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Ann Dowd
Emmy Category #1: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Character: Aunt Lydia
