRAMA

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)

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[DrewN92 Joined: Jan 4th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 153 View Predictions]

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Drama

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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Drama

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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[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 36 Posts: 214 View Predictions]

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Drama

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 Thrones

Comedy

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 Rock

Limited 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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[Breaking Brad Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 95 View Predictions]

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Drama:

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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