LOS ANGELES (AP) – Assorted facts and figures drawn from the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards:
FENNELL FINDS HONORS ACROSS FIELDS
Fresh off an Oscar win for best original screenplay for “Promising Young Woman,” which she also directed, Renaissance woman Emerald Fennell has earned an Emmy nomination for acting. She’s up for best supporting actress in a drama for playing Camilla Parker Bowles in “The Crown.” Fennell previously earned two nominations for her writing and producing of “Killing Eve” in 2019.
DIVERSITY FIRSTS:
Mj Rodriguez of ” Pose,” nominated for best actress in a drama, breaks ground as the first trans woman to be nominated in a lead acting category. She’s the third trans person overall to be nominated, after Laverne Cox’s 2014 guest drama actress nod for “Orange is the New Black” and Rain Valdez’s 2020 nomination for short form comedy or drama actress for “Razor Tongue.” And Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett, of the canceled HBO sci-fi drama “Lovecraft Country” are the first Black actors to be nominated in the lead acting category for the same drama series. They’re among 46 people of color nominated across all acting categories.