Emmy Nominations 2016: 35 Facts About the New Class

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Bob Odenkirk, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Better Call Saul (AMC)

This is the actor's second acting nomination for the Emmys. He earned previous nominations as a part of the writing team for Mr. Show with Bob and David and picked up Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program wins for Saturday Night Live and The Ben Stiller Show in 1989 and 1993, respectively.

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Rami Malek, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Mr. Robot (USA)

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot — David Giesbrecht/USA Network

This is Malek's first Emmy nomination. The breakout star is celebrated for his role of Elliot Alderson in Mr. Robot.

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Kevin Spacey, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, House of Cards (Netflix)

Spacey picked up his first Emmy nominations in 2008, honored as an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie nominee for Recount, and with the producers of Bernard and Doris for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

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Liev Schreiber, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Ray Donovan (Showtime)

This is Schreiber's third nomination. He picked up previous nods for RKO 281 in 2000 and Ray Donovan in 2015.

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Kyle Chandler, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Bloodline (Netflix)

This is Chandler's second nomination for his role of John Rayburn in Bloodline. He earned an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series nomination in 2006 for his turn in Grey's Anatomy, a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2010 for Friday Night Lights, and won in the latter category in 2011 for his turn as Eric Taylor.

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Matthew Rhys, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, The Americans (FX)

This is Rhys' first Emmy nomination. The Americans star has previous Critics Choice Television Awards and Television Critics Association Awards nominations to his name for his role of Philip Jennings.

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Claire Danes, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Homeland (Showtime)

Danes won her first Emmy in 2010. The star picked up the statue for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Temple Grandin, 15 years after she earned her first Emmy nomination in 1995 for My So-Called Life.

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Taraji P. Henson, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Empire (Fox)

This is Henson's third Emmy nomination, and her second for Empire. Previously honored for her role of Cookie Lyon in 2015, she landed her first nomination in 2011 for Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story.

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Viola Davis, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)

In 2015, Davis earned both her first Emmy nomination and win. The star was honored for her role of Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder, and won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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Tatiana Maslany, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Orphan Black (BBC America)

This is Maslany's second Emmy nomination. Her first came in 2015, when she earned an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nod, also for Orphan Black.

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Robin Wright, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, House of Cards (Netflix)

Wright earned her first Emmy nomination in 2013 for House of Cards, picking up Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominations every year since.

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Keri Russell, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, The Americans (FX)

This is Russell's first Emmy nomination. The actress picked up a Golden Globe more than 15 years ago, landing the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama for Felicity.

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Anthony Anderson, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, black-ish (ABC)

Anderson earns his second Emmy nomination for black-ish. He landed his first nod last year for the show.

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Will Forte, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series , The Last Man On Earth (Fox)

Forte's first Emmy nomination came in 1998. The actor, who went on to pick up nominations in 2013 and 2015 for 30 Rock and The Last Man on Earth, respectively, was nominated with his colleagues for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for Late Show with David Letterman.

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William H. Macy, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Shameless (Showtime)

Macy has more than 10 Emmy nominations to his name, ranging from an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series nod in 1997 for his stint on ER to an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie win in 2003 for Door to Door.

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Jeffrey Tambor, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Transparent (Amazon)

Tambor won his first Emmy in 2015 for his Transparent role of Maura Pfefferman. His previous nominations, all in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category, are for his work on The Larry Sanders Show and Arrested Development.

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Aziz Ansari, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Master of None (Netflix)

This is Ansari's first Emmy nomination. The Parks and Recreation alum picked up his first Golden Globe nomination earlier this year as well, also for Master of None.

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Thomas Middleditch, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Silicon Valley (HBO)

Middleditch earns his first Emmy nomination for Silicon Valley. He was previously nominationed for his work on the show in 2014 and 2015 at the Critics Choice Television Awards.

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Lily Tomlin, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Grace And Frankie (Netflix)

Tomlin picked up her first Emmy nomination 45 years ago. The actress was nominated in the now-defunct Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Individuals for Laugh-In in 1971, and went on to win her first Emmys in 1974 for her work on Lily.

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Amy Schumer, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

After earning her first Emmy nomination in 2014, Schumer won at the awards show in 2015, taking home the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series statue for Inside Amy Schumer.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Veep (HBO)

The first year that she was nominated for an Emmy, Louis-Dreyfus won in the category. She took home the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in 1994 for Seinfeld.

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Ellie Kemper, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

This is Kemper's first Emmy nomination. She picked up a SAG nomination earlier this year, also for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

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Tracee Ellis Ross, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, black-ish (ABC)

Ross earns her first Emmy nomination, honored for her role in black-ish. She has multiple previous NAACP Image Awards wins and nominations for the years she spent on Girlfriends.

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Laurie Metcalf, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Getting On (HBO)

Metcalf's nomination for Getting On comes 24 years after her first nomination (and win!). The actress landed the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for her part in Roseanne.

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Bryan Cranston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, All the Way (HBO)

Cranston, who was first honored by the Emmys in 2002 with a Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for Malcolm in the Middle, picked up multiple wins and nominations during the years he spent on Breaking Bad.

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Cuba Gooding, Jr., Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Gooding, Jr. has a Golden Globe nomination and an Academy Award win to his name (both for 1996's Jerry Maguire), but this is his first Emmy nomination.

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Tom Hiddleston, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, The Night Manager (AMC)

Hiddleston picks up his first Emmy nomination for The Night Manager. The actor was previously given the Rising Star Award at the 2012 BAFTAs.

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Courtney B. Vance, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

This is Vance's first Emmy nomination. He was also honored for his work in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story earlier this year with a BET Award nomination.

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Idris Elba, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Luther (BBC America)

Elba's counts his fifth Emmy nomination with the latest list. He previously earned nods for his work in The Big C and Luther.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)

This is Cumberbatch's fourth Emmy nomination. The actor, who won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Sherlock in 2014, picked up his first nod in 2012.

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Sarah Paulson, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

Paulson has previously been nominated for an Emmy four times, the most recent three nods coming for her work in American Horror Story.

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Felicity Huffman, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, American Crime (ABC)

Huffman was previously nominated for two Emmys (in 2007 for Desperate Housewives and in 2015 for American Crime), and won for Desperate Housewives in 2005, taking home the statue for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

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Kirsten Dunst, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Fargo (FX)

This is the first Emmy nomination for Dunst. The actress previously picked up two Golden Globe nominations, honored for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Fargo in 2016, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles in 1995.

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Kerry Washington, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Confirmation (HBO)

This is Washington's third Emmy nomination. The actress previously earned Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominations for her work on Scandal.

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Lili Taylor, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, American Crime (ABC)

Taylor has two previous Emmy nominations to her name. The actress picked up two Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nods, one for The X-Files in 1998, and the other for Six Feet Under in 2002.