Emmy History Talk: Lead Drama Actress

[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3065 View Predictions]

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Let the fun begin on the TV side.

-I think Claire Danes in Homeland was the changing point for this category. Actresses had to step it up completely.

-Viola should have at least 2 wins here.

-Tyne Daly deserved all 4 Emmys.

-Lucy Lawless would have made a great nominee

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 22 Posts: 10142 View Predictions]

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I’m only going to talk about the post 2000s cause I know next no nothing about the previous winners or nominees.

Edie Falco remains the superior winner til this day for her amazing work in The Sopranos.

Emilia Clarke nod was a joke in such a great year on the board.

Elizabeth Moss should’ve won first for Mad Men and not for THT

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[Carlo Joined: Oct 6th, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 463 View Predictions]

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I agree Moss should have won for Mad Men, not Tale.

Emmy most embarassing snubs:
January Jones for Mad Men season 2
Carrie Coon for The Leftovers season 3
Mandy Moore for This Is Us season 2
Christine Baranski for The Good Fight season 2
Vera Farmiga for Bates Motel season 3 and 4
Jeanne Tripplehorn for season 5 of Big Love
Chloë Sevigny for season 3 of Big Love (but maybe she went supporting)

Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under matched Edie Falco greatness

Julianna Margulies should have won a lead Emmy for ER

Allison Janney should have not won a lead Emmy for The West Wing

Sandra Oh never did anything Emmy whorthy in Killing Eve. She was good just in season 1.

Love Zendaya but Aniston and Linney were more deserving in 2020

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3065 View Predictions]

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I really wanted Linney to win. She was breathtaking.

I thought Emilia Clarke was outstanding in GOT Season 8 despite the bad writing.

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 22 Posts: 10142 View Predictions]

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Quite agree on the Laura Linney thing, but the Zendaya win was historical so that’s okay.

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[Sir Shaw Joined: Aug 1st, 2019 Topics: 7 Posts: 1433 View Predictions]

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Zendaya’s submitted tape for Euphoria being 1.3 — aka the episode that open with an animated One Direction blowjob fanfic and her “big scene” being a comedic seminar on the difference in dick pics — was the ultimate troll move and I love her for it.

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3065 View Predictions]

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I did not care for this category (The Emmys) period until I heard all the noise about Homeland and Claire Danes. That was the moment it felt like a bloodbath each year.

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[Melvinezq Joined: Aug 7th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 1253 View Predictions]

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I’ve been searching for “Who do you want to get their first Oscar nomination in 2020s?” but I cannot find it. Thus, sorry and let me write it here.

When will The Academy give Claire Danes an Oscar nod? I mean she has anything needed for an oscar bait project and I hope she won’t just go Supporting. She needs a legacy not only in TV, but also in film. Homeland is over, right? Just give her the material.

Note: I love Comer winning the Emmy as she deserved that. For Zendaya, I do think that it’s shocking, but okay, I can see what they want. They want to keep Linney humble (but not this way, please).

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[Luca Giliberti Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 8 Posts: 7716 View Predictions]

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— Viola should have won for seasons 1, 2 and 4 (at least) for HTGAWM; nominations for season 4 and 6 should have been guaranteed.

— I love Zendaya to death and she’s a deserving winner, but Laura Linney far and away gave the best performance this past year. Undeniable.

— I am not even going to get into the Vera Farmiga snubs, because they’re just inexplicable. Her Norma Bates is I.C.O.N.I.C.

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 250 Posts: 39149 View Predictions]

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– Olivia Colman should have been nominated for all three seasons of Broadchurch.

– Nicole Kidman was better than at least two of the nominees in Actress last year.

– Agree with Luca that Laura Linney should have won last year.

– Julianna Margulies would have been a worthy winner for each season of The Good Wife.

– Elisabeth Moss should have won for Mad Men season 4.

– Claire Foy deserved her win for The Crown season 2 and was the best nominee in the category that year.

– Taraji P. Henson should have been at least nominated for Empire season 3.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8902 View Predictions]

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— Sarah Michelle Geller should have at least 3 wins (S1, S2 + S5) (and should’ve been nominated) for every season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

— Hayden Panettiere is more of a lead of Nashville than Britton was.

— despite being an EGOT, Rita Moreno’s television work is highly underrated. Oz had the misfortune being too earlier in the cable boom and delivered some of her finest work in it.

— Ellen Pompeo has been fantastic (and nomination worthy) in every season of Grey’s so far.

— Katherine Langford gives an absolute lighting-in-a-bottle performance in 13 Reasons Why

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 250 Posts: 39149 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

Sarah Michelle Geller should have at least 3 wins (S1, S2 + S5) (and should’ve been nominated) for every season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Julianna Margulies’ Emmy winning tape for <i>The Good Wife </i>season 5 wouldn’t have happened without Gellar’s performance in “The Body”!

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 22 Posts: 10142 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

Ellen Pompeo has been fantastic (and nomination worthy) in every season of Grey’s so far.

Noooooo, Pompeo is so cringe-y, i might get her being nominated for the first seasons because the show was so huge back them, but after just… No

Kerry Washington and Viola Davis delivered a way better piece of work and from the long term procedurals, Mariska Hargitay knocked out of the park on her season win

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 250 Posts: 39149 View Predictions]

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My ranking of the 2019-20 season:

1. Laura Linney, Ozark
2. Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
3. Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
4. Maura Tierney, The Affair
5. Christine Baranski, The Good Fight

6. Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
7. Zendaya, Euphoria
8. Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
9. Jodie Whittaker, Doctor Who
10. Dafne Keen, His Dark Materials (no.2 to 10 was tough to rank!)

Special Mentions: Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies), MJ Rodriguez
Have Not Seen: Claire Danes, Viola Davis

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[Pranshu Joined: Apr 1st, 2019 Topics: 7 Posts: 1421 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

 — Ellen Pompeo has been fantastic (and nomination worthy) in every season of Grey’s so far.  

I quite agree with you here. It’s strange to me how someone who’s carried the show right from the beginning hasn’t been nominated yet.  IMO, she deserved a win for S5. Both “Sympathy for the Devil” & “Stairway to Heaven” are such showcases for her.

wolfali wrote:

– Olivia Colman should have been nominated for all three seasons of Broadchurch.  

Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Broadchurch eligible for International Emmys instead of Primetime?

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