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2018 Emmy Awards: The complete list of nominees

Updated Jul 12th, 2018 12:45PM EDT
Emmys 2018
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On Thursday morning at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre, presenters Samira Wiley and Ryan Eggold revealed all of the actors, actresses, and series that had been nominated at the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. We see plenty of familiar faces on the list, from Westworld’s Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright, to Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage. But there are plenty of deserving underdogs as well.

You can see the full list of nominees for this year’s show below, and remember to tune in to the awards ceremony on September 17th, 2018. Michael Che and Colin Jost of Saturday Night Live will host this year.

Drama Series:

  • The Handmaid’s Tale
  • Game of Thrones
  • This Is Us
  • The Crown
  • The Americans
  • Stranger Things
  • Westworld

Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

  • Jason Bateman (Ozark)
  • Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
  • Ed Harris (Westworld)
  • Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
  • Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
  • Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Lead Actress in a Drama Series:

  • Claire Foy (The Crown)
  • Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
  • Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
  • Keri Russell (The Americans)
  • Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
  • Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
  • Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • David Harbour (Stranger Things)
  • Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
  • Matt Smith (The Crown)

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

  • Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
  • Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
  • Thandie Newton (Westworld)
  • Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Guest Actor in a Drama Series:

  • F. Murray Abraham (Homeland)
  • Cameron Britton (Mindhunter)
  • Matthew Goode (The Crown)
  • Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
  • Gerald McRaney (This Is Us)
  • Jimmi Simpson (Westworld)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series:

  • Viola Davis (Scandal)
  • Kelly Jenrette (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale)
  • Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones)
  • Cicely Tyson (How to Get Away With Murder)
  • Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)

Comedy Series:

  • Atlanta (FX)
  • Barry (HBO)
  • Black-ish (ABC)
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
  • GLOW (Netflix)
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
  • Silicon Valley (HBO)
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

  • Donald Glover (Atlanta)
  • Bill Hader (Barry)
  • Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
  • William H. Macy (Shameless)
  • Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  • Ted Danson (The Good Place)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

  • Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
  • Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
  • Allison Janney (Mom)
  • Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
  • Issa Rae (Insecure)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

  • Louie Anderson (Baskets)
  • Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
  • Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  • Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)
  • Henry Winkler (Barry)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

  • Zazie Beetz (Atlanta)
  • Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live)
  • Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
  • Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
  • Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
  • Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne)
  • Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:

  • Sterling K. Brown (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  • Bryan Cranston (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  • Donald Glover (Saturday Night Live)
  • Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live)
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  • Katt Williams (Atlanta)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:

  • Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
  • Tiffany Haddish (Saturday Night Live)
  • Jane Lynch (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
  • Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)
  • Molly Shannon (Will & Grace)
  • Wanda Sykes (Black-ish)

Limited Series:

  • The Alienist
  • The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Genius: Picasso
  • Godless
  • Patrick Melrose

Television Movie:

  • Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
  • Flint (Lifetime)
  • Paterno (HBO)
  • The Tale (HBO)
  • Black Mirror: USS Callister (Netflix)

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:

  • Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)
  • Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
  • Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower)
  • John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar)
  • Jesse Plemons (USS Callister)

 Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

  • Laura Dern (The Tale)
  • Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
  • Michelle Dockery (Godless)
  • Edie Falco (The Menendez Murders)
  • Regina King (Seven Seconds)
  • Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult)

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:

  • Jeff Daniels (Godless)
  • Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar)
  • John Leguizamo (Waco)
  • Ricky Martin (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Michael Stuhlbarg (The Looming Tower)
  • Finn Wittrock (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

  • Sara Bareilles (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert)
  • Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Judith Light (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story)
  • Adina Porter (American Horror Story: Cult)
  • Merritt Wever (Godless)
  • Letitia Wright (Black Museum: Black Mirror)

Variety Sketch Series:

  • Saturday Night Live (NBC)
  • Portlandia (IFC)
  • Drunk History (Comedy Central)
  • Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)
  • At Home with Amy Sedaris (TruTV)
  • I Love You, America (Hulu)

Variety Talk Series:

  • The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
  • Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • Late Late Show with James Corden
  • Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Reality Competition:

  • The Amazing Race
  • American Ninja Warrior
  • Project Runway
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race
  • Top Chef
  • The Voice

Structured Reality Program:

  • Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
  • Fixer Upper (HGTV)
  • Lip Sync Battle (Paramount)
  • Queer Eye (Netflix)
  • Shark Tank (ABC)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)

Unstructured Reality Program:

  • Born This Way (A&E)
  • Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
  • Intervention (A&E)
  • Naked and Afraid (Discovery Channel)
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (VH1)
  • United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Host for Reality/Reality Competition Program:

  • W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America With W. Kamau Bell)
  • Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen’s Game of Games)
  • RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
  • Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Project Runway)
  • Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night)

There you have it — the complete list of nominees for the 70th Annual Primetime Emmys. We’ll be sure to update our readers with all the winners after the ceremony concludes on the night of September 17th.

Jacob Siegal
Jacob Siegal Associate Editor

Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.