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Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Trevor Noah and Uzo Aduba Score Nominations For 72nd Emmys
The 2020 Emmy nominations are in and Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Trevor Noah and Uzo Aduba are repping Africa hard.
The exciting 72nd Emmy Awards nominations have been released and Insecure has scored once again with multiple nominations. The breakthrough show has been nominated for "Best Comedy" while Issa Rae has received a nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy" and Yvonne Orji, "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy". Uzo Aduba bags the nomination for "Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Movie or Series", for her radical political role in Mrs America. Additionally, South Africa's Trevor Noah and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah have also bagged a whopping six nominations in the "Variety Talk Series", "Writing for a Variety Series", "Directing for a Variety Series", "Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special", "Picture Editing for Variety Programming", and "Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series" categories.
<p><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/issa-raes-new-show-rap-shit-is-set-to-premiere-on-hbo-max/" target="_blank"><strong><em>READ:</em></strong> </a><strong><em><a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/issa-raes-new-show-rap-shit-is-set-to-premiere-on-hbo-max/">Issa Rae's New Show 'Rap Sh*t' Is Set to Premiere on HBO Max</a></em></strong></p><p><em>Insecure's</em> strength is that it deliberately focuses on the intimacies between friends and the difficulties of relationships through the lens of Black, educated and funny women––a rarity in Hollywood. Since it hit the screens, the show has resonated not only with African-Americans but Africans in the diaspora. </p><p>Orji's show <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/momma-i-made-it-ade-samuel-luvvie-ajayi-jones-and-kwame-onwuachi-share-their-true-power/" target="_self"><em>Momma I Made It</em></a> has her followers glued to the screen as she boldly and comically documents going back to her roots in Nigeria showing the nuances of Africa. Fellow Nigerian Aduba's role in <em>Mrs America</em> is of the Black feminist who ran for political office in the 1970s and was seemingly erased from the history pages. Aduba remarks that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jul/28/mrs-america-uzo-aduba-shirley-chisholm" target="_blank">filling in the "blindspots" of history</a> motivated her stellar performance. Aduba's first Emmy win was for her quirky breakout role as "Crazy Eyes" in <a href="https://www.okayafrica.com/100-women-uzo-aduba/" target="_self"><em>Orange is the New Black</em></a><em>. </em>Breaking into the industry was admittedly difficult for Aduba as she refused to alter both her face and name to get more roles.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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</script></p><p>Though all actresses have been nominated and won Emmys before, the representation of multidimensional Black women is a quality that is still lacking in Hollywood television productions, <a href="https://www.emmys.com/events/72nd-emmy-nominations-announcement#:~:text=Search-,2020%20Emmy%20Nominations%20Announcement,Awards%20on%20July%2028%2C%202020." target="_blank">the 2020 Emmy nominations</a> clear evidence of that. <em>Variety</em> states, <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/issa-rae-insecure-emmy-best-comedy-1234718722/" target="_blank">"The Emmys need shows like "Insecure" on the ballot in order to recognize what's best on television, but "Insecure" didn't need the Emmys to be great."</a></p><p>This year's Emmys will take place on September 20th, with popular late-night television host, <strong>Jimmy Kimmel</strong>, set to host the live ceremony.