‘Grateful' first-time nominee Katherine LaNasa can't wait to see Jessica Williams, Jean Smart, and Julianne Nicholson at the Emmys
The supporting actress has been recognized for playing charge nurse Dana Evans on Season 1 of HBO Max's The Pitt. Viewers followed the character throughout her entire 15-hour shift, with storylines including dealing with a nursing shortage and being punched in the face by an angry patient.
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"This is an incredibly talented crew, and all these people have wonderful craft," LaNasa tells Gold Derby. "For some reason, this show in particular was the time that I really could feel the craft of the showrunner-creator, R. Scott Gemmill. It's not just about the dialogue. It's about this strong arc that everybody had. I felt it was very satisfying to watch and to read. Everything kind of wraps onto itself, nothing's superfluous, and I really appreciated that. I definitely feel like, as an actor, I'm just the front man. So, it was nice to see so many other nominations as well, because I really am riding on their backs."
In all, The Pitt was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards: Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor (Noah Wyle), Best Drama Supporting Actress (LaNasa), Best Drama Guest Actor (Shawn Hatosy), Best Drama Directing (Amanda Marsalis; John Wells), Best Drama Writing (Joe Sachs; R. Scott Gemmill), Best Drama Casting, Best Makeup — Prosthetic, Best Makeup — Non-Prosthetic, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
LaNasa calls special makeup effects artist Thom Floutz a "wizard" for what his team is able to accomplish in such a short period of time. She adds that she's "truly excited" for all of her show's nominees, revealing, "The nature of the way that we shoot this show is way more like a single organism than any other thing I've worked on. ... We talk about what we're going to do, and we immediately start working. It feels like a team."
The actress now has to submit one episode from Season 1 to the Emmy judges, and she's split between Episode 9, where her character gets punched (she calls it "the big Dana episode") and Episode 14, where she displays "a lot of depth." "Maybe some actresses really love to watch themselves, but I don't love to watch myself," she readily admits. "I also don't think that I know what I'm looking at when I look at myself."
Looking ahead to Season 2 of The Pitt, which is shooting now in Los Angeles, LaNasa hopes that "all of the other actors" get nominated next year, as well as "the entire writing team." She notes that even though Gemmill has had "a ton of success," he's not someone "that gets talked about that much," so she's ecstatic he's been nominated as a producer and a writer.
The Pitt is available to stream on HBO Max.
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