2025 Emmy Awards Nominations have been announced. Here we are sharing the full list of the nominees across different categories of 2025 Emmy Awards and top shows. Emmy is an American award that recognizes recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media (TV and OTT) industries.
Now, let us check out the full list of the 2025 Emmy Awards nominees and the top shows of the year gone by.
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Best Actor in a Drama Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
2
Adam Scott (Severance)
3
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
4
Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
5
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
Best Actress in a Drama Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
2
Britt Lower (Severance)
3
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
4
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
5
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
No.
Nominees
1
James Marsden (Paradise)
2
Zach Cherry (Severance)
3
John Turturro (Severance)
4
Tramell Tillman (Severance)
5
Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
6
Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus)
7
Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
No.
Nominees
1
Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt)
2
Julianne Nicholson (Paradise)
3
Patricia Arquette (Severance)
4
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
5
Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
6
Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)
7
Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus)
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
No.
Nominees
1
Merritt Wever (Severance)
2
Jane Alexander (Severance)
3
Gwendoline Christie (Severance)
4
Kaitlyn Dever (The Last of Us)
5
Catherine O’Hara (The Last of Us)
6
Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Shawn Hatosy (The Pitt)
2
Forest Whitaker (Andor)
3
Giancarlo Esposito (The Boys)
4
Scott Glenn (The White Lotus)
5
Joe Pantoliano (The Last of Us)
6
Jeffrey Wright (The Last of Us)
Best Writing for a Drama Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
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Nominees
1
Dan Gilroy (Andor)
2
Will Smith (Slow Horses)
3
Dan Erickson (Severance)
4
Joe Sachs (The Pitt)
5
R. Scott Gemmill (The Pitt)
6
Mike White (The White Lotus)
Best Directing for a Drama Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
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Nominees
1
Janus Metz (Andor)
2
Adam Randall (Slow Horses)
3
John Wells (The Pitt)
4
Amanda Marsalis (The Pitt)
5
Ben Stiller (Severance)
6
Jessica Lee Gagné (Severance)
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Mike White (The White Lotus)
Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Colin Farrell (The Penguin)
2
Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thief)
3
Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
4
Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent)
5
Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Meghann Fahy (Sirens)
2
Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer)
3
Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
4
Cristin Milioti (The Penguin)
5
Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
2
Ashley Walters (Adolescence)
3
Rob Delaney (Dying for Sex)
4
Bill Camp (Presumed Innocent)
5
Peter Sarsgaard (Presumed Innocent)
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Javier Bardem (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex)
2
Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
3
Christine Tremarco (Adolescence)
4
Ruth Negga (Presumed Innocent)
5
Deirdre O’Connell (The Penguin)
6
Chloë Sevigny (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)
Best Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Joshua Zetumer (Say Nothing)
2
Lauren LeFranc (The Penguin)
3
Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali (Black Mirror)
4
Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
5
Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether (Dying for Sex)
Best Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
No.
Nominees
1
Nicole Kassell (Sirens)
2
Lesli Linka Glatter (Zero Day)
3
Philip Barantini (Adolescence)
4
Helen Shaver (The Penguin)
5
Jennifer Getzinger (The Penguin)
6
Shannon Murphy (Dying for Sex)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Jason Segel, Shrinking
2
Seth Rogen, The Studio
3
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
4
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
5
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Best Actress in a Comedy Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Jean Smart (Hacks)
2
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
3
Uzo Aduba (The Residence)
4
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
5
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
No.
Nominees
1
Michael Urie (Shrinking)
2
Harrison Ford (Shrinking)
3
Ike Barinholtz (The Studio)
4
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
5
Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere)
6
Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)
7
Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
No.
Nominees
1
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
2
Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
3
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
4
Kathryn Hahn (The Studio)
5
Catherine O’Hara (The Studio)
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Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
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Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Jon Bernthal (The Bear)
2
Dave Franco (The Studio)
3
Ron Howard (The Studio)
4
Bryan Cranston (The Studio)
5
Martin Scorsese (The Studio)
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Anthony Mackie (The Studio)
Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
No.
Nominees
1
Zoë Kravitz (The Studio)
2
Robby Hoffman (Hacks)
3
Julianne Nicholson (Hacks)
4
Olivia Colman (The Bear)
5
Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear)
6
Cynthia Erivo (Poker Face)
Best Writing for a Comedy Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
2
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky (Hacks)
3
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere)
4
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms (What We Do in the Shadows)
5
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez (The Studio)
6
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola (The Rehearsal)
Best Directing for a Comedy Series
No.
Nominees
1
Lucia Aniello (Hacks)
2
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
3
Seth Rogen (The Studio)
4
Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal)
5
James Burrows (Mid-Century Modern)
Best Reality Competition Program ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Survivor
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Top Chef
3
The Traitors
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The Amazing Race
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RuPaul’s Drag Race
Best Talk Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
The Daily Show
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Best Scripted Variety Series ~ 2025 Emmy Awards Nominations
No.
Nominees
1
Saturday Night Live
2
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Notably, in the 2025 Emmy Awards race, the “Severance” series leads with 27 nominations. Then it is followed by “The Penguin” series with 24 nominations. Also, “The White Lotus” series and “The Studio” series with 23 nominations each, respectively. Furthermore, “The Last of Us” series received 16 nominations, whereas “Andor” series and “Hacks” series got 14 nominations. Last but not least, the 13 nominations each were received by the “Adolescence” (UK) series, “The Bear” series and “The Pitt” series. We would try to review most of these shows in the coming weeks, in our Focus Magazine.
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