Oh, who was also nominated for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for, still has the chance to become the first Asian-American to win best drama actress, having been beaten last year by Foy. But now she will face competition from Comer, a first-time nominee, who recently won best actress at the BAFTA TV Awards in London.
Elsewhere, Fiona Shaw, who plays Carolyn Martens, the head of MI6’s Russian desk, is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series, having won a similar award at the BAFTAs, wherealso won best drama.
The second season performed well again for BBC America; the cable network said the eight-parter had the highest season-over-season growth of any returning TV drama on U.S. television in the past three years, up 87% in total viewers and 78% in the key adults 25-54 demo from the first season, per Live+7 numbers from Nielsen Media Research.
Sid Gentle boss Sally Woodward Gentle told Deadline that Fennell had big “Phoebe Waller-Bridge sized shoes to fill in season two and did so effortlessly, bringing her own unique flavour to the story”.in the UK, we are beyond thrilled to have been nominated for nine awards. We are so grateful that audiences worldwide have continued their addiction and become even more obsessed with the show.
The Emmy nominations come after the show won big at the recent BAFTA TV Awards, albeit its inclusion in the U.S. awards will be slightly less controversial than its inclusion at the British awards. The series took home the best drama series award, Comer won best actress and Fiona Shaw, who plays Carolyn Martens, the head of MI6’s Russian desk, won best supporting actress.