</p><p>Read the rest of the Emmy nominations below:<br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Anthony Anderson, <em>black-ish</em></p><p>Don Cheadle, <em>Black Monday</em></p><p>Ted Danson, <em>The Good Place</em></p><p>Michael Douglas, <em>The Kominsky Method</em></p><p>Eugene Levy, <em>Schitt's Creek</em></p><p>Ramy Youssef, <em>Ramy</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Christina Applegate, <em>Dead to Me</em></p><p>Rachel Brosnahan, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>Linda Cardellini, <em>Dead to Me</em></p><p>Catherine O'Hara, <em>Schitt's Creek</em></p><p>Issa Rae, <em>Insecure</em></p><p>Tracee Ellis Ross, <em>black-ish</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Jason Bateman, <em>Ozark</em></p><p>Sterling K. Brown, <em>This is Us</em></p><p>Steve Carell, <em>The Morning Show</em></p><p>Brian Cox, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Billy Porter, <em>Pose</em></p><p>Jeremy Strong, <em>Succession</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Jennifer Aniston, <em>The Morning Show</em></p><p>Olivia Colman, <em>The Crown</em></p><p>Jodie Comer, <em>Killing Eve</em></p><p>Laura Linney, <em>Ozark</em></p><p>Sandra Oh, <em>Killing Eve</em></p><p>Zendaya, <em>Euphoria</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Helena Bonham Carter, <em>The Crown</em></p><p>Laura Dern, <em>Big Little Lies</em></p><p>Julia Garner, <em>Ozark</em></p><p>Thandie Newton, <em>Westworld</em></p><p>Fiona Shaw, <em>Killing Eve</em></p><p>Sarah Snook, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Meryl Streep, <em>Big Little Lies</em></p><p>Samira Wiley, <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Nicholas Braun, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Billy Crudup, <em>The Morning Show</em></p><p>Kieran Culkin, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Mark Duplass, <em>The Morning Show</em></p><p>Giancarlo Esposito, <em>Better Call Saul</em></p><p>Matthew Macfadyen,<em> Succession</em></p><p>Bradley Whitford, <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></p><p>Jeffery Wright, <em>Westworld</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Alex Borstein, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>D'Arcy Carden, <em>The Good Place</em></p><p>Betty Gilpin, <em>GLOW</em></p><p>Marin Hinkle, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>Kate McKinnon, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p>Annie Murphy,<em> Schitt's Creek</em></p><p>Yvonne Orji, <em>Insecure</em></p><p>Cecily Strong, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Mahershala Ali, <em>Ramy</em></p><p>Alan Arkin, <em>The Kominsky Method</em></p><p>Andre Braugher, <em>Brooklyn Nine-Nine</em></p><p>Sterling K. Brown, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>William Jackson Harper, <em>The Good Place</em></p><p>Daniel Levy,<em> Schitt's Creek</em></p><p>Tony Shalhoub, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>Kenan Thompson, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie</strong></p><p>Jeremy Irons, <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Hugh Jackman, <em>Bad Education</em></p><p>Paul Mescal, <em>Normal People</em></p><p>Jeremy Pope, <em>Hollywood</em></p><p>Mark Ruffalo, <em>I Know This Much is True</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie</strong></p><p>Cate Blanchett, <em>Mrs. America</em></p><p>Shira Haas, <em>Unorthodox</em></p><p>Regina King, <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Octavia Spencer, <em>Self Made</em></p><p>Kerry Washington, <em>Little Fires Everywhere</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie</strong></p><p>Uzo Aduba, Mrs<em>. America</em></p><p>Toni Collette, <em>Unbelievable</em></p><p>Margo Martindale, <em>Mrs. America</em></p><p>Jean Smart, <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Holland Taylor, <em>Hollywood</em></p><p>Tracey Ullman, <em>Mrs. America</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie</strong></p><p>Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Jovan Adepo, <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Tituss Burgess, <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Vs. the Reverend</em></p><p>Louis Gossett Jr., <em>Watchmen</em></p><p>Dylan McDermott, <em>Hollywood</em></p><p>Jim Parsons, <em>Hollywood</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Jason Bateman, <em>The Outsider</em></p><p>Ron Cephas Jones, <em>This is Us</em></p><p>James Cromwell, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Giancarlo Esposito, <em>The Mandalorian</em></p><p>Andrew Scott, <em>Black Mirror</em></p><p>Martin Short, <em>The Morning Show</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series</strong></p><p>Alexis Biedel, <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></p><p>Laverne Cox, <em>Orange is the New Black</em></p><p>Cherry Jones, <em>Succession</em></p><p>Phylicia Rashad, <em>This is Us</em></p><p>Cicely Tyson, <em>How to Get Away With Murder</em></p><p>Harriet Walter, <em>Succession</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Angela