15-07-2025
Emmy Awards 2025: Aussies including Cate Blanchett, Curtis Stone among nominees
The full list of nominees for the 77th Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards has revealed a fiercely competitive field dominated by returning favourites and new breakout hits, plus some major wins for Aussie talent.
Topping the nominations leaderboard is Severance, with a massive 27 nods.
Close behind are The Penguin (24), The Studio and The White Lotus (23 each), followed by The Last of Us (16), and Andor and Hacks (14 apiece).
Other shows making a strong showing include Adolescence, The Bear and The Pitt, each landing 13 nominations.
Once again, HBO and Max led all platforms with the most nominations across categories.
Among the international mix, Australians have made their mark.
Cate Blanchett is the only Aussie nominated in a lead acting category this year, recognised for her performance in Disclaimer in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category.
Australian production Love on the Spectrum US, created by Northern Pictures, received an impressive five nominations in the reality categories, including Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, Outstanding Directing, Casting, Cinematography, and Picture Editing.
Veteran Aussie cinematographers Tony Gardiner and Heath Kerr were also nominated for a Daytime Emmy for their technical work on Neighbours, while chef Curtis Stone earned a nod for Field Trip with Curtis Stone Hong Kong in the Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program category. See the major nominations below:
Best Drama Series Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
The Pitt
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
Best Comedy Series Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
The Studio
What We Do in the Shadows
Best Limited or Anthology Series Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Best Television Movie Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
The Gorge
Mountainhead
Nonnas
Rebel Ridge
Best Reality Competition Program The Amazing Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors
Best Talk Series The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Best Scripted Variety Series Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
Best Actor in a Drama Series Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
Adam Scott (Severance)
Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
Best Actress in a Drama Series Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
Seth Rogen (The Studio)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Uzo Aduba (The Residence)
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Jean Smart (Hacks)
Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thief)
Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
Meghann Fahy (Sirens)
Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Zach Cherry (Severance)
Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
James Marsden (Paradise)
Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus)
Tramell Tillman (Severance)
John Turturro (Severance)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Arquette (Severance)
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)
Julianne Nicholson (Paradise)
Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)
Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ike Barinholtz (The Studio)
Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons)
Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Michael Urie (Shrinking)
Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
Kathryn Hahn (The Studio)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
Catherine O'Hara (The Studio)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Bill Camp (Presumed Innocent)
Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
Rob Delaney (Dying for Sex)
Peter Sarsgaard (Presumed Innocent)
Ashley Walters (Adolescence)
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
Ruth Negga (Presumed Innocent)
Deirdre O'Connell (The Penguin)
Chloë Sevigny (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex)
Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)
The Emmy Awards will be broadcast live in Australia on Foxtel and BINGE at 10am AEST on Monday, September 15.
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will follow on October 17.
