37 TV Actors Who Gave Award-Worthy Performances, But They're Still Not Talked About Enough
BuzzFeed
·9 min read
We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which TV performances are so good, but they consider underrated. Whether people don't talk about them enough and/or they didn't get any awards season love, here are some of the best responses:
🚨 In order to talk about some of their very best scenes, there are some BIG SPOILERS below! 🚨
1.First, Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul
2.Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner in The Patient
3.Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson in This Is Us
4.Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson in This Is Us
5.Annie Murphy as Allison McRoberts in Kevin Can F**k Himself
6.Kunal Nayyar as Sandeep Singh in Criminal: United Kingdom
7.Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful
8.Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham in Fringe
9.Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley in Moon Knight
10.D'Arcy Carden as Janet in The Good Place
11.Ilana Glazer as Ilana Wexler in Broad City
12.Christopher Meloni as Nick Sax in HAPPY!
13.Chris Wood as Kai Parker in The Vampire Diaries
14.Antonia Thomas as Alisha Daniels in Misfits
15.Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell in Charmed
16.Connor Swindells as David Stirling in SAS:Rogue Heroes
17.Nick Offerman as Forest in Devs
18.Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders
19.Lola Kirke as Hailey Rutledge in Mozart in the Jungle
20.Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez in Lucifer
21.Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Dickinson in Dickinson
22.Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred in The Last Kingdom
23.Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
24.Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
25.Jeff Daniels as Frank Griffin in Godless
26.Najwa Nimri as Zulema Zahir in Vis a Vis
27.Bellamy Young as Mellie Grant in Scandal
28.Drea de Matteo as Wendy Case in Sons of Anarchy
29.Alex Lawther as James in The End of the F***ing World
30.Jessica Barden as Alyssa in The End of the F***ing World
31.Chicha Amatayakul as Nanno in Girl from Nowhere
32.Rosy McEwen as Libby Hatch in The Alienist
33.Noah Emmerich as Stan Beeman in The Americans
34.Patty Guggenheim as Erica in Florida Girls
35.Hamish Linklater as Father Paul Hill in Midnight Mass
36.Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin in The 100
37.And finally, Geena Davis as Dr. Nicole Herman in Grey's Anatomy
We can't fit everyone into one post, so which other TV acting performances are incredible, but underrated? Tell us in the comments below!
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
In one scenario, Dallas makes Prescott the highest paid player in NFL history. In another, the Cowboys decline that commitment, at which point another team will make him the top paid player in NFL history.