Bassett, <em>A Black Lady Sketch Show</em></p><p>Bette Midler, <em>The Politician</em></p><p>Maya Rudolph, <em>The Good Place</em></p><p>Maya Rudolph, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p>Wanda Sykes, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>Phoebe Waller-Bridge, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series</strong></p><p>Adam Driver, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p>Luke Kirby, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p>Eddie Murphy, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p>Dev Patel, <em>Modern Love</em></p><p>Brad Pitt, <em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p>Fred Willard, <em>Modern Family</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Limited Series</strong></p><p><em>Little Fires Everywhere</em></p><p><em>Mrs. America</em></p><p><em>Unbelievable</em></p><p><em>Unorthodox</em></p><p><em>Watchmen</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Comedy Series</strong></p><p><em>Curb Your Enthusiasm</em></p><p><em>Dead to me</em></p><p><em>The Good Place</em></p><p><em>Insecure</em></p><p><em>The Kominsky Method</em></p><p><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p><em>Schitt's Creek</em></p><p><em>What We Do in the Shadows</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Drama Series</strong></p><p><em>Better Call Saul</em></p><p><em>The Crown</em></p><p><em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></p><p><em>Killing Eve</em></p><p><em>The Mandalorian</em></p><p><em>Ozark</em></p><p><em>Stranger Things</em></p><p><em>Succession</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Variety Talk Series</strong></p><p><em>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</em></p><p><em>Full Frontal with Samantha Bee</em></p><p><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em></p><p><em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em></p><p><em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Variety Sketch Series</strong></p><p><em>A Black Lady Sketch Show</em></p><p><em>Drunk History</em></p><p><em>Saturday Night Live</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Competition Program</strong></p><p><em>The Masked Singer</em></p><p><em>Nailed It!</em></p><p><em>RuPaul's Drag Race</em></p><p><em>Top Chef</em></p><p><em>The Voice</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Animated Program</strong></p><p><em>Big Mouth</em>, "Disclosure: The Movie: The Musical"</p><p><em>Bob's Burger's</em>, "Pig Trouble in Little Tina"</p><p><em>BoJack Horseman</em>, "The View From Halfway Down"</p><p><em>Rick and Morty</em>, "The Vat of Acid Episode"</p><p><em>The Simpsons</em>, "Thanksgiving of Horror"</p><p><strong>Outstanding Short Form Animated Program</strong></p><p>Forky Asks a Question, "What is Love?"</p><p><em>Robot Chicken</em>, "Santa's Dead (Spoiler Alert) Holiday Murder Thing Special"</p><p><em>Steven Universe Future</em>, "Fragments"</p><p><strong>Outstanding Television Movie</strong></p><p><em>American Son</em></p><p><em>Bad Education</em></p><p><em>Dolly Parton's Heartstrings: These Old Bones</em></p><p><em>El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie</em></p><p><em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)</strong></p><p><em>The Crown</em> -- Martin Phipps</p><p><em>Euphoria</em> -- Labrinth</p><p><em>The Mandalorian</em> -- Ludwig Göransson</p><p><em>Ozark</em> -- Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans</p><p><em>Succession</em> -- Nicholas Britell</p><p><strong>Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)</strong></p><p>Hollywood -- Nathan Barr</p><p><em>Little Fires Everywhere</em> -- Mark Isham, Isabella Summers</p><p><em>Mrs. America</em> -- Kris Bowers</p><p><em>Unorthodox</em> -- Antonio Gambale</p><p><em>Watchmen</em> -- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross</p><p><strong>Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)</strong></p><p>Becoming -- Kamasi Washington</p><p>Home -- Amanda Jones</p><p>McMillion$ -- Pinar Toprak, Alex Kovacs</p><p><em>Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness</em> -- Mark Mothersbaugh, John Enroth, Albert Fox</p><p><em>Why We Hate</em> -- Lara Karpman</p><p><strong>Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics</strong></p><p><em>The Black Godfather</em>, "Letter to My Godfather" -- Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo</p><p><em>Euphoria</em>, "All For Us"' -- Labrinth</p><p><em>Late Week Tonight With John Oliver</em>, "Eat