Hey Hollywooders! For all you TV fans, get ready for the upcoming Emmy Awards!
The acting father-daughter duo Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) announced all of the Emmy Award nominees in a virtual live-streamed event on emmys.com.
When are the 2021 Emmy Awards?
Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the 2021 Emmy Awards will broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+ on Sunday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
2021 Emmy Awards Nominations: Highlights
For this year’s nominees, The Mandalorian and The Crown lead the pack with 24 nominations each. These are followed by WandaVision (23), The Handmaid’s Tale (21), Saturday Night Live (21), Ted Lasso (20), Lovecraft Country (18), The Queen’s Gambit (18) and Mare of Easttown (16).
Mj Rodriguez makes history as the first trans woman in Emmys history to be nominated for a lead acting category for her performance in the FX drama Pose. The series has received 9 nominations for its final season.
Other first time nominees include Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Sudeikis, Regé-Jean Page, and Elizabeth Olsen, among others.
HBO/HBO Max leads with 130 total nominations while Netflix is right behind with 129. Disney+ has 71 nominations and NBC has 46.
Without further ado, here’s a list of the major nominees for the 2021 Emmy Awards.
2021 Emmy Awards- Major Awards List
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Saturday Night Live
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special
63rd Annual Grammy Awards
The Oscars
Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Starring The Weeknd
Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Bo Burnham: Inside
David Byrne’s American Utopia
8:46 – Dave Chappelle
Friends: The Reunion
Hamilton
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Unstructured Variety Program
Becoming
Below Deck
Indian Matchmaking
RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked
Selling Sunset
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Animated Program
Big Mouth
Bob’s Burgers
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal
The Simpsons
South Park: The Pandemic Special
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Competition Series
The Amazing Race
Nailed It!
Rupaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actress, Comedy
Aidy Bryant, Shrill
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Allison Janney, Mom
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Jean Smart, Hacks
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actor Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Kenan Thompson, Kenan
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actress, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actor, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Guest Actress, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy
Alec Baldwin, SNL
Dave Chappelle, SNL
Morgan Freeman, The Kominsky Method
Daniel Kaluuya, SNL
Daniel Levy, SNL
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Comedy Series
Black-ish
Cobra Kai
Emily in Paris
Hacks
The Flight Attendant
The Kominsky Method
Pen15
Ted Lasso
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actress, Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actor, Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Paul Bettany, WandaVision
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actress, Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actor, Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Limited Series
I May Destroy You
Mare of Easttown
The Queen’s Gambit
The Underground Railroad
WandaVision
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Made-For-Television Movie
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
Oslo
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Sylvie’s Love
Uncle Frank
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actress, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Jonathan Majors, Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Rege-Jean Page, Bridgerton
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actress, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Supporting Actor, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Guest Actress, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Outstanding Guest Actor, 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
2021 Emmy Awards Nominees: Drama Series
The Boys
Bridgerton
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Pose
This Is Us
For the full list of nominees, check out emmys.com.
Are any of your favorite shows or actors missing from this list? Let us know in the comments!
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