After years of being called out for not giving credit to the incredible work of so many Black actresses and actors, the entertainment industry is finally beginning to make strides in recognising a diverse range of talent. The 2020 Emmy Nominations have been released, and for the first time, the list features a record number of Black talent.
Variety reported that 34.3 percent of the acting nominees are Black, with a total of 102 acting nominees across the various categories.
Zendaya received her first-ever nomination for her groundbreaking role as Rue Bennett in Euphoria, appearing in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. In the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Or Movie, Regina King was nominated for Watchmen and Octavia Spencer received a nomination for Self Made.
Fans particularly praised Kerry Washington, who broke an Emmy record with four nominations across four different categories.
Tracee Ellis Ross also received a nomination for black-ish in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series alongside Insecure’s Issa Rae. And Rae’s co-star Yvonne Orji was nominated for outstanding supporting actress. Maya Rudolph was also nominated twice in the Oustanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, alongside Wanda Sykes and Angela Bassett.
In the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, both Samira Wiley and Thandie Newton were nominated.
This year’s historical list of nominees proves Hollywood is on its way to giving accolade to the many who have deserved it for years. The ceremony will take place on September 20.
Here are this year’s Emmy nominees.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Schitt’s Creek
What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding Competition Program
The Masked Singer
Nailed It
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Succession
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (Blackish)
Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Ted Danson (The Good Place)
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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 (Blackish)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding Limited Series
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs America
Unbelievable
Unorthodox
Watchmen
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Drunk History
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding 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)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Fred Willard (Modern Family)
Dev Patel (Modern Love)
Adam Driver (Saturday Night Live)
Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)
Brad Pitt (Saturday Night Live)
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Angela Bassett (A Black Lady Sketch Show)
Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)
Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Bette Midler (The Politician)
Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Saturday Night Live)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Andrew Scott (Black Mirror)
Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian)
Martin Short (The Morning Show)
Jason Bateman (The Outsider)
James Cromwell (Succession)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Cicely Tyson (How To Get Away With Murder)
Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black)
Harriet Walter (Succession)
Cherry Jones (Succession)
Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us)
