Kerry Washington, Don Cheadle, Angela Bassett, Idris Elba among 66th Primetime Emmy Awards NomineesPosted by Wilson Morales
July 10, 2014
Nominations for the 66th annual Emmy Awards were announced this morning during a live NBC telecast at the TV Academy’s North Hollywood headquarters, and and Game of Thrones and FX miniseries Fargo scored the most mentions with a respective 19 and 18 nominations a piece.
Among the nominees are Kerry Washington, picking up her second straight nod for Best Actress in a Drama Series (Scandal) as well as Don Cheadle for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (House of Lies). Idris Elba and Chiwetel Ejiofor both picked up nominations for Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie (“Luther” and “Dancing on the Edge,” respectively). Andre Braugher picked up a nomination for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” He’s won two Emmy in his career, 1998 Best Actor in a Drama Series (Homicide: Life on the Street) and then in 2006 for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries (Thief).
Joe Morton and Reg E. Cathey both picked up nominations for Guest Actor in a Drama Series (“Scandal” and “House of Cards,” respectively). Cicely Tyson picked up a nod for Best Actress in a Mini-Series of Movie category for “The Trip to Bountiful.” In 1974, she won Best Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and then again 20 years later (1994) for Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All”
Angela Bassett received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for “American Horror Story: Coven.” Both Uzo Aduba and Laverne Cox from “Orange is the New Black” picked up nominations for Guest Actress in a Comedy.
The list of nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards follows below:
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective
The Big Bang Theory
Louie
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Veep
American Horror Story: Coven
Bonnie & Clyde
Fargo
Luther
Treme
The White Queen
Killing Kennedy
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
The Normal Heart
Sherlock: His Las Vow
The Trip to Bountiful
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of CardsLead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge
Idris Elba, Luther
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor
Minnie Driver, Return to Zero
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Coven
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Beautiful
Kristen Wiig, The Spoils of Babylon
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Fred Armisen, Portlandia
Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Guest Actor in a Drama
Paul Giamatti, Downton Abbey
Dylan Baker, The Good Wife
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Joe Morton, Scandal
Guest Actress in a Drama
Margo Martindale, The Americans
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Kate Mara, House of Cards
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Kate Burton, Scandal
Guest Actor in a Comedy
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Steve Buscemi, Portlandia
Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Gary Cole, Veep
Guest Actress in a Comedy
Natasha Lyonne, Orange is the New Black
Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
Laverne, Orange is the New Black
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
Dancing With the Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
Project Runway
Top Chef
The Voice
Reality Host
Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
Outstanding Reality Show (Structured)
Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
MythBusters
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss
Who Do You Think You Are?
Outstanding Reality Show (Unstructured)
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Deadliest Catch
Flipping Out
Million Dollar Listing
Wahlburgers
Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan
