Ahead of Emmy voting in a couple of weeks, let’s get the conversation rolling for performances that can often be overlooked in favor of repeat nominations. Today marks the end of the eligibility period, so I’ve compiled a list of favorite performances and likely nominees in the hopes that we see some variations amongst the incredible number of tv shows released this past year. These may be early predictions, but there are so many wonderful performances to consider:
Comedy Series
The Bear
Abbott Elementary
Poker Face
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Reservation Dogs
What We Do In The Shadows
The Other Two
Comedy Actress
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Jenna Ortega – Wednesday
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Bridget Everett – Somebody, Somewhere
Chante Adams – A League of their Own
Comedy Actor
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Bill Hader – Barry
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
Dave Burd – Dave
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs
Nathan Fielder – The Rehearsal
Comedy Supporting Actress
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebini – The Bear
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Ego Nwodim – Saturday Night Live
Shoniqua Shandai – Harlem
Comedy Supporting Actor
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live
James Marsden – Jury Duty
Ebon Moss-Bacharach – The Bear
Henry Winkler – Barry
Drama Series
Succession
The White Lotus
The Last of Us
Interview with the Vampire
The Handmaid’s Tale
Queen Charlotte
Drama Actress
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Sarah Snook – Succession
Elizabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Imelda Staunton – The Crown
Sharon Hogan – Bad Sisters
Kelly Reilly – Yellowstone
Drama Actor
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Kieran Culkin – Succession
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Jacob Anderson – Interview with the Vampire
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Nicco Annan – P-Valley
Drama Supporting Actress
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
J. Smith-Cameron – Succession
Aubrey Plaza – The White Lotus
Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets
Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters
Drama Supporting Actor
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Alexander Skarsgard – Succession
Toheeb Jimoh – The Power
Brandon Sklenar – 1923
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire
Limited Series
Beef
Fleishman is in Trouble
Daisy Jones and the Six
Dead Ringers
Swarm
Love & Death
TV Movie
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Prey
Fire Island
Reality
Do Revenge
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas
Movie/Limited Actress
Ali Wong – Beef
Lizzy Caplan – Fleishman is in Trouble
Rachel Weisz – Dead Ringers
Dominique Fishback – Swarm
Sydney Sweeney – Reality
Elizabeth Olsen – Love & Death
Movie/Limited Actor
Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Steven Yeun – Beef
Steve Carell – The Patient
Jesse Eisenberg – Fleishman is in Trouble
Kumail Nanjiani – Welcome to Chippendales
Evan Peters – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Movie/Limited Supporting Actress
Niecy Nash-Betts – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Claire Danes – Fleishman is in Trouble
Cherry Jones – Five Days at Memorial
Ashley Park – Beef
Lily Rabe – Love & Death
Chloe Bailey – Swarm
Movie/Limited Supporting Actor
Paul Walter Hauser – Black Bird
Downhill Gleeson – The Patient
Murray Bartlett – Welcome to Chippendales
Young Mazino – Beef
Tom Pelphrey – Love & Death
Jesse Plemons – Love & Death
