Nominations for the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 15. Broadway performers made a strong showing among this year’s slate as both first-time nominees and repeat nominees alike. Presented by the Television Academy, the Emmys honor achievement in television. The 2025 Emmys ceremony will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Sept. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PST.
First-time nominees in performance categories include Deirdre O’Connell for “The Penguin” and Ruth Negga for “Presumed Innocent.” Both were nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category. Coincidentally, the duo was also nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play at the 2022 Tony Awards for “Dana H.” and “Macbeth,” respectively, with O’Connell taking home the trophy.
Additional Broadway performers who netted an inaugural Emmy nod include Michael Urie (nominated for “Shrinking”) and Jeff Hiller (for “Somebody Somewhere”), both in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category, and Tony nominees Jake Gyllenhaal (nominated for “Presumed Innocent” in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie) and Cristin Milioti (for “The Penguin” in Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie).
Broadway alums who have previously won or been nominated for an Emmy include “Call Me Izzy” star Jean Smart, who earned her fourth consecutive nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category for “Hacks” (and her 14th Emmy nomination overall), Kathy Bates, nominated in Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for “Matlock” (her 15th nomination), Martin Short in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Only Murders in the Building” (his 19th nomination), Pedro Pascal in Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for “The Last of Us” (his fourth nomination), Keri Russell in Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for “The Diplomat” (her 5th nomination) and Liza Colón-Zayas, who received her second consecutive nomination in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for “The Bear,” after having taken home the trophy in 2024.
The guest actor/actress categories featured a slew of Tony-winning performers, including Bryan Cranston (nominated for “The Studio” in Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series) and 2025 Tony Awards ceremony host Cynthia Erivo, who was recognized for her performance in “Poker Face” in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category. The Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series included two Tony winners: Jane Alexander, who received her eighth Emmy nomination for her turn in “Severance,” and Cherry Jones, who received her sixth Emmy nomination for “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Beyond acting categories, Broadway was recognized elsewhere.
Nominees in the Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category included a Tony-winning playwright. Jack Thorne, who is currently represented on the Main Stem as author of both “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” was jointly nominated with Stephen Graham for “Adolescence.”
Broadway casting directors Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey were both Emmy-nominated in two different categories. The pair was jointly nominated (alongside fellow Main Stem casting director Destiny Lilly) in Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series for “Only Murders in the Building” and then again (with John Einsohn) in Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Broadway casting director Cindy Tolan was also nominated (jointly with Suzanne Ryan) in the latter category for “The Penguin.”
Glenn Weiss was recognized by the Emmys for his direction of the 2024 Tony Awards ceremony in Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special. However, for the first time since 2018, an eligible Tony Awards ceremony itself was not recognized in the Outstanding Variety Special. (Due to the eligibility time frame, there was no Tony ceremony eligible for the 2021 Emmy Awards.)
The full list of 2025 Emmy Award nominees can be found here.
A complete list of the select categories mentioned above can be found below.
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
Jeanie Bacharach, Maggie Bacharach, Jennifer Rudnicke and Mickie Paskal, “The Bear”
Linda Lowy and Morgan Smith, “Hacks”
Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield and Destiny Lilly, “Only Murders In The Building”
Debby Romano and Brett Benner, “Shrinking”
Melissa Kostenbauder and Francine Maisler, “The Studio”
Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Shaheen Baig, “Adolescence”
Jina Jay, Jeanie Bacharach, Corinne Clark and Jennifer Page, “Black Mirror”
Jeanie Bacharach and Jessica Daniels, “Dying For Sex”
Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn and Bernard Telsey, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Cindy Tolan and Suzanne Ryan, “The Penguin”
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Hamish Hamilton, “The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar”
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Alex Rudzinski, “Beyoncé Bowl”
Hamish Hamilton, “The Oscars”
Liz Patrick, “SNL50: The Anniversary Special”
Beth McCarthy Miller, “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert”
Glen Weiss, “77th Annual Tony Awards”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody , “Nobody Wants This”
Seth Rogan, “The Studio”
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders In The Building”
Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”
Adam Scott, “Severance”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Colin Farrell, “The Penguin”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Presumed Innocent”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Dope Thief”
Cooper Koch, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, “The Residence”
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Jean Smart, “Hacks”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”
Sharon Horgan, “Bad Sisters”
Britt Lower, “Severance”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Cate Blanchett, “Disclaimer”
Meghann Fahy, “Sirens”
Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Michelle Williams, “Dying For Sex”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ike Barinholtz, “The Studio”
Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Jeff Hiller, “Somebody Somewhere”
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”
Michael Urie, “Shrinking”
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Kathryn Hahn, “The Studio”
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”
Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent”
Deirdre O'Connell, “The Penguin”
Chloë Sevigny,“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Jenny Slate, “Dying For Sex”
Christine Tremarco, “Adolescence”
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Bernthal, “The Bear”
Bryan Cranston, “The Studio”
Dave Franco, “The Studio”
Ron Howard, “The Studio”
Anthony Mackie, “The Studio”
Martin Scorsese, “The Studio”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Olivia Colman, “The Bear”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” Cynthia Erivo, “Poker Face”
Robby Hoffman, “Hacks”
Zoë Kravitz, “The Studio”
Julianne Nicholson, “Hacks”
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Jane Alexander, “Severance”
Gwendoline Christie, “Severance”
Kaitlyn Dever, “The Last of Us”
Cherry Jones, “The Handmaid's Tale”
Catherine O’Hara, “The Last of Us”
Merritt Wever, “Severance”
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, Adolescence”
Charlie Brooker and Bisha K. Ali, “Black Mirror”
Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether, “Dying For Sex”
Lauren LeFranc, “The Penguin”
Joshua Zetumer, “Say Nothing”
