Emmys: Category placement for HBO shows including ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Barry’ and ‘Sharp Objects’
As first reported exclusively by GoldDerby, HBO has revealed category placements for their lineup of eligible comedy and drama series’, television movies, limited series – and their performers – plus variety and talk shows for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards.
You might find a few notable omissions here, including Gwendoline Christie for Game of Thrones and Elizabeth Perkins for Sharp Objects but it should be noted that these are official submissions from the network and that individuals and/or their reps can submit them at a later date.
BALLERS
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Dwayne Johnson
Comedy Supporting Actress – Joy Bryant, Brittany S. Hall
Comedy Supporting Actor – Russell Brand, London Brown, Donovan W. Carter, Rob Corddry, Troy Garity, Omar Miller, John David Washington
BARRY
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Bill Hader
Comedy Supporting Actress – Sarah Goldberg
Comedy Supporting Actor – Anthony Carrigan, Stephen Root, Henry Winkler
BREXIT
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Rory Kinnear
CAMPING
Comedy Series
Comedy Actress – Jennifer Garner
Comedy Actor – David Tennant
Comedy Supporting Actress – Janicza Bravo, Bridgett Everett, Juliette Lewis, Ione Skye
Comedy Supporting Actor – Arturo Del Puerto, Brett Gelman, Chris Sullivan
CHERNOBYL
Limited Series
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Jared Harris
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Jessie Buckley, Emily Watson
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Stellan Skarsgard
CRASHING
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Pete Holmes
Comedy Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee, Madeline Wise
Comedy Guest Actor – John Mulaney
DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Paula Malcomson, Molly Parker
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Kim Dickens, Anna Gunn, Robin Weigert
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – John Hawkes, Gerald McRaney
THE DEUCE
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Maggie Gyllenhaal
Drama Actor – James Franco
Drama Supporting Actress – Dominique Fishback, Margarita Levieva, Emily Meade, Jamie Neumann
Drama Supporting Actor – Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chris Bauer, Gary Carr, Chris Coy, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Luke Kirby, Michael Rispoli
GAME OF THRONES
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Emilia Clarke
Drama Actor – Kit Harington
Drama Supporting Actor – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage
Drama Supporting Actress – Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams
GENTLEMAN JACK
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Suranne Jones
Drama Supporting Actress – Gemma Jones, Sophie Rundle, Gemma Whelan
Drama Supporting Actor – Shaun Dooley, Vincent Franklin, Timothy West
HIGH MAINTENANCE
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Ben Sinclair
Comedy Guest Actress – Margaret Cho, Annie Golden, Erin Markey, Rosie Perez, Amy Ryan
Comedy Guest Actor – Ken Leung, Gary Richardson
ICEBOX
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Anthony Gonzalez
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Genesis Rodriguez
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Omar Leyva
INSECURE
Comedy Series
Comedy Actress – Issa Rae
Comedy Supporting Actress – Yvonne Orji, Natasha Rothwell
Comedy Supporting Actor – Jay Ellis, Y’Lan Noel, Kendrick Sampson
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
Variety Talk Series
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco
Drama Supporting Actress – Elisa Del Genio, Lucovica Nasti
MY DINNER WITH HERVE
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Peter Dinklage
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Jamie Dornan, David Strathairn
NATIVE SON
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Ashton Sanders
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Bill Camp, Nick Robinson
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Sanaa Lathan, KiKi Layne, Margaret Qualley
O.G.
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Jeffrey Wright
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Theotus Carter, William Fichtner
RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS
Variety Sketch Series
Comedy Actor – Terence Nance
Comedy Supporting Actress – Dominique Fishback
Comedy Guest Actress – Whoopi Goldberg
Comedy Guest Actor – Jon Hamm, Paul Sparks
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
Variety Talk Series
ROOM 104
Drama Series
Drama Guest Actress – Katie Aselton, Judy Greer, Natalie Morales
Drama Guest Actor – Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon, Rainn Wilson
SALLY4EVER
Comedy Series
Comedy Actress – Julia Davis, Catherine Shepherd
Comedy Supporting Actor – Julian Barratt, Alex Macqueen
SHARP OBJECTS
Limited Series
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Amy Adams
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Patricia Clarkson, Eliza Scanlen
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Chris Messina
SUCCESSION
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Sarah Snook
Drama Actor – Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong
Drama Supporting Actress – Hiam Abbass, J. Smith-Cameron
Drama Supporting Actor – Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck
Drama Guest Actress – Harriet Walter
Drama Guest Actor – Eric Bogosian, James Cromwell
TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW
Variety Sketch Series
Comedy Actress – Tracey Ullman
TRUE DETECTIVE
Limited Series
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Mahershala Ali
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Carmen Ejogo
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Stephen Dorff
VEEP
Comedy Series
Comedy Actress – Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Comedy Supporting Actress – Anna Chlumsky, Clea Duvall, Sarah Sutherland
Comedy Supporting Actor – Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Tony Hale, Hugh Laurie, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh
Comedy Guest Actress – Sally Phillips
Comedy Guest Actor – Dan Bakkedahl, Peter MacNicol
WARRIOR
Drama Series
Drama Actress – Diane Doan
Drama Actor – Andrew Koji
Drama Supporting Actress – Olivia Cheng
Drama Supporting Actor – Hoon Lee
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