The INSIDER Summary:
- Carrie Coon is finally nominated for an Emmy.
- It was for her performance in "Fargo," not "The Leftovers."
- This could be her chance at major recognition, after years of snubs.
Often snubbed by the Television Academy, Carrie Coon is finally nominated for an Emmy. She has a chance to win the award for lead actress in a limited series or movie for her performance on FX's "Fargo."
For years, fans clamored for her nomination, blown away by her performance on HBO's "The Leftovers." Over her three seasons on the show, she was snubbed. And each year, fans were disappointed.
In some ways, Coon missed out again this year. She wasn't nominated for her role on "The Leftovers" for the category awarding the best lead actress in a drama. But her performance in "Fargo"— also widely praised — can also be seen as a sort of consolation prize just by virtue of its nomination, and even more so if it wins. Expect her overlooked "Leftovers" role to be a point of praise in the campaign for "Fargo" nomination.
While "The Leftovers" is the role that fans most associate with Coon, she's also racked up a Tony nomination for her performance in a revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" a few years ago, and got noticed for her performance in "Gone Girl."
2017 is shaping up to be her biggest year yet, with her dramatic performance on the final season of "The Leftovers" and her comic bit in "Fargo" showing off her wide range of acting ability. Vanity Fair called her presence"inescapably magnetic and self-assured" in a profile, and Rolling Stone noted her as one of those actresses who "sells you on every one of these moments, no matter how mundane or outrageous."
She'll also be in "The Papers," the Steven Spielberg drama about publishing The Pentagon Papers, later this year, and could be in the Oscar conversation for that.
With all that, Coon's Emmy nomination is finally a chance for major awards recognition. She's up against a few formidable contenders: Felicity Huffman for "American Crime," Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon for "Big Little Lies," and Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon for "Feud." Those last four actresses are Oscar winners, but Coon has the chance to take them all down.
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