Pete Hammond’s Emmy Predictions 2022: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Is there another euphoric win in store for Zendaya or is it finally time for Lynskey?

Two previous winners, both considered upset by their victories, return with four veteran stars seeking their first lead actress win in a drama series. Three of the nominees are in the last chance of their popular series, but no matter last year’s race, this race seems too close, a real fight between them all, which could lead to a major upheaval.

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Comer won his first attempt with this richly drawn character. And just like Jeremy Strong, he did it against his most famous and Emmy-nominated co-star, Sandra Oh. Her win in 2019 proved that voters were watching the show and she is now back in the running for the same role for the third and final time, once again against her co-star. The ending was wild, so you can bet the voters were watching, but the question is whether the heat is out of the series, and therefore its protagonists.

Laura Lynn, Ozark

After being ignored for a nomination in the show’s first year, Linney is now available for the third time. Ozark But he hasn’t won yet. She doesn’t cry too many tears because she already has four Emmys to her credit of her, including three as a lead actress in a limited series or movie and one as a guest actress in a comedy series. Victory would put him in rare company as someone who has won in three different acting categories and she has five Emmy Awards spanning four different characters.

Melanie Lynskey, yellow jackets

Perhaps the most criminally overlooked star in terms of awards, Lynskey finally owes her for this complex and gripping performance as a woman still scarred from the horrors of a plane crash when she was part of the high school women’s soccer team. Already winner of two Critics’ Choice Awards for the same role, Lynskey was equally memorable in the limited series. sweet earlier this year, for which he was not nominated. Has your time finally come? We can only wait.

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Someone whose time should definitely come, as far as Emmys are concerned, is Oh, who just received her 13th overall nomination and third in a row. eve of the killing. The big downside is that he has yet to compete against his co-star Comer, whom he has already beaten once. It also means that there is a chance that the two could be canceled if the vote is close between the other rivals. Oh, it might help that it was also great on a short-lived Netflix series. Session this season

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Her co-star and co-producer Jennifer Aniston received a lead actress nomination for the show’s first season. This time around, fortunes have changed and it’s Witherspoon who has made a name for herself, despite Aniston’s juicy story. They are both excellent at this guilty pleasure of a series, which if you ask me deserves more Emmy attention than the only three actor nominations he got this year. All of which probably means that Witherspoon, the only Oscar winner among the group, could win.

Zendaya, Euphoria

It was Zendaya who upset Aniston, among others, with an impressive win in this category two years ago. Now he’s back with not one, but three nominations (two were for co-writing songs used in the series, although he lost both to “Corn Puddin ‘”) Let me go! at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend) and the underdog has now become an all-time favorite. Obviously their role has become even more intense, but do the voters who have been there believe they have done so? Her show won five Emmys over the weekend, including a trophy as a guest star for Colman Domingo, which may also bode well for Zendaya.

Probable Winner: Zendaya, Euphoria

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

If Emmy voters want to go back to the well, count on Julia Garner as Ruth Ozark to keep your winning momentum alive. She has already won two Emmy Awards for her role. This is the kind of party that’s just catnip for this kind of reward. Of the eight nominees, the only one with a previous winner is Patricia Arquette, a two-time winner of an Emmy and one-time Oscar for Hot New Series. Publication. If there is a squid game On the wave, Jung Ho-yeon could ride with him, as in SAG (and it could be a good indicator that co-star Lee Yoo-mi landed a guest star on a drama series last week at the Creative Arts Emmy. ). Christina Ricci isn’t looking for her fun twist yellow jacketsAnd not a couple inheritanceSarah Snook and J. Smith Cameron. EuphoriaSydney Sweeney definitely turns heads as a double candidate (too white lotus). And finally, the show’s sixth season, Rhea Seehorn, which he casually hinted at, has also been nominated twice and could be the sentimental favorite (though she’s already lost other nominations in the shorts category), though you wonder why it took until the view It is a difficult decision because it can be divided in many ways.

Probable Winner: JUNG HO-yeon, SQUID GAME