List of Primetime Emmy Awards received by Netflix

Netflix is an American on-demand internet streaming media provider. In 2013 Netflix became the first streaming platform to win a Primetime Emmy Award. House of Cards became the first original online-only web television series to receive major nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.[1] House of Cards scored nine nominations, including Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. Meanwhile, its first episode, "Chapter 1", received four nominations becoming the first webisode (online-only episode) of a television series to receive a major Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Eigil Bryld won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series, meanwhile David Fincher won for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Both, Bryld and Fincher won for the episode "Chapter 1", making it the first Emmy-awarded webisode.[2][3] The Following year House of Cards repeated in the category Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, with Carl Franklin directing "Chapter 14". Furthermore, the political drama got its first nomination for writing for "Chapter 14", written by Beau Willimon.

List of Primetime Emmy Awards received by Netflix
Category Wins Nominations
Program 2 33
Acting 6 62
Directing 2 11
Writing 6 15
Casting 3 12
Cinematography 4 14
Costumes 1 4
Hairstyling and makeup 0 3
Interactive media 0 1
Main title 3 12
Motion design 1 1
Music 3 16
Picture editing 4 15
Production design 1 7
Sound 2 14
Stunt coordination 1 4
Visual Effects 0 3
Totals
Awards won 43
Nominations 225

Orange Is the New Black 's first season was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, meanwhile the second received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. Orange Is the New Black earned nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, for the episodes "I Wasn't Ready" and "Lesbian Request Denied", respectively. Tina Fey's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was also nominated for its first two seasons. At the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Master of None earned a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. The documentary film The Square won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming, in 2014. During the 2015 ceremony non of the original programs were nominated for writing or directing. In 2016 the documentary series Making a Murderer won in both categories. In the comedy side, Master of None won for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, in both categories for the episode "Parents". Patton Oswalt won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for his stand-up Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping. Netflix dominated the category Directing for Nonfiction Programming with three entries, including What Happened, Miss Simone? and Chef's Table.

Programs

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Key Meaning
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Indicates that the program or individual wasn't nominated.
Indicates that the program or individual has a nomination pending.

Drama, Comedy and Limited Series

In 2013, House of Cards was the first Netflix's original series to be nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. From 2013 to 2017, the series scored five consecutive nominations. House of Cards is the Netflix's original with the most nominations. In 2015, after switching the from comedy to drama, Orange Is the New Black was nominated. Both, The Crown and Stranger Things were nominated for their first two seasons. After a one year hiatus, both series released their third season in 2019, qualifying for the 2020 ballot. Ozark was nominated at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards for its second season. In 2019, Netflix acquired the rights to distribute Bodyguard in the US, making it eligible for a nomination.

House of Cards is Netflix's most nominated show with five nominations.
Ater being nominated in comedy in its first season, Orange Is the New Black switched to drama and scored a nomination for its second season.
Outstanding Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Genre Season Episodes Result R
2013 House of Cards Political drama 1 13 Nominated
[4]
2 13 Nominated
3 13 Nominated
4 13 Nominated
5 13 Nominated
2015 Orange Is the New Black Dramedy 2 13 Nominated
2017 The Crown Historical drama 1 10 Nominated
2 10 Nominated
3 10 Pending
Stranger Things Science fiction / Horror 1 8 Nominated
2 9 Nominated
3 8 Pending
2019 Bodyguard Political thriller 1 6 Nominated
Ozark Crime drama 2 10 Nominated
3 10 Pending

In 2014, Orange Is the New Black was the first Netflix series to be nominated for comedy. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was nominated four consecutive time from its first four seasons. Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang's Master of None was nominated in 2016 and 2017 for its first and second season. After being nominated for its first season, GLOW, missed the nomination for its second season. In 2019 Netflix's Russian Doll was the only original nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Outstanding Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Genre Season Episodes Result R
2014 Orange Is the New Black Dramedy 1 13 Nominated [5]
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Sitcom 1 13 Nominated [6]
2 13 Nominated
2016 Master of None Dramedy 1 10 Nominated [7]
2 10 Nominated
2018 GLOW 1 10 Nominated [8]
2019 Russian Doll Mystery 1 8 Nominated [9]
2020 Dead to Me Dark comedy 2 10 Pending
The Kominsky Method Dramedy 2 8 Pending

