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The Full List Of 2018 Emmy Nominations

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From Gilead to Buckingham Palace, all your favourite actresses got a nod in the 2018 Emmy nominations, released overnight. 

Game of Thrones cleaned up with a total of 22 Emmy nominations, followed by Westworld and Saturday Night Live, which each had 21.

Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh made history as the first Asian female ever to be nominated for an Emmy in a lead actress roll (for the new hit show, Killing Eve).

Your favourite shows – The Handmaid’s Tale, The Crown and The Sinner – also all featured heavily.

Below, the full list of nominations. 

Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Claire Foy – The Crown
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black 
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale 
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve 
Keri Russell – The Americans 
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld

Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Jason Bateman – Ozark 
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us 
Ed Harris – Westworld 
Matthew Rhys – The Americans 
Milo Ventimiglia – This Is Us 
Jeffrey Wright – Westworld

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Pamela Adlon – Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 
Allison Janney – Mom 
Issa Rae – Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross – black-ish
Lily Tomlin – Grace And Frankie

 

Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson – black-ish 
Ted Danson – The Good Place 
Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm 
Donald Glover – Atlanta 
Bill Hader Barry – HBO 
William H. Macy – Shameless 

Lead Actor In A Limited Series or Movie 

Antonio Banderas – Genius: Picasso 
Darren Criss – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 
Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels – The Looming Tower 
John Legend – Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
Jesse Plemons – USS Callister (Black Mirror)

Lead Actress In A Limited Series or Movie

Jessica Biel – The Sinner 
Laura Dern – The Tale 
Michelle Dockery – Godless 
Edie Falco – Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders 
Regina King – Seven Seconds 
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Cult

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Jessica Biel in ‘The Sinner’
Supporting Actor In A Limited Series or Movie

Jeff Daniels – Godless 
Brandon Victor Dixon – Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert
John Leguizamo – Waco 
Ricky Martin The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 
Edgar Ramírez The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Michael Stuhlbarg The Looming Tower 
Finn Wittrock The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
 

Supporting Actress In A Limited Series or Movie

Sara Bareilles – Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert 
Penélope Cruz – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 
Judith Light – The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story 
Adina Porter – American Horror Story: Cult 
Merritt Wever – Godless
Letitia Wright – Black Museum (Black Mirror)

Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Alexis Bledel – The Handmaid’s Tale
Millie Bobby Brown – Stranger Things 
Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale 
Lena Headey – Game Of Thrones
Vanessa Kirby – The Crown 
Thandie Newton – Westworld 
Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale

Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game Of Thrones 
Peter Dinklage – Game Of Thrones 
Joseph Fiennes – The Handmaid’s Tale 
David Harbour – Stranger Things 
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland 
Matt Smith – The Crown

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Vanessa Kirby in ‘The Crown’

Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Zazie Beetz – Atlanta 
Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 
Aidy Bryant – Saturday Night Live 
Betty Gilpin – GLOW 
Leslie Jones – Saturday Night Live 
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf – Roseanne 
Megan Mullally – Will & Grace

Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Louie Anderson – Baskets 
Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live 
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
Brian Tyree Henry – Atlanta 
Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 
Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live 
Henry Winkler- Barry

Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Viola Davis – Scandal 
Kelly Jenrette – The Handmaid’s Tale 
Cherry Jones – The Handmaid’s Tale 
Diana Rigg – Game Of Thrones 
Cicely Tyson – How To Get Away With Murder 
Samira Wiley – The Handmaid’s Tale

Guest Actor In A Drama Series

F. Murray Abraham – Homeland 
Cameron Britton – Mindhunter 
Matthew Goode – The Crown 
Ron Cephas Jones – This Is Us 
Gerald McRaney – This Is Us 
Jimmi Simpson – Westworld

Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Tina Fey – Saturday Night Live 
Tiffany Haddish – Saturday Night Live
Jane Lynch – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Maya Rudolph – The Good Place 
Molly Shannon – Will & Grace 
Wanda Sykes – black-ish

The Emmy Awards air on Monday, September 17, 2018, hosted by Michel Che and Colin Jost.

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