From Cate Blanchett to Ramy Youssef to Shira Haas to Jeremy Pope and more: the AwardsWatch Emmy interviews

AwardsWatch interviewed an incredible amount of talent in front of and behind the scenes of television this season. From the incredible performers and creators of FX’s Mrs. America like Cate Blanchett, Tracey Ullman, Uzo Aduba, Dahvi Waller and Stacey Sher to Hollywood‘s Jim Parsons, Jeremy Pope and Holland Taylor to Succession boys Matthew Macfadyen and Nicholas Braun to video interviews with Shangela, Bob the Drag Queen and Eureka for We’re Here, there’s no shortage of engaging interviews and content.

Here’s who earned Emmy nominations this morning.

Interview: Ramy Youssef (‘Ramy’) is broadcasting to the whole world (Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Writing for a Comedy Series)

Interview: Fiona Shaw, the scene-stealer of ‘Killing Eve’ season 3 (Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)

Interview: D’Arcy Carden (‘The Good Place’) on life’s biggest subjects: the afterlife and movies that blow her mind (Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)

Interview: Nicholas Braun on the evolution of Cousin Greg and who’s the biggest prankster on the set of ‘Succession’ (Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)

Interview: In both ‘Succession’ and ‘Quiz,’ Matthew Macfadyen finds himself in the hot seat (Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)

Interview: Julia Garner talks ‘Ozark,’ intense actors, #MeToo and all that Oscar buzz (Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)

Interview: Laura Linney (‘Ozark’) and The Case of the Faulty Recorder (Lead Actress in a Drama Series)

Interview: Linda Cardellini talks ‘Dead to Me,’ the magic of improv, and her hopes for her character (Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)

Interview: Jim Parsons on ‘Hollywood,’ bringing gay history to the mainstream, and why he loves ‘Succession’ (Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Jeremy Pope on ‘Hollywood,’ the Oscars and validation through telling Black stories (Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Holland Taylor on ‘Hollywood’ and her own dreams starting out (Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Cate Blanchett on being the most hated woman in ‘Mrs. America’ (Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Uzo Aduba on playing trailblazing political revolutionary Shirley Chisholm in ‘Mrs. America’ and the power of possibility (Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Tracey Ullman breaks down the mystique of feminism in ‘Mrs. America’ (Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: ‘Mrs. America’ writer/creator Dahvi Waller and executive producer Stacey Sher (Limited Series)

Interview: Betty Gilpin on ‘GLOW’ and how wrestling helped her see her body in a new light (Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)

Interview: Shira Haas on ‘Unorthodox,’ Music, and Working with Women Directors (Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: ‘Watchmen’ director Nicole Kassell on working with Regina King and portraying the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 (Directing for a Limited Series or Movie)

Interview: Emmy-winning composer Nicholas Britell, the secret weapon of ‘Succession’ (Music Composition for a Series)

Interview: Natalie Bronfman of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ on the convergence of costume design and character arc (Costume Design for a Fantasy/Sci-Fi Series)

Interview: Eureka O’Hara (‘We’re Here’) and costume designer Patryq Howell on how drag is a family effort [VIDEO] (Unstructured Reality Program)

Interview: Bob the Drag Queen and costume designer Domino of HBO’s ‘We’re Here’ on drag as a patchwork of all that you are [VIDEO] (Unstructured Reality Program)

Interview: Shangela and costume designer Diego Montoya talk out and proud examples of visibility in HBO’s ‘We’re Here’ [VIDEO] (Unstructured Reality Program)

Interview: Top Chef All Stars LA judge and host Tom Colicchio talks food, filming and favorite dishes [VIDEO] (Host for a Reality or Competition Program)

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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