Shalhoub, Brosnahan among Emmy nominees with state ties
Two Wisconsin natives on a show set in New York City in the 1950s — Tony Shalhoub and Rachel Brosnahan — were both nominated for Emmys Thursday for their work on the Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Brosnahan, who was born in Milwaukee and grew up in the Chicago area, was nominated for best lead actress in a comedy series. Shalhoub, a Green Bay native, was nominated for supporting actor in a comedy series.
Both have taken home showbiz hardware already in 2018: Brosnahan won a Golden Globe for “Mrs. Maisel” in January, and Shalhoub won a Tony last month for his performance in the musical “The Band’s Visit.”
Brosnahan was nominated for an Emmy in 2015, for guest actress in a drama series for her memorable turn as Rachel Posner on Netflix’s “House of Cards.” Shalhoub was nominated eight times, and won three Emmys, as the obsessive-compulsive detective on the comedy series “Monk.”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was among the leading shows Emmy nomination-wise, with 14 in all, including best comedy series. HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” with 22 nominations, and “Westworld,” with 21, led the pack. “Atlanta,” airing on FX, had the most nominations for a comedy, with 16.
Other Emmy nominees with Wisconsin ties announced Thursday included:
❚ Judith Light, a player with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater early in her career, was nominated for best supporting actress in a limited series or movie for “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.”
❚ “Rick and Morty,” the not-foryounger-kids Adult Swim series that lists Milwaukee native Dan Harmon among its creators, was nominated for best animated program.
❚ “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton,” a look inside Jim Carrey’s creative processes in playing Andy Kaufman, was nominated for outstanding documentary or nonfiction special. Chris Smith, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee film grad( the made-in Milwaukee documentary“American Movie”), directed and shares in the nomination as a producer on the movie.
One Emmy regular with a Wisconsin connection was not among Thursday’s nominees. “Modern Family,” the ABC sitcom created by University of Wisconsin-Madison alum Steve Levitan, was all but shut out, collecting a sole nomination for sound mixing. The series had been nominated for best comedy series each of the past eight years, and won three times, along with a slew of acting awards and nominations.
The 70th 2018 Primetime Emmys air live on NBC on Sept. 17, with the Creative Arts Emmys — including awards in secondary categories, technical awards and others — will be held on Sept. 8 and 9.
And the nominees are …
Nominees in major categories at the 2018 Primetime Emmys:
Comedy series:
“Atlanta,” “Barry,” “black-ish,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “GLOW,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Silicon Valley,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Drama series:
“The Americans,” The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Stranger Things,” “This Is Us,” “Westworld”
Actress in a comedy series:
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”; Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Allison Janney, “Mom”; Issa Rae, “Insecure”; Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”; Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”
Actor in a comedy series:
Anthony Anderson, “black-ish”; Ted Danson, “The Good Place”; Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”; Donald Glover, “Atlanta”; Bill Hader, “Barry”; William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Supporting actress in a comedy series:
Zazie Beets, “Atlanta”; Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Aidy Bryant, “Saturday Night Live”; Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”; Leslie Jones, “Saturday Night Live”; Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”; Laurie Metcalf, “Roseanne”; Megan Mullally, “Will & Grace”
Supporting actor in a comedy series:
Louie Anderson, “Baskets”; Alec Baldwin, “Saturday Night Live”; Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt”; Brian Tyree Henry, “Atlanta”; Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Kenan Thompson, “Saturday Night Live”; Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Actress in a drama series:
Claire Foy, “The Crown”; Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”; Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”; Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”; Keri Russell, “The Americans”; Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
Actor in a drama series:
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”; Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”; Ed Harris, “Westworld”; Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”; Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us”; Jeffrey Wright, “Westworld”
Supporting actress in a drama series:
Alexis Bledel, “The Handmaid’s Tale”; Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things”; Ann Dowd,” The Handmaid’s Tale”; Lena Headey, “Game of Thrones”; Vanessa Kirby, “The Crown”; Thandie Newton, “Westworld”; Yvonne Strahovski, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Supporting actor in a drama series:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, “Game of Thrones”; Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”; Joseph Fiennes, “The Handmaid’s Tale”; David Harbour, “Stranger Things”; Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”; Matt Smith, “The Crown”
Outstanding TV movie:
“Fahrenheit 451,” “Flint,” “Paterno,” “The Tale,” “USS Callister” (”Black Mirror”)
Outstanding limited series:
“The Alienist,” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “Genius: Picasso,” “Godless,” “Patrick Melrose”