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Here Are All The Badass Ladies Nominated For Emmys—Including Barb From Stranger Things
While there may never be #JusticeForBarb on Stranger Things, we can rest a little easier knowing that Shannon Purser, the actress who played her, is getting the recognition she deserves IRL. This morning, the Emmy nominations were announced and Shannon was among an impressive group of badass women nominated, including Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman for their roles in Big Little Lies. Elisabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd and Samira Wiley also nabbed nominations for their roles in The Handmaid’s Tale; Melissa McCarthy was nominated for her hilarious Sean Spicer impersonation on Saturday Night Live; and the late Carrie Fisher was recognized for her guest appearance on Catastrophe.
One show with tons of badass ladies that’s noticeably absent from the ballot: Game of Thrones. No, this wasn’t a snub—it wasn’t eligible this year because the premiere date for the seventh season was too late. (We guess that’s fair because they made us wait forever for the seventh season.)
Below, a full list of the nominees. The 2017 Emmys will air on September 17 and will be hosted by Stephen Colbert.
Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul House of Cards The Handmaid’s Tale The Crown This Is Us Stranger Things Westworld
Outstanding Comedy Series Modern Family Silicon Valley Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep Master of None Black-ish Atlanta
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Claire Foy, The Crown Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale Keri Russell, The Americans Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Kevin Spacey, House of Cards Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan Matthew Rhys, The Americans Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us Anthony Hopkins, Westworld
Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Carrie Coon, Fargo Felicity Huffman, American Crime Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette & Joan Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette & Joan
Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Riz Ahmed, The Night Of Robert DeNiro, The Wizard of Lies Ewan McGregor, Fargo Geoffrey Rush, Genius John Turturro, The Night Of Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish Allison Janney, Mom Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent William H. Macy, Shameless Anthony Anderson, Black-ish Aziz Ansari, Master of None Donald Glover, Atlanta Zach Galifianakis, Baskets
Outstanding Reality Competition Program The Voice Top Chef The Amazing Race Project Runway American Ninja Warrior RuPaul’s Drag Race
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway Alec Baldwin, Match Game Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef Junior W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Outstanding Variety Talk Series Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The Late, Late Show with James Corden The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Real Time with Bill Maher
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Ty Burrell, Modern Family Matt Walsh, Veep Tony Hale, Veep Louie Anderson, Baskets Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live Judith Light, Transparent Kathryn Hahn, Transparent Anna Chlumsky, Veep Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie Bill Camp, The Night Of Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette & Joan Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies David Thewlis, Fargo Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette & Joan
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Gerald McRaney, This Is Us Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline BD Wong, Mr. Robot Denis O’Hare, This Is Us Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale Shannon Purser, Stranger Things Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black Ann Dowd, The Leftovers Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Alison Wright, The Americans
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Matthew Rhys, Girls Riz Ahmed, Girls Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live Hugh Laurie, Veep
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Wanda Sykes, Black-ish Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe Becky Ann Baker, Girls Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Angela Bassett, Master of None
Outstanding TV Movie Black Mirror: San Junipero Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Sherlock: The Lying Detective The Wizard of Lies