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The Emmys 2021 Full List of Nominations Are In!



Nominations for the 73nd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday by Emmy winners Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones.


This year’s ceremony will be held on Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, and hosted for CBS by The Neighborhood‘s Cedric the Entertainer. Just like most recent award shows this year, post-pandemic, this year’s will feature a limited audience of nominees and their guests.


Here is the full list below:


OUTSTANDING DRAMA The Boys (Amazon Prime) Bridgerton (Netflix) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Lovecraft Country (HBO) The Mandalorian (Disney+) Pose (FX) This Is Us (NBC)


LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country Josh O’Connor, The Crown Regé-Jean Page, Bridgerton Billy Porter, Pose Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason


LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Uzo Aduba, In Treatment Olivia Colman, The Crown Emma Corrin, The Crown Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale Mj Rodriguez, Pose Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country


SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Aunjanue Ellis, Lovecraft Country Gillian Anderson, The Crown Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown Emerald Fennell, The Crown Madeline Brewer, The Handmaid’s Tale Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale


SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA Michael K. Williams, Lovecraft Country John Lithgow, Perry Mason Tobias Menzies, The Crown O-T Fagbenle, The Handmaid’s Tale Max Minghella, The Handmaid’s Tale Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian Chris Sullivan, This Is Us


GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale Claire Foy, The Crown Mckenna Grace, The Handmaid’s Tale Sophie Okonedo, Ratched Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us


GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA Don Cheadle, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Charles Dance, The Crown Timothy Olyphant, The Mandalorian Courtney B. Vance, Lovecraft Country Carl Weathers, The Mandalorian


OUTSTANDING COMEDY black-ish (ABC) Cobra Kai (Netflix) Emily in Paris (Netflix) Hacks (HBO Max) The Flight Attendant (HBO Max) The Kominsky Method (Netflix) PEN15 (Hulu) Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)


LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Aidy Bryant, Shrill Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant Allison Janney, Mom Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish Jean Smart, Hacks


LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY Anthony Anderson, black-ish Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method William H. Macy, Shameless Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso Kenan Thompson, Kenan


SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Aidy Bryant, SNL Kate McKinnon, SNL Cecily Strong, SNL Juno Temple, Ted Lasso Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso Rosie Perez, The Flight Attendant


SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Hacks Kenan Thompson, SNL Bowen Yang, SNL Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso Brendan Hunt, Ted Lasso Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso Jeremy Swift, Ted Lasso Paul Reiser, The Kominsky Method


GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Jane Adams, Hacks Yvette Nicole Brown, A Black Lady Sketch Show Bernadette Peters, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Issa Rae, A Black Lady Sketch Show Maya Rudolph, SNL Kristen Wiig, SNL


GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Alec Baldwin, SNL Dave Chappelle, SNL Morgan Freeman, The Kominsky Method Daniel Kaluuya, SNL Daniel Levy, SNL


LIMITED SERIES I May Destroy You (HBO) Mare of Easttown (HBO) The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime) WandaVision (Disney+)


MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIE Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (Netflix) Oslo (HBO) Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime) Sylvie’s Love (Amazon Prime) Uncle Frank (Amazon Prime)


LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha Elizabeth Olsen, WandaVision Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown


LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Paul Bettany, WandaVision Hugh Grant, The Undoing Ewan McGregor, Halston Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton


SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Phillipa Soo, Hamilton Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown Moses Ingram, The Queen’s Gambit Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision


SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE Daveed Diggs, Hamilton Jonathan Groff, Hamilton Anthony Ramos, Hamilton Paapa Essiedu, I May Destroy You Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown Thomas Brodie-Sangster, The Queen’s Gambit


REALITY SHOW HOST Nicole Byer, Nailed It! Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary, Shark Tank Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, Top Chef


COMPETITION PROGRAM The Amazing Race Nailed It! RuPaul’s Drag Race Top Chef The Voice


UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM Becoming (Disney+) Below Deck (Bravo) Indian Matchmaking (Netflix) RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked (VH1) Selling Sunset (Netflix)


VARIETY SKETCH SERIES A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)


VARIETY TALK SERIES Conan The Daily Show With Trevor Noah Jimmy Kimmel Live Last Week Tonight With John Oliver The Late Show With Stephen Colbert


To be eligible for an Emmy statuette this year, episodes must have aired between June 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021.


The 2021 Emmys will be held Sunday, Sept. 19, airing on CBS.

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