Toni Collette is one of several Australians who could nab one of the US’ most prestigious awards after being nominated fore an Emmy.
Australian actor Toni Collette, whose breakthrough role was in Muriel’s Wedding, has been nominated for a prestigious Emmy US TV awards.
Fellow Aussies Sarah Snook and Murray Bartlett are also in the running for gongs.
The Emmy Award nominations were announced in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, New York time. Comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor JB Smoove hosted the telecast alongside Melissa Fumero who starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
The Emmy Awards themselves will take place over two nights between September 3-4.
Aussies nominated for Emmys
Squid Game, Stranger Things and Severance were among the high profile shows nominated for awards.
Overall however it was HBO’s Succession, the epic drama of the machinations swirling around the Logan clan, that swept the nominations claiming 25 overall.
South Australian Sarah Snook who plays patriarch Logan Roy’s scheming daughter Shiv is nominated in the best supporting drama actress category.
Soccer comedy Ted Lasso received 20 nominations with surprise hit The White Lotus, about the travails of guests and staff at a dysfunctional Hawaii hotel, also garnering 20.
Murray Batlett, from Sydney, is rewarded with a nomination in the category for best supporting actor in a limited series for his acclaimed portrayal of troubled hotel manager Armond in The White Lotus.
Collette, who also starred in highly rated horror flick Hereditary, received a nod in the best actress in a limited series category for her role in The Staircase.
The drama series, which aired on Foxtel in Australia, is based on the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson at the bottom of the staircase in her North Carolina home.
Her husband Michael was subsequently sent to prison for her murder. But this was later downgraded to a manslaughter charge and Michael was freed continuing to protest his innocence.
Colin Firth, who played Michael, was nominated in the best actor category.
Collette will have to triumph over Pam & Tommy’s Lily James and Impeachment’s Sarah Paulson to claim the Emmy. But if she does win at September’s ceremony it will be the second of her career after securing a Primetime Emmy in 2009 for her leading role in comedy series The United States of Tara.
Hyper violent Korean drama Squid Game, which millions globally gorged on as lockdowns hit, is up for best drama, as is fan favourite Stranger Things.
Succession, mafia drama Ozark and Pam & Tommy all received multiple nominations.
NOMINEES IN SELECTED EMMY AWARD CATEGORIES
Best variety talk series
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Best reality competition program
The Amazing Race
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice USA
Best comedy series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
Kerb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
The Marvellous Mrs Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
What We Do in the Shadows
Best actress in a comedy series
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning – The Great
Issa Rae – Insecure
Jean Smart – Hacks
Best actor in a comedy series
Donald Glover- Atlanta
Bill Hader – Barry
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Best supporting actress in a comedy series
Alex Borstein – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Sarah Niles – Ted Lasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple – Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso
Best supporting actor in a comedy series
Anthony Carrigan – Barry
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso
Tony Shalhoub – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler – Barry
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live
Best limited or anthology series
Dopesick
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
Pam & Tommy
The White Lotus
Best actor in a limited series, movie or anthology
Colin Firth – The Staircase
Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven
Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage
Michael Keaton – Dopesick
Himesh Patel – Station Eleven
Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy
Best actress in a limited series, movie or anthology
Toni Collette – The Staircase
Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
Lily James – Pam & Tommy
Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story
Margaret Qualley – Maid
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout
Best supporting actress in a limited series or movie
Connie Britton – The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Alexandra Daddario – The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick
Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus
Sydney Sweeney – The White Lotus
Mare Winningham – Dopesick
Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie
Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus
Jake Lacy – The White Lotus
Will Poulter – Dopesick
Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy
Peter Sarsgaard – Dopesick
Michael Stuhlbarg – Dopesick
Steve Zahn – The White Lotus
Best drama series
Better Call Saul
Euphoria
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Succession
Yellowjackets
Best actress in a drama series
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Laura Linney – Ozark
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show
Zendaya – Euphoria
Best actor in a drama series
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Brian Cox – Succession
Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Adam Scott – Severance
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Best supporting actress in a drama series
Patricia Arquette – Severance
Julia Garner – Ozark
Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
J. Smith-Cameron – Succession
Sarah Snook – Succession
Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria
Best supporting actor in a drama series
Nicholas Braun – Succession
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin – Succession
Park Hae-soo – Squid Game
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
John Turturro – Severance
Christopher Walken – Severance
Oh Yeong-su – Squid Game
Originally published as Emmy nominations 2022: Australia’s Toni Collette, Sarah Snook and Murray Bartlett up for awards
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