72st Annual Emmy Awards Nominees

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The 72st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have finally been revealed. The following is a breakdown of the nomination numbers for people of color for this years award ceremony in the acting categories, followed by the full list of nominees in all of the main categories.

African American/Black

  • Drama: 14

  • Comedy: 16

  • Limited/Movie: 10

  • Reality/Variety: 5

Other

  • Drama: None

  • Comedy: 1

  • Limited/Movie: None

  • Reality/Variety: None

Hispanic/Latino

  • Drama: None

  • Comedy: None

  • Limited/Movie: None

  • Reality/Variety: None

Asian & Pacific Islander

  • Drama: 2

  • Comedy: 1

  • Limited/Movie: None

  • Reality/Variety: None

Diverse

  • Drama: 3

  • Comedy: 2

  • Limited/Movie: 2

  • Reality/Variety: 9

Note: Nominees of actors and hosts of color appear in bold text in each category. The same applies for series featuring people of color as principal parts of the cast (for scripted series) and for reality/talk series that feature people of color as a host/co-host, judge or as a cast member in a competitive series.

Drama Series

  • Better Call Saul (AMC)

  • The Crown (Netflix)

  • The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

  • Killing Eve (BBC America)

  • The Mandalorian (Disney+)

  • Ozark (Netflix)

  • Stranger Things (Netflix)

  • Succession (HBO)

Limited Series

  • Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)

  • Mrs. America (FX on Hulu)

  • Unbelievable (Netflix)

  • Unorthodox (Netflix)

  • Watchmen (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

  • Jason Bateman (Ozark)

  • Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)

  • Steve Carell (The Morning Show)

  • Brian Cox (Succession)

  • Billy Porter (Pose)

  • Jeremy Strong (Succession)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

  • Don Cheadle (Black Monday)

  • Ted Danson (The Good Place)

  • Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

  • Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek)

  • Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

  • Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)

  • Hugh Jackman (Bad Education)

  • Paul Mescal (Normal People)

  • Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)

  • Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  • Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)

  • Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid's Tale)

  • Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)

  • Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)

  • Nicholas Braun (Succession)

  • Kieran Culkin (Succession)

  • Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)

  • Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

  • William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)

  • Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)

  • Sterling K. Brown (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Mahershala Ali (Ramy)

  • Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)

  • Daniel Levy (Schitt's Creek)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

  • Dylan McDermott (Hollywood) 

  • Jim Parsons (Hollywood)

  • Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend)

  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen)

  • Jovan Adepo (Watchmen)

    Louis Gossett Jr. (Watchmen)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

  • Jason Bateman (The Outsider)

  • James Cromwell (Succession)

  • Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian)

  • Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)

  • Andrew Scott (Black Mirror)

  • Martin Short (The Morning Show)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Adam Driver Saturday Night Live)

  • Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)

  • Dev Patel (Modern Love)

  • Brad Pitt (Saturday Night Live)

  • Fred Willard (Modern Family)

ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES

  • Mamoudou Athie (Oh Jerome, No (Cake))

  • Laurence Fishburne (#FreeRayshawn)

  • Corey Hawkins (Survive)

  • Stephan James (#FreeRayshawn)

  • Christoph Waltz (Most Dangerous Game)

Competition Program

  • The Masked Singer

  • Nailed It

  • RuPaul's Drag Race

  • Top Chef

  • The Voice

Variety Talk Series

  • The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)

  • Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

  • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

  • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Variety Sketch Series

  • A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)

  • Drunk History (Comedy Central)

  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES

  • Between The Scenes - The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

  • Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents: Pandemic Video Diaries (TBS)

  • National Geographic Presents Cosmos: Creating Possible Worlds (National Geographic)

  • Pose: Identity, Family, Community (FX Networks)

  • RuPaul's Drag Race Out Of The Closet (VH1)

Comedy Series

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

  • Dead to Me (Netflix)

  • The Good Place (NBC)

  • Insecure (HBO)

  • The Kominsky Method (Netflix)

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

  • Schitt's Creek (Pop)

  • What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Television Movie

  • American Son (Netflix)

  • Bad Education (HBO)

  • Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Netflix)

  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix)

  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend (Netflix)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

  • Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)

  • Olivia Colman (The Crown)

  • Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)

  • Laura Linney (Ozark)

  • Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

  • Zendaya (Euphoria)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)

  • Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
    Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me)

  • Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek)

  • Issa Rae (Insecure)

  • Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

  • Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)

  • Shira Haas (Unorthodox)

  • Regina King (Watchmen)

  • Octavia Spencer (Self Made)

  • Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)

  • Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies)

  • Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)

  • Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale)

  • Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)

  • Julia Garner (Ozark)

  • Sarah Snook (Succession)

  • Thandie Newton (Westworld)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Betty Gilpin (GLOW)

  • D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place)

  • Yvonne Orji (Insecure)

  • Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

  • Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)

  • Annie Murphy (Schitt's Creek)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

  • Holland Taylor (Hollywood)

  • Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America)

  • Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)

  • Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)

  • Toni Collette (Unbelievable)

  • Jean Smart (Watchmen)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

  • Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)

  • Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)

  • Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale)

  • Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us)

  • Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)

  • Harriet Walter (Succession)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Angela Bassett (A Black Lady Sketch Show)

  • Bette Midler (The Politician)

  • Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)

  • Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)

  • Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

  • Phobe Waller-Bridge (Saturday Night Live)

SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES

  • Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics With Kim Wexler (amc.com)

  • Most Dangerous Game (Quibi)

  • Reno 911! (Quibi)

  • Star Trek: Short Treks (CBS All Access)

  • The Good Place Presents: The Selection (NBC)

ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES

  • Jasmine Cephas Jones (#FreeRayshawn)

  • Anna Kendrick (Dummy)

  • Kaitlin Olson (Flipped)

  • Kerri Kenney-Silver (Reno 911!)

  • Rain Valdez (Razor Tongue)

Unstructured Reality Program

  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS)

  • Love Is Blind (Netflix)

  • Queer Eye (Netflix)

  • Shark Tank (ABC)

  • A Very Brady Renovation (HGTV)

Host for a Reality or Competition Program

  • Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye

  • Nicole Byer, Nailed It!

  • Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Daymond John, Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank

  • Padma Lakshmi, and Tom Colicchio, Top Chef

  • Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, Making It

  • RuPaul, Drag Race

Short Form Variety Series

  • Beeing At Home With Samantha Bee (TBS)

  • Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: The Movie, Sorta Uncut Interviews (Netflix)

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Apple Music)

  • Jimmy Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogues (YouTube)

  • The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube)

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