Why Elisabeth Moss Is Eligible for Guest Actress Emmy ‘The Testaments’

Elizabeth Moss is within the Emmy race, reward be.

The Emmy-winning star of “The Handmaid’s Tale” might be submitted within the visitor drama actress class for her reprisal of June Osborne in Hulu’s spinoff “The Testaments,” Variety you have exclusively learned. Moss will submit Episode 103, “Daisy,” as her official entry.

Per Television Academy guidelines, performers are ineligible for visitor classes if they’ve beforehand been nominated or received in lead or supporting for the identical function inside the similar collection. While Moss is an Emmy winner for her portrayal of June (previously Offred) in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the Academy acknowledges “The Testaments” as a separate collection, making her eligible to compete within the visitor area. Hulu and Moss’ camps had been just lately notified concerning the TV Academy’s approval choice after petitioning. The full record of class submissions might be launched at a later date.

Last yr, Alexis Bledel withdrew herself from Emmy consideration for the ultimate season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” following rule modifications to the visitor appearing classes, which might have pressured her to compete once more in supporting drama actress, regardless of a single-episode look.

“Daisy,” which premiered on April 8, was written by Bayan Wolcott and directed by Mike Barker. The episode follows a pivotal faculty journey that triggers Daisy’s recollections of Toronto, revealing fragments of her previous and a world fractured by violence.

Created by Bruce Miller, “The Testaments” premiered with its first three episodes and can run for 10 episodes in its inaugural season. Based on Margaret Atwood’s 2019 novel of the identical title, the collection is about within the dystopian theocracy of Gilead years after the occasions of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It follows two teenage ladies: the religious Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and Daisy (Lucy Halliday), a current arrival from Canada whose presence begins to unravel long-buried truths. Moss seems in three installments, retaining her under the 50% episode threshold for guest-acting eligibility.

The collection is anticipated to be a significant contender for Hulu this awards cycle, with a forged that additionally consists of Ann Dowd, Rowan Blanchard, Eva Foote, Kira Guloien and Amy Seimetz.

Its predecessor, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” made historical past within the 2017 Emmysturning into the primary streaming collection to win excellent drama collection. Across six seasons, he earned 77 nominations and 15 wins.
Moss stays certainly one of tv’s most embellished multi-hyphenates, with 15 nominations spanning appearing and producing. In addition to her wins for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” she obtained six different nominations for the collection, break up between lead drama actress and drama collection as a producer. Her resume additionally consists of six bids for AMC’s “Mad Men” and one for the miniseries “Top of the Lake.”

“The Testaments” is produced by MGM Television and twentieth Television. Miller serves as creator and showrunner, and govt produces alongside Moss, Warren Littlefield, Steve Stark, Shana Stein, Maya Goldsmith, John Weber, Sheila Hockin, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears and Barker, who directs the primary three episodes and the season finale.

This yr’s Emmy timeline begins with nomination-round voting from June 11-22, adopted by nominations on July 8.