{"id":29389,"date":"2021-07-13T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=29389"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:25:44","slug":"emmy-nominations-mj-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/emmy-nominations-mj-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Mj Rodriguez Makes History as Emmy Nominations Are Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29390\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29390\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1322231309-e1626194877509.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mj Rodriguez\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mj Rodriguez (Photo: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/all-the-fashion-from-the-emmys-2020\/\">Emmy<\/a> nominations are in, and there is one big milestone to celebrate. <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/mj-rodriguez-maya-rudolph\/\">Mj Rodriguez<\/a>, who played house mother Bianca on FX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/pose-premiere-red-carpet\/\"><em>Pose<\/em><\/a> for three seasons, today became the first transgender performer ever to be nominated by the Television Academy for an Outstanding Actress award. She follows in the footsteps of <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/laverne-cox-transphobic-attack\/\">Laverne Cox<\/a>, who was nominated for multiple Creative Arts Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in both the Comedy and Drama categories for her role on <em>Orange is the New Black<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the names alongside Rodriguez in the Outstanding Actress in a Drama category were expected: Olivia Coleman and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/emma-corrin-chest-binder-journey\/\">Emma Corrin<\/a> for <em>The Crown<\/em>, Uzo Aduba for <em>In Treatment<\/em>, Jurnee Smollett for <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lovecraft-country-cancelled\/\"><em>Lovecraft Country <\/em><\/a>and, of course, Elisabeth Moss for <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/madeline-brewer-handmaids-tale\/\"><em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><\/a> once again.<\/p>\n<p>The nominations were announced by father-daughter team Ron and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who both walked away with trophies at last year\u2019s ceremony. At the outset of the announcements, which were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmys.com\/events\/73rd-emmy-nominations-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">live streamed<\/a> on the Emmys website, Television Academy chairman and CEO Frank Scherma shouted out the remarkable TV work done during the most challenging year in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2021 EMMY\u00ae AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xGNQto25qkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Among the top shows, <em>The Crown<\/em> and <em>The Mandelorian <\/em>each received 24 nominations, followed closely by <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kathryn-hahn-elizabeth-olsen-mtv-wandavision\/\"><em>WandaVision<\/em><\/a> with 23. Buzzy newcomers <em>Hacks<\/em>, <em>The Flight Attendant<\/em> and <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> all received nods for Outstanding Comedy Series, alongside the seemingly critic-proof <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/emily-in-paris-season-two-less-ignorant\/\"><em>Emily in Paris<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michaela-coel-publishing-book-september\/\">Michaela Coel<\/a>\u2019s brilliant <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/michaela-coels-i-may-destroy-you\/\"><em>I May Destroy You<\/em><\/a> was seemingly vindicated after being entirely shut out of this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/golden-globes-hfpa\/\">much maligned<\/a> Golden Globes. The blistering series received nominations for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, while Cole was recognized for her work in the Outstanding Actress in a Limited, Anthology Series or Movie.<\/p>\n<p>As snubs go, the absence of any major nominations for Steve McQueen\u2019s brilliant and timely <em>Small Axe<\/em> is probably the most notable, but Ethan Hawke being shut out of the Acting category for <em>The Good Lord Bird<\/em> alongside Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan for <em>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier<\/em> were also upsets.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the nominees for the major categories below, and find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmys.com\/events\/73rd-emmy-nominations-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">full list<\/a> at Emmys.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actress in Comedy<\/strong><br \/>\nAidy Bryant, <em>Shrill<\/em><br \/>\nKaley Cuoco, <em>The Flight Attendant<\/em><br \/>\nAllison Janney, <em>Mom<\/em><br \/>\nTracee Ellis Ross, <em>black-ish<\/em><br \/>\nJean Smart, <em>Hacks<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actor in Comedy<\/strong><br \/>\nAnthony Anderson, <em>black-ish<\/em><br \/>\nMichael Douglas, <em>The Kominsky Method<\/em><br \/>\nWill H. Macy, <em>Shameless<\/em><br \/>\nJason Sudeikis, <em>Ted Lasso<\/em><br \/>\nKenan Thompson, <em>Kenan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comedy Series<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>black-ish<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Cobra Kai<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Emily in Paris<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Hacks<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Flight Attendant<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kominsky Method<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pen15<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ted Lasso<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<\/strong><br \/>\nPaul Bettany, <em>WandaVision<\/em><br \/>\nHugh Grant, <em>The Undoing<\/em><br \/>\nEwan McGregor, <em>Halston<\/em><br \/>\nLin-Manuel Miranda, <em>Hamilton<\/em><br \/>\nLeslie Odom, Jr., <em>Hamilton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie<\/strong><br \/>\nMichaela Coel, <em>I May Destroy You<\/em><br \/>\nCynthia Erivo, <em>Genius: Aretha<\/em><br \/>\nElizabeth Olsen, <em>WandaVision<\/em><br \/>\nAnya Taylor-Joy, <em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em><br \/>\nKate Winslet, <em>Mare of Easttown<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited or Anthology Series<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>I May Destroy You<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mare of Easttown<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Underground Railroad<\/em><br \/>\n<em>WandaVision<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actress in a Drama Series<\/strong><br \/>\nUzo Aduba, <em>In Treatment<\/em><br \/>\nOlivia Coleman, <em>The Crown<\/em><br \/>\nEmma Corrin, <em>The Crown<\/em><br \/>\nElisabeth Moss, <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><br \/>\nMj Rodriguez, <em>Pose<\/em><br \/>\nJurnee Smollett, <em>Lovecraft Country<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead Actor in a Drama Series<\/strong><br \/>\nSterling K. Brown, <em>This Is Us<\/em><br \/>\nJonathan Majors, <em>Lovecraft Country<\/em><br \/>\nJosh O\u2019Connor, <em>The Crown<\/em><br \/>\nReg\u00e9-Jean Page, <em>Bridgerton<\/em><br \/>\nBilly Porter, <em>Pose<\/em><br \/>\nMatthew Rhys, <em>Perry Mason<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drama Series<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Boys<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Bridgerton<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Crown<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lovecraft Country<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Mandalorian<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pose<\/em><br \/>\n<em>This Is Us<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":29390,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,38,2006,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mj Rodriguez Makes History as Emmy Nominations Are Announced<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This year\u2019s Emmy nominations are in, and there is one big milestone to celebrate. 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