Shit, Bob" -- David Dabbon, Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss, Seena Vail</p><p><em>Little Fires Everywhere</em>, "Build it Up -- Ingrid Michaelson</p><p><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em>, "One Less Angel" -- Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore</p><p><em>This is Us</em>, "Memorized" -- Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith</p><p><em>Watchmen</em>, "The Way It Used To Be" -- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross</p><p><strong>Outstanding Music Direction</strong></p><p><em>The Kennedy Center Honors</em> -- Rickey Minor</p><p><em>Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince</em> -- Sheila E, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis</p><p><em>The Oscars</em> -- Ricky Minor</p><p><em>Saturday Night Live</em> -- Lenny Pickett, Eli Brueggemann, Leon Pendarvis</p><p><em>Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira</em> -- Adam Wayne Blackstone</p><p><strong>Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music</strong></p><p><em>Carnival Row</em>, Nathan Barr</p><p><em>Defending Jacob</em>, Ólafur Arnalds</p><p><em>Hollywood</em>, Nathan Barr</p><p><em>Unorthodox</em>, Antonio Gambale</p><p><em>Why We Hate</em>, Laura Karpman</p><p><em>Wu-Tang: An American Saga</em>, The RZA</p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)</strong></p><p><em>Apollo 11</em>, Eric Milano</p><p><em>Beastie Boys Story</em>, Martyn Zub, Paul Aulicino, Pernell Salinas</p><p><em>Cheer</em>, Logan Byers, Kaleb Klinger, Sean Grey</p><p><em>Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time</em>, Jonathan Greber</p><p><em>McMillion$,</em> Ben Freer, Jordan Meltzer, Jody McVeigh-Schultz</p><p><em>Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness</em>, Ian Cymore, Rachel Wardell, Steve Griffen</p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)</strong></p><p><em>Better Call Saul</em></p><p><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em></p><p><em>Ozark</em></p><p><em>Star Trek: Picard</em></p><p><em>Stranger Things</em></p><p><em>Westworld</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series Or Movie</strong></p><p><em>American Horror Story: 1984</em></p><p><em>Devs</em></p><p><em>El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie</em></p><p><em>Hollywood</em></p><p><em>Watchmen</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Music Supervision</strong></p><p><em>Euphoria</em>, Jen Malone, Adam Leber</p><p><em>Insecure</em>, Kier Lehman</p><p><em>Killing Eve</em>, Catherine Grieves, David Holmes</p><p><em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em>, Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino</p><p><em>Stranger Things</em>, Nora Felder</p><p><em>Watchmen</em>, Liza Richardson</p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation</strong></p><p><em>The Mandalorian</em></p><p><em>Modern Family</em></p><p><em>The Ranch</em></p><p><em>Schitt's Creek</em></p><p><em>Space Force</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special</strong></p><p><em>The Daily Show With Trevor Noah</em></p><p><em>Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones</em></p><p><em>62nd Grammy Awards</em></p><p><em>Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</em></p><p><em>The Oscars</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)</strong></p><p><em>Apollo 11</em></p><p><em>Beastie Boys Story</em></p><p><em>Cheer</em></p><p><em>Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time</em></p><p><em>RuPaul's Drag Race</em></p><p><em>Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Casting For A Reality Program</strong></p><p><em>Born This Way</em></p><p><em>Love is Blind</em></p><p><em>Queer Eye</em></p><p><em>RuPaul's Drag Race</em></p><p><em>The Voice</em></p><p><strong>Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming</strong></p><p><em>The Oscars</em></p><p><em>Savage X Fenty Show</em></p><p><em>So You Think You Can Dance</em></p><p><em>So You Think You Can Dance</em></p><p><em>World of Dance</em></p><p><em>Big Mouth</em>, "How to Have an Orgasm" -- Maya Rudolph</p><p><em>Central Park</em>, Episode One -- Leslie Odom Jr.</p><p><em>Crank Yankers, "</em>Bobby Brown, Wanda Sykes & Kathy Griffin" -- Wanda Sykes</p><p><em>The Mandalorian, "</em>Chapter 8: Redemption" -- Taika Waititi</p><p><em>The Simpsons, "</em>Better Off Ned" -- Nancy Cartwright</p><p><em>The Simpsons, "</em>Frinkcoin" -- Hank Azaria</p>
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