In 2018, Netflix scored a nomination for Outstanding Limited Series with Godless. The following year, When They See Us, was nominated. The series was produced by Ava DuVernay, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh and Oprah Winfrey

Outstanding Limited Series
Debut
Year
Series Genre Season Episodes Result R
2018 Godless Western drama 7 Nominated [10]
2019 When They See Us Crime tragedy 4 Nominated [11]
2020 Unbelievable True crime 8 Pending
Unorthodox Drama 4 Pending

In 2019, It's Bruno! produced by Solvan "Slick" Naim, Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers and Vincent Morano was nominated. Special was also nominated in the category and it was produced by Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Ryan O'Connell and Anna Dokoza.

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Genre Season Episodes Result R
2019 It's Bruno! Comedy 1 8 Nominated
[12]
Special 1 8 Nominated

Television Film and Documentary


A Very Murray Christmas was nominated for Outstanding Television Movie in 2016. In 2017 Black Mirror won by submitting "San Junipero" as a movie. A year later the series won again by using the same strategy with the episode "USS Callister". In 2019, the film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch won an Emmy, achieving the third consecutive win for Netflix in the category.

Black Mirror has won Outstanding Television Movie for three consecutive years.
Outstanding Television Movie
Debut
Year
Film / Franchise Part Genre Result R
2016 A Very Murray Christmas Christmas musical Nominated [13]
2017 Black Mirror "San Junipero" Dystopian Won [14]
"USS Callister" Won
Bandersnatch Won [15]
2020 American Son Drama Pending
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings "These Old Bones" Anthology Pending
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Neo-Western Pending
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt "Kimmy vs. The Reverend" Sitcom Pending

The Square was the first Netflix to be nominated for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. In 2015, Virunga scored a nomination. What Happened, Miss Simone? was the first documentary film to win in the category. In 2017, Amanda Knox was nominated and 13th won the award. In 2018, Icarus and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond were nominated. Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened was the most recent documentary film to be nominated for the award.

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
Debut
Year
Documentary Director Premiere Result R
2014 The Square Jehane Noujaim October 25, 2013 Nominated
2015 Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel April 17, 2014 Nominated
2016 What Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbus June 26, 2015 Won
2017 Amanda Knox Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn September 30, 2016 Nominated
13th Ava DuVernay October 7, 2016 Won
2018 Icarus Bryan Fogel August 4, 2017 Nominated
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Chris Smith November 17, 2017 Nominated
2019 Fyre January 18, 2019 Nominated
2020 Becoming Nadia Hallgren May 6, 2020 Pending
The Great Hack Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim July 24, 2019 Pending

Nonfiction and Reality Programs

Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Josh Braun and Dan Braun, producers of 2018's winner documentary Wild Wild Country.

Documentary series like Making a Murderer, Wild Wild Country and Our Planet, have won for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Out of the last four years, Netflix has won three times. Chef's Table was nominated for season two, season three and season five. Another documentary series nominated was The Keepers.

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Year Movie Premiere Result Ref.
2016 Chef's Table April 26, 2015 Nominated [16]
Making a Murderer December 18, 2015 Won
2017 Chef's Table May 27, 2016 Nominated [17]
The Keepers May 19, 2017 Nominated
2018 Wild Wild Country March 16, 2018 Won [18]
2019 Chef's Table February 22, 2019 Nominated [19]
Our Planet April 5, 2019 Won
2020 Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness March 20, 2020 Pending [20]

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman was nominated for season one and season two. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee got nominated for season eleven.

Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Year Series Premiere Result Ref.
2018 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman January 12, 2018 Nominated [21]
2019 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee July 6, 2018 Nominated [22]
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman May 31, 2019 Nominated
2020 Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee July 19, 2019 Pending [23]
Ugly Delicious March 6, 2020 Pending

Queer Eye has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program two consecutive times, in 2018 ans 2019. Tidying Up with Marie Kondo scored a nomination in 2019, the series was produced by Gail Berman, Joe Earley, Marie Kondo, Takumi Kawahara, Hend Baghdady and Bianca Barnes-Williams, Heather Crowe, Scott Mlodzinski and Ian Samplin.

Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2018–2019
2019

Somebody Feed Phil was nominated for its second season. It was produced by Rich Rosenthal, John Bedolis, Philip Rosenthal, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Joe Caterini and Shawn Cuddy.

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2019

Variety Specials

In 2017, Netflix debuted in the category with specials like Louis C.K. 2017 and Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust. The following year Dave Chappelle: Equanimity won and Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life was nominated. In 2019, the streaming service scored four nominations in the category with Hannah Gadsby: Nanette, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, Springsteen on Broadway and Wanda Sykes: Not Normal.

Outstanding Variety Special
Debut
Year
Special Performer Genre Result R
2017 Louis C.K. 2017 Louis C.K. Stand-up comedy Nominated [24]
Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust Sarah Silverman Nominated
2018 Dave Chappelle: Equanimity Dave Chappelle Won
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life Steve Martin and Martin Short Nominated
2019 Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Hannah Gadsby Nominated
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Concert film Nominated
Springsteen on Broadway Bruce Springsteen Concert residency Nominated
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal Wanda Sykes Stand-up comedy Nominated
2020 Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones Dave Chappelle Pending
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas Hannah Gadsby Pending
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill Jerry Seinfeld Pending
Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah Tiffany Haddish Pending
John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch John Mulaney Children's musical Pending

Performance

Lead Actor

Kevin Spacey was nominated for the first five seasons of House of Cards. After sexual misconduct allegations he was fired from the series and Robin Wright became the only lead character in the series' final season. In 2015, Kyle Chandler was nominated for his role in Bloodline. Jason Bateman was nominated for season one and season two of Ozark. Awards' experts projects he will be nominated for the third season as well.

Jason Bateman was nominated twice for his role in Ozark.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2013 House of Cards Francis "Frank" Underwood Kevin Spacey 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
3 Nominated
4 Nominated
5 Nominated
2015 Bloodline John Rayburn Kyle Chandler 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
2018 Ozark Martin "Marty" Byrde Jason Bateman 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
3 Pending

After Netflix acquired Arrested Development, Jason Bateman was nominated for his role in the series. In 2014 Ricky Gervais was nominated for Netflix's acquisition Derek. Aziz Ansari was the first actor from a Netflix original to be nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Master of None. In 2019, Michael Douglas got a nomination for The Kominsky Method and he is expected to repeat in 2020.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2013 Arrested Development Michael Bluth Jason Bateman 4 Nominated
2014 Derek Ricky Gervais Derek Noakes 2 Nominated
2016 Master of None Dev Shah Aziz Ansari 1 Nominated
[25]
2 Nominated
2019 The Kominsky Method Sandy Kominsky Michael Douglas 1 Nominated
2 Pending
Jharrel Jerome made history as the first afrolatino to win an Emmy in an acting category.

In 2015, Ricky Gervais was nominated for Derek: The Special. After having no nominees for two years, Jesse Plemons was nominated for Black Mirror: "USS Callister". During the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Jharrel Jerome won for his role in the limited series When They See Us. He made history by becoming the first afrolatino to win in an acting category.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2015 Derek Derek Noakes Ricky Gervais Special Nominated
2018 Black Mirror – "USS Callister" Captain Robert Daly Jesse Plemons 4 Nominated
2019 When They See Us Korey Wise Jharrel Jerome Won
2020 Hollywood Archie Coleman Jeremy Pope Pending

Lead Actress

In 2013, Robin Wright was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Claire Underwood in House of Cards. She was nominated for all six seasons of the series. Claire Foy got a nomination for the first season and won for the second season of The Crown. For the third and fourth season of the series the character will be portrayed by Olivia Colman. After being snub for her performance in season one, Laura Linney was nominated for season two of Ozark. Both Colman and Linney are expected to be nominated in the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

Claire Foy won an Emmy for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2013 House of Cards Claire Underwood Robin Wright 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
3 Nominated
4 Nominated
5 Nominated
6 Nominated
2016 The Crown Queen Elizabeth Claire Foy 1 Nominated
2 Won
Olivia Colman 3 Pending
2018 Ozark Wendy Byrde Laura Linney 2 Nominated
3 Pending

Orange is the New Black lead actress, Taylor Schilling, was nominated in 2014. After the series switched to drama Schilling was not able to get a nomination. The following year, Lily Tomlin socred a nomination for Grace and Frankie. Later Tomlin co-lead, Jane Fonda, was nominated for her work in season 3. Ellie Kemper was nominated for her performance in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt two consecutive years. In 2019, Christina Applegate was nominated for Dead to Me and Natasha Lyonne for Russian Doll.

