The Hollywood Reporter - 31.07.2019

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 70 JULY 31, 2019

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CONTENDERS

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: ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA/NETFLIX (7). GAME: HELEN SLOAN/HBO (6). THIS: RON BATZDORFF/NBC (4). EVE: ROBERT VIGLASKY/BBC

AMERICA. BARRY: COURTESY OF HBO (3). SAUL: NICOLE WILDER/AMC/SONY PICTURES TELEVISION. SNL: WILL HEATH/NBC (6). ACT: BROWNIE HARRIS/HULU. FLEABAG: COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS (4). MAISEL: NICOLE RIVELLI/AMAZON STUDIOS (4).

THIS IS US

NBC

KILLING EVE

BBC AMERICA

BARRY

HBO

WHEN THEY SEE US

Netflix

It’s a Perfect Storm of

Prestige Performances

Every year, a few actors find themselves competing against castmates, but the crop of

2019 nominees sees as many as four co-stars clamoring for the same prize BY REBECCA FORD

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA

It’s an onscreen father-and-son battle:

Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K. Brown

faced off the first time in 2018, when The

Americans’ Matthew Rhys won. Brown has

been nominated after every season of the

show (and prevailed in 2017 to become the

first African American winner in 19 years).

He’s always a frontrunner and claimed

Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards

in 2018. Early on, Ventimiglia’s work was

unsung, but he took home the most recent

lead actor SAG Awards trophy.

GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Ron Cephas Jones has earned three

consecutive nominations in the category

(and won in 2018) for his role as William

Hill, Randall’s (Brown) biological father.

Michael Angarano is a newer addition

to the show, playing Nicky Pearson,

the troubled brother of Jack Pearson

(Ventimiglia), in Vietnam-set flashbacks.

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA

In 2018, Sandra Oh was the first woman

of Asian descent to earn a lead actress

Emmy nom. But many felt that Jodie

Comer was snubbed for her work as her

onscreen nemesis, the deadly Villanelle.

That has been righted after their

standout performances in season two.

SUPPORTING ACTOR,

COMEDY

Henry Winkler won his long-

overdue first Emmy for playing

acting coach Gene Cousineau

on Barry’s first season. Now

he’s joined by co-stars Anthony

Carrigan and Stephen Root,

both of whom delivered comedic

and emotional high notes in the

show’s second season.

LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED

“They told me I could only do broad comedy. I invited them to

think differently!” Niecy Nash tweeted on the morning of her

nomination for playing Delores Wise, Korey Wise’s mother, in Ava

DuVernay’s limited series about the Exonerated Five. Aunjanue

Ellis, who plays Yusef Salaam’s mother, Sharonne Salaam, was

a more unexpected nomination.

SUPPORTING ACTOR, LIMITED

Asante Blackk, 17, earned his nomination for his onscreen debut

as one of the Exonerated Five. (He comes from a show business

family — his aunt is Samira Wiley.) But his category also includes two

veteran actors who delivered emotional performances as fathers:

John Leguizamo and Michael K. Williams.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, LIMITED

Vera Farmiga earned her second

Emmy nom for her work as

prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer

— pitting her against Marsha

Stephanie Blake, who played

mother Linda McCray.

Nash

Blackk

Blake

Angarano Jones

Farmiga

Leguizamo Williams

Oh (left) and Comer

Ellis

Ventimiglia Brown