Candidates for the 2009 Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and Grey's Anatomy stars Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson were both very deservingly nominated for top honors in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
It is the fourth consecutive year Chandra Wilson has been nominated in the category, while Sandra Oh has been in the running for the last five - or every year since Grey's Anatomy debuted in the Spring of 2005. Quite an amazing run for these two ...
Congratulations to these two talented women!
Hopefully this season, one or the other wins the award. So far, neither of them has - although co-star Katherine Heigl won the Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy in 2007.
Follow the jump for a full list of this year's major Emmy nominees ...
Outstanding Comedy Series
Entourage
Family Guy
Flight of the Conchords
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
30 Rock
Weeds
Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love
Breaking Bad
Damages
Dexter
House
Lost
Mad Men
Lead Actor in a Drama
Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Michael C Hall, Dexter
Hugh Laurie, House
John Hamm, Mad Men
Simon Baker, The Mentalist
Lead Actress in a Drama
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Glenn Close, Damages
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louise-Dreyfus, New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary Louise Parker, Weeds
Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Show
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Jermaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shaloub, Monk
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
William Shatner, Boston Legal
Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
William Hurt, Damages
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Kevin Dillon, Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Rainn Wilson, The Office
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock
Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rose Byrne, Damages
Sandra Oh, Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment
Hope Davis, In Treatment
Cherry Jones, 24
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies
Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
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40 Comments
July 16th, 2009 10:41 AM
I can't believe Kevin Mckidd isn't on this list.He totally deserved it!!!
July 16th, 2009 10:47 AM
I cant't believe Patrick Dempsey or Katherine heigl are not on the list. She did an outstanding some with her cancer. :(
July 16th, 2009 10:47 AM
I mean JOB****
July 16th, 2009 10:48 AM
sharon lawrence also got nominated for guest star for her performance as izzie's mom. i really liked her, and i'm glad to see she was recognized.
July 16th, 2009 10:49 AM
I think Chandra deserves that award. Is surprising that Bailey, being possibly the most complex female character in GA, hasn't recieved a recognition (unlike Sandra who earned her Emmy and Katie).
On the other side, is worth mentioning that Sharon Lawrence (a.k.a. Izzie's mom) was also nominated to Emmy as a guest star.
July 16th, 2009 10:54 AM
I think it definitely speaks of Sandra and Chandra's talents that they've been consistently nominated from the very beginning. Those two characters really require acting-chops, and Oh and Wilson definitely have it.
July 16th, 2009 11:01 AM
How is Bailey the most "complex female character in GA"?
All the contrary, she is the simplest, she is the bossy and I know it all character, nothing more, she has not developed at all since the first season.
Personally, I think this season she overacted a lot, especially with all the sick children plot. I get it's something that affects her, but it was too over the top.
I think Ellen plays a more complex woman, and I prefer her subtle acting to over the top Chandra.
And what can I say about Sandra, she is being amazing since the first episode, how it is that they haven't given her an Emmy already is something that I'll never understand.
July 16th, 2009 11:02 AM
And ultimatley, I think it's very hard for a pre-nomination to get through final-nomination considering network television has to compete with cable-television.
I'm seriously guys, cable-television programming has been awesome and that kind of competition makes it really tough. True Blood, Mad Men, Big Love, Dexter? I mean those are some QUALITY-shows. I'm a little disappointed that not GA-nods made it to the finals for support actor: I felt PD and JC really brough their A-game.
Also, EP's performance this year has been by far the best she's brought to GA so again, I'm disappointed that she didn't make it to the finals either, but then again, look at the competition.. 4 cable-shows, and they're quite good too. Still, I think had the cable-shows not been a factor in the emmy's, I think EP would've made it.
July 16th, 2009 11:03 AM
im really shocked! ellen,patrick,katherine,kevin they really deserved to be nominated!!
and even GREYS ANATOMY for drama series... this is bad and sad!
July 16th, 2009 11:05 AM
Rachel,
I think you're oversimplifying Bailey's character, to say that she hasn't changed since season 1 is a gross misrepresentation. From Season 1, we knew Bailey as the Nazi, hard as nails, tough, demanding, unyielding, we had no idea about her or her family side or if she even had a soft side. Now, she's letting her humanity show, while still maintaining the essence of the Nazi, she definitely has grown since that very first introduction mid-season of 2005.
As she said, "Nobody better call me 'Nazi' again."