Lily Tomlin was nominated four times for Grace and Frankie.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2014 Orange Is the New Black Piper Chapman Taylor Schilling 1 Nominated
2015 Grace and Frankie Frankie Bergstein Lily Tomlin 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
3 Nominated
4 Nominated
Grace Hanson Jane Fonda 3 Nominated
2016 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper 2 Nominated
3 Nominated
2019 Russian Doll Nadia Vulvokov Natasha Lyonne 1 Nominated
Dead to Me Jen Harding Christina Applegate 1 Nominated
2 Pending
Judy Hale Linda Cardellini 2 Pending

In 2018, Michelle Dockery was nominated for Godless and Regina King won for her performance in Seven Seconds. Aunjanue Ellis and Niecy Nash were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for When They See Us at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards

Regina King won an Emmy for Seven Seconds.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2018 Godless Alice Fletcher Michelle Dockery Nominated
Seven Seconds Butler Regina King Won
2019 When They See Us Salaam Aunjanue Ellis Nominated
Delores Wise Niecy Nash Nominated
2020 Unorthodox Esther "Esty" Shapiro Shira Haas Pending
Self Made Madam C. J. Walker Octavia Spencer Pending

Supporting Actor

House of Cards's Michael Kelly was nominated for times for his supporting role in the series. Ben Mendelsohn got two nominations for his work in Bloodline, in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2017, David Harbour was nominated for the first season of Stranger Things. The following year he was nominated for his performance in season two of the TV show. John Lithgow and Matt Smith were nominated for their portrayals in The Crown.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2015 House of Cards Douglas "Doug" Stamper Michael Kelly 3 Nominated
4 Nominated
5 Nominated
6 Nominated
2015 Bloodline Danny Rayburn Ben Mendelsohn 1 Nominated
2 Won
2017 Stranger Things Jim Hopper David Harbour 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
The Crown Winston Churchill John Lithgow 1 Won
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Matt Smith 2 Nominated

From 2015–2018, Tituss Burgess was nominated for portraying Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In 2019, Alan Arkin was nominated for his role in the first season of The Kominsky Method. He is expected to repeat in the 2020 ceremony.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Titus Andromedon Tituss Burgess 1 Nominated
[26]
2 Nominated
3 Nominated
4 Nominated
2019 The Kominsky Method Norman Newlander Alan Arkin 1 Nominated
2 Pending

Jeff Daniels won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in Godless. In 2019, Asante Blackk, John Leguizamo and Michael K. Williams were nominated for When They See Us.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2018 Godless Frank Griffin Jeff Daniels Won
2019 When They See Us Kevin Richardson Asante Blackk Nominated
Raymond Santana Sr John Leguizamo Nominated
Bobby McCray Michael K. Williams Nominated
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Titus Andromedon Tituss Burgess Special Pending
Hollywood Ernest "Ernie" West Dylan McDermott Pending
Henry Willson Jim Parsons Pending

Supporting Actress

Uzo Aduba won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015 for Orange is the New Black. She was also nominated for the same role in 2017. Millie Bobby Brown was nominated twice for her role in Stranger Things. In 2018, Vanessa Kirby got a nomination for her performance in the second season of The Crown. For Season three and four, Helena Bonham Carter is going to substitute kirby playing an older version of the character. Carter is expected to be nominated in the 2020 edition of the awards. Julia Garner won in the category for the series Ozark.

Julia Garner won her first Emmy for her performance in Ozark.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2015 Orange Is the New Black Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Uzo Aduba 2 Won [27]
4 Nominated
2017 Stranger Things Eleven Millie Bobby Brown 1 Nominated [28]
2 Nominated
2018 The Crown Princess Margaret Vanessa Kirby 2 Nominated
Helena Bonham Carter 3 Pending
2019 Ozark Ruth Langmore Julia Garner 2 Won [29]
3 Pending
Betty Gilpin was nominated two consecutive years for GLOW.

