We start our drama roundup with a look at the fine actresses
that grace our screen every week. There are plenty of great performances
week-in and week-out and the Best Actress contenders are very thankful that
Jessica Lange is sitting down in the TV movie and miniseries category.
Here we go for the ladies …
Best Actress Drama
Should be: Claire
Danes (Homeland), Julianna Marguiles (The Good Wife), Michelle Dockery (Downton
Abbey), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Keri Russell (The Americans) and Tatiana Maslany
(Orphan Black)
Will be: Danes,
Marguiles, Dockery, Moss, Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Connie Britton
(Nashville)
My winner: Julianna
Marguiles
Likely winner: Claire
Danes
This category is going to come down to Claire Danes vs.
Kerry Washington in the end … and that is kind of an absolute joke. Scandal is
a “buzz” show and anybody who watches it knows that. Kerry Washington is
nowhere near the league of Danes, Dockery, Moss or Marguiles. But it has buzz
after a significant ratings improvement this year and because of the buzz, the
pro-network voters could come out in full force to help Washington to the top.
Dark horse: Marguiles
is my pick to win and is the only dark horse that has a chance to upset Danes
or Washington in the category. Moss will once again be an also-ran despite
probably her best performance this season on Mad Men.
Best Supporting
Actress Drama
Should be: Maggie
Smith (Downton Abbey), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men),
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), Morena Baccarin (Homeland) and Archie
Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Will be: Smith,
Gunn, Hendricks, Baranski, Baccarin and Monica Potter (Parenthood)
My winner: Maggie
Smith
Likely winner: Maggie
Smith
This will likely be another Emmy victory for Professor McGonagall,
but Anna Gunn could definitely make a run at getting herself her first trophy.
It was a very important season for Skylar on Breaking Bad and Gunn stood out
more than she did in any other season.
Dark horse: Monica
Potter has been getting a ton of critical love for her portrayal of a
cancer-stricken mother on Parenthood and could sneak in for the win here. I
personally like the show and like Potter’s performance, but to win an Emmy I
think you need to go without the bald cap and actually shave your head.
Best Guest Actress
Drama
Should be: Shirley
MacLaine (Downton Abbey), Margo Martindale (The Americans), Carrie Preston (The
Good Wife), Stockard Channing (The Good Wife), Abby Miller (Justified) and
Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones)
Will be: MacLaine,
Preston, Channing, Martindale, Miller and Jane Fonda (The Newsroom)
My winner: Margo
Martindale
Likely winner: Jane
Fonda
A couple of heavyweights will fight for this crown. Jane
Fonda vs. Shirley MacLaine is what is going to come down to and former Emmy winner
Margo Martindale might be left without even getting a nomination. The Good Wife
will continue to dominate acting categories and continue to not win them and
get shunned in the best drama category. I personally was not all that impressed
with The Newsroom as a whole, or Jane Fonda individually, but the guest actor
and actresses awards are often for movie stars to steal away.
Dark horses: Stockard
Channing has the name recognition to pull off and upset here and if Game of
Thrones is going to take home a handful of Emmys for what clearly was its best
season, then Rigg is a strong dark horse candidate.
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