Host of stars in a charge for glory at The Emmys
Cumberbatch A STRING of British stars joined Claire Foy among the nominations for tonight’s Emmy Awards.
They include Sir Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The Crown has racked up two nominations – best drama series and Claire for best actress.
The royal drama is up against Better Call Saul, The Handmaid’s Tale, House of Cards, Stranger Things, This Is Us and Westworld.
Claire’s rivals for the top actress gong are Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Robin Wright (House of Cards), Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) and Keri Russell (The Americans).
COMPETING
In the Best Actor in a Limited Series category, three Brit stars are nominated – Cumberbatch for Sherlock, Ewan Mcgregor, for Fargo, and Riz Ahmed for The Night Of.
They are up against Hollywood heavyweights Robert De Niro, Geoffrey Rush and John Turturro.
Matthew Rhys, for The Americans, and Anthony Hopkins, for Westworld, are both up for Best Leading Actor competing against Sterling K Brown, Bob Odenkirk, Liev Schreiber and Milo Ventimiglia.
Meanwhile British actress Thandie Newton was nominated for Supporting Actress for her role in HBO’S Westworld, alongside Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale), Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) and Chrissy Metz (This Is Us).
Tune in to watch The Emmy’s red carpet on E! from 11 o’clock tonight. Brit Thandie