Emmy double threats: 24 actors whose first two nominations came in the same year
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When the 2022 Primetime Emmy nominations were revealed, Rhea Seehorn and Sydney Sweeney both had the honor of seeing their names come up twice. In addition to landing slots in the Best Drama Supporting Actress lineup for “Better Call Saul” and “Euphoria,” respectively, Seehorn (“Cooper’s Bar”) also competed for Best Short Form Actress while Sweeney (“The White Lotus”) was included among the Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actress contenders. Since neither of them had been recognized by the TV academy before, they became part of a group of 24 doubly-nominated Emmy first-timers.
Neither Seehorn nor Sweeney succeeded on either of her bids, but that isn’t surprising given the fact that only six of this group’s two dozen members have actually pulled off wins. The first such victor was Robert Cummings, who also originally established the club back in 1955. He received what would now be considered the Best Limited/Movie Actor prize for “12 Angry Men” and simultaneously lost for his regular lead performance on “My Hero.”
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The champs who followed Cummings were Jack Albertson (1975; won Variety Supporting Actor, “Cher” and lost Comedy Actor, “Chico and the Man”), Eileen Brennan (1981; won Comedy Supporting Actress, “Private Benjamin” and lost Comedy Actress, “Taxi”), Jane Lynch (2010; won Comedy Supporting Actress, “Glee” and lost Comedy Guest Actress, “Two and a Half Men”), Riz Ahmed (2017; won Limited/Movie Actor, “The Night Of” and lost Comedy Guest Actor, “Girls”), and Ann Dowd (2017; won Drama Supporting Actress, “The Handmaid’s Tale” and lost Drama Guest Actress, “The Leftovers”).
The first of the group’s 16 doubly unlucky members was Fredric March, whose one-off performances in “A Christmas Carol” and “The Royal Family” were both bested by that of Cummings in “12 Angry Men.” Besides Albertson, the four others who joined prior to 1990 were Robert Reed (1976; Drama Supporting Actor, “Rich Man, Poor Man” and Drama Guest Actor, “Medical Center”), Sada Thompson (1976; Movie Actress, “The Entertainer” and Drama Supporting Actress, “Lincoln”), Ben Vereen (1977; Limited Series Actor, “Roots” and Variety Supporting Actor, “The Bell Telephone Jubilee”), and Jack Gilford (1989; Comedy Guest Actor, “The Golden Girls” and Drama Guest Actor, “Thirtysomething”).
Three of the six 1990s entrants were concurrently nominated as leads and supporting players in telefilms or limited series. They were Anne Bancroft (1992; “Mrs. Cage” and “Broadway Bound”), Angelina Jolie (1998; “Gia” and “George Wallace”), and Don Cheadle (1999; “A Lesson Before Dying” and “The Rat Pack”). The other half of this subset includes Marlee Matlin (1994; Comedy Guest Actress, “Seinfeld” and Drama Guest Actress, “Picket Fences”), Andre Braugher (1996; Drama Actor, “Homicide: Life on the Street” and Limited/Movie Supporting Actor, “The Tuskegee Airmen”), and David Duchovny (1997; Drama Actor, “The X Files” and Comedy Guest Actor, “The Larry Sanders Show”).
Aside from the 2010s champs, five dual contenders preceded Seehorn and Sweeney in joining this group during the 21st century. First came Victor Garber (2001; Limited/Movie Supporting Actor, “Life with Judy Garland” and Comedy Guest Actor, “Frasier”), followed by Idris Elba (2011; Limited/Movie Actor, “Luther” and Comedy Guest Actor, “The Big C”), Gaby Hoffmann (2015; Comedy Supporting Actress, “Transparent” and Comedy Guest Actress, “Girls”), Mindy Sterling (2017; Short Form Actress, “Con Man” and “Secs and Execs”), and Fiona Shaw (2019; Drama Supporting Actress, “Killing Eve” and Comedy Guest Actress, “Fleabag”).
There is a strong chance that this group will grow once the 2023 Emmy nominations are announced, with the likeliest new additions including Harrison Ford (Drama Actor, “1923” and Comedy Supporting Actor, “Shrinking”), Ayo Edebiri (Comedy Supporting Actress, “The Bear” and Comedy Guest Actress, “Abbott Elementary”), Jenna Ortega (Comedy Actress, “Wednesday” and Comedy Guest Actress, “Saturday Night Live”), and Pedro Pascal (Drama Actor, “The Last of Us” and Comedy Guest Actor, “Saturday Night Live”).
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