In 2014, Kate Mulgrew was nominated for Orange is the New Black. The following year Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Jane Krakowski was nominated for portraying Jacqueline White. Betty Gilpin scored two nominations for GLOW.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2014 Orange Is the New Black Galina "Red" Reznikov Kate Mulgrew 1 Nominated
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jacqueline White Jane Krakowski 1 Nominated
2018 GLOW Debbie Eagan Betty Gilpin 1 Nominated
2 Nominated
3 Pending

In 2018, Merritt Wever won in the category for her role in Godless. Meanwhile, Letitia Wright was nominated for Black Mirror: "Black Museum". In 2019, Marsha Stephanie Blake and Vera Farmiga were nominated for When They See Us.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2018 Godless Mary Agnes McNue Merritt Wever Won
[30]
Black Mirror – "Black Museum" Nish Letitia Wright 4 Nominated
2019 When They See Us Linda McCray Marsha Stephanie Blake Nominated
[31]
Elizabeth Lederer Vera Farmiga Nominated
2020 Unbelievable Det. Grace Rasmussen Toni Collette Pending
[31]
Hollywood Ellen Kincaid Holland Taylor Pending

Guest Actor

In 2014, Reg E. Cathey was nominated for House of Cards. The following year he won in the category for the same role. For the season two of Orange is the New Black, Pablo Schreiber, got the only nomination for the series in the guest actor category. House of Cards continued to dominate the guest acting field adding Mahershala Ali and Paul Sparks. After winning an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for Bloodline, Ben Mendelsohn, was nominated in the guest category for the last season of the series. In 2018, Cameron Britton from Mindhunter and Matthew Goode from The Crown were nominated.

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2014 House of Cards Reg E. Cathey Freddy Hayes 2 Nominated [32]
3 Won
4 Nominated
Remy Danton Mahershala Ali 4 Nominated [33]
Thomas Yates Paul Sparks 4 Nominated [34]
2015 Orange Is the New Black George "Pornstache" Mendez Pablo Schreiber 2 Nominated [35]
2017 Bloodline Danny Rayburn Ben Mendelsohn 3 Nominated [36]
2018 Mindhunter Ed Kemper Cameron Britton 1 Nominated [37]
The Crown Antony Armstrong-Jones Matthew Goode 2 Nominated
2020 Black Mirror Chris Gillhaney Andrew Scott 5 Pending

Netflix's only nomination for Guest Actor in a Comedy was in 2015 for Jon Hamm in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Richard Wayne Gary Wayne Jon Hamm 1 Nominated [38]

Guest Actress

House of Cards is the Netflix original with most entries in the category with four. In 2014 Kate Mara scored a nomination for the series. Meanwhile Rachel Brosnahan was nominated for her portrayal of Rachel Posner. In 2016, Ellen Burstyn and Molly Parker were nominated. Laverne Cox was nominated in 2017 and 2018, for Orange Is the New Black. Shannon Purser got a nomination for the series Stranger Things.

Laverne Cox became the first transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy.
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2014 House of Cards Zoe Barnes Kate Mara 2 Nominated
[39]
Rachel Posner Rachel Brosnahan 3 Nominated
[40]
Elizabeth Hale Ellen Burstyn 4 Nominated
[41]
Jackie Sharp Molly Parker 4 Nominated
2017 Stranger Things Barb Holland Shannon Purser 1 Nominated
Orange Is the New Black Sophia Burset Laverne Cox 4 Nominated
[42]
6 Nominated
[43]
7 Pending

Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba won her first Emmy for her performance as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren. Natasha Lyonne and Laverne Cox were nominated for the series, with Cox becoming the first transgender woman to be nominated for an Emmy Award. Tina Fey was nominated for her guest role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Angela Bassett was nominated for her performance in the episode "Thanksgiving " of Master of None.

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2014 Orange Is the New Black Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren Uzo Aduba 1 Won
[44]
Sophia Burset Laverne Cox 1 Nominated
Nicky Nichols Natasha Lyonne 1 Nominated
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Marcia Tina Fey 1 Nominated
[45]
2017 Master of None Catherine Angela Bassett 2 Nominated
[46]
2020 The Politician Hadassah Gold Bette Midler 2 Pending

Acting in a Short

In 2019, sixth-place finisher Ryan O'Connell became the fifth nominee in the category after Jonathan Banks nomination was rescinded. It was determined that several episodes were shorter than two minutes, violating the TV Academy's rule that six episodes air during the eligibility period with a runtime of at least two minutes.

Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2019 Special Ryan O'Connell Ryan Hayes 1 Nominated
[47]

Special scored two nominations in the category with actresses Jessica Hecht and Punam Patel, for the first season of the series.

Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Character Actress Season Result R
2019 Special Jessica Hecht Karen Hayes 1 Nominated
[48]
Punam Patel Kim Laghari 1 Nominated

Directing

Directing for a Drama Series

David Fincher was the first director to win in the category for the episode "Chapter 1" of House of Cards. The following year Carl Franklin was nominated for his work in "Chapter 14". Stephen Daldry was nominated in 2017 and won in 2018, for The Crown. The Duffer Brothers were nominated two consecutive years, for season one and season two of Stranger Things. Ozark got two episodes nominated, "The Toll" and "Tonight We Improvise". For the second season the episode "Reparations", directed by Jason Bateman, won an Emmy.

David Fincher won for directing the episode "Chapter 1" from House of Cards.
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Debut
Year
Series Episode Director(s) Season Result R
2013 House of Cards "Chapter 1" David Fincher 1 Won [49]
"Chapter 14" Carl Franklin 2 Nominated [50]
2017 The Crown "Hyde Park Corner" Stephen Daldry 1 Nominated [51]
"Paterfamilias" 2 Won [52]
"Aberfan" Benjamin Caron 3 Pending [53]
"Cri de Coeur" Jessica Hobbs 3 Pending
Stranger Things "The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers 1 Nominated
"Chapter Nine: The Gate" 2 Nominated
2018 Ozark "Tonight We Improvise" Daniel Sackheim 1 Nominated
"The Toll" Jason Bateman 1 Nominated
"Reparations" 2 Won [54]
"Fire Pink" Alik Sakharov 3 Pending
"Su Casa Es Mi Casa" Ben Semanoff 3 Pending

Directing for a Comedy Series

In 2014, Jodie Foster was nominated for directing the episode "Lesbian Request Denied" of Orange Is the New Black. Aziz Ansari scored a nominationg for "Parents" of Master of None, in 2016. Two editions later, Jesse Peretz was nominated for the first episode, "Pilot", of GLOW.

Aziz Ansari was nominated for directing "Parents" from Master of None.
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Debut
Year
Series Episode Director(s) Season Result R
2014 Orange Is the New Black "Lesbian Request Denied" Jodie Foster 1 Nominated [55]
2016 Master of None "Parents" Aziz Ansari 1 Nominated [56]
2018 GLOW "Pilot" Jesse Peretz 1 Nominated

Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Scott Frank got nominated for his directorial work in the miniseries Godless. In 2019, Ava DuVernay was nominated for directing the four episodes of When They See Us.

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Debut
Year
Series Episode Director(s) Season Result R
2018 Godless Scott Frank Nominated [57]
2019 When They See Us Ava DuVernay Nominated [58]
2020 Unorthodox Maria Schrader Pending

Writing

Drama, Comedy and Limited Series

In 2014, Beau Willimon was nominated for writing the first episode of season two, "Chapter 14", of House of Cards. The Crown's Peter Morgan was nominated for his work in the first and second season. The Duffer Brothers were nominated for the episodes "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" and "Chapter Nine: The Gate", in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In 2019, Jed Mercurio was nominated for Bodyguard.

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2014
[59]
2017–2018
[60]
2019
Lena Waithe became the first African-American female to win an Emmy for writing in a comedy series.

Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan were nominated for "I Wasn't Ready" from Orange Is the New Black. In 2016, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang won an Emmy for writing "Parents", for the first season of Master of None. The following year, Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe won for "Thanksgiving". Waithe became the first black female to ever win in that category. Russian Doll got two episodes nominated in 2019, "Nothing in This World Is Easy" by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, and "A Warm Body" by Allison Silverman.

  • † - Indicates that two or more episodes were nominated in the category for that season.
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2014
[61]
2016–2017
[62]
2019

Black Mirror has won the award for writing two consecutive years. The first win was for "San Junipero" by Charlie Brooker, and the second was for "USS Callister" by William Bridges and Charlie Brooker. In 2018, Kevin McManus and Michael McManus were nominated for the series American Vandal. Meanwhile Scott Frank was nominated for writing Godless. When They See Us was nominated for the episode "Part Four" by Ava DuVernay and Michael Starrbury.

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2017–2018
[63]
2018
2019

Nonfiction Programs

Making a Murderer won for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming for its first season. 13th by Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick, won in 2017. Amanda Knox and Bill Nye Saves the World were also nominated. The following year Icarus scored a nomination. In 2019, the series Our Planet was nominated.

Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2016
[64]
2017
[65]
2018
[66]
2019
[67]

Variety Special

In 2016, Patton Oswalt won for his special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping, meanwhile John Mulaney was nominated for John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid. Im 2017, Louis C.K. and Sarah Silverman were nominated. John Mulaney won with his special John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. Patton Oswalt: Annihilation by Patton Oswalt and Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life by Steve Martin and Martin Short, were nominated. In 2019, Hannah Gadsby won for writing Hannah Gadsby: Nanette.

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Year(s) Program Result Ref.
2016
[68]
2017
[69]
2018
[70]
2019
[71]

Casting

Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert, from House of Cards, won for the first season of the series. The series was also nominated for season two, three and four. In 2015, Orange Is the New Black was nominated two consecutive years. Carmen Cuba, Tara Bennett and Chase Paris, from Stranger Things, won the award in 2017. The Crown was nominated for the first two seasons. In 2019, Ozark was nominated for the second season.

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2013–2016
2015–2016
2017–2018
2019

Casting director, Jennifer Euston, won for the first season of Orange Is the New Black. After season one, the series was moved to drama categories. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was nominated two times for the award, in 2015 and 2016. Master of None, GLOW and Russian Doll were nominated for its debut seasons.

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2014
2015–2016
2017
2018
2019

Cinematography

Single Camera Series

House of Cards won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) in 2013. The series was also nominated for season two, three and four. In 2017, Sense8, The Crown and Stranger Things were nominated for the award. In 2018, Adriano Goldman, from The Crown, won for his work in the episode "Beryl". Ben Kutchins was nominated for Ozark.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2013–2016
[72][73]
2017
[74]
2017–2018
[75]
[76]
2018
[77]

In 2018, The End of the F***ing World and GLOW were nominated. Russian Doll's Chris Teague won for her work in episode "Ariadne".

Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2018
[78]
2019
[79]

Limited Series or Movie

Black Mirror was nominated for the episodes "Nosedive" and "USS Callister". Godless scored a nomination in the category for "An Incident at Creede". In 2019, When They See Us was nominated for the episode "Part 1" by cinematographer Bradford Young.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2017–2018
2018
2019

Nonfiction and Reality Programs

  • † - Indicates that two or more episodes were nominated in the category for that season.
Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2014
2015
2016
2017–2018
2017
2019

Queer Eye was nominated for season one and two. Garrett Rosey was the cinematographer nominated.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2018–2019

Multi Camera Series

The Ranch won the award for season one and three, meanwhile it was nominated for season two. Donald A. Morgan was the cinematographer nominated for each season.

Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program
Year(s) Program Season Ref.
1 2 3 4 5 6
2018–2019

Statistics

Individuals with most nominations

Actor Program Category Season Total
1 2 3 4 5 6
Kevin Spacey House of Cards Lead Actor in a Drama Series
10
Outstanding Drama Series
Robin Wright Lead Actress in a Drama Series
8
Outstanding Drama Series
Aziz Ansari Master of None Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
7
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
David Fincher House of Cards Directing for a Drama Series
6
Outstanding Drama Series
The Duffer Brothers Stranger Things Directing for a Drama Series
Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Jason Bateman Ozark Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Arrested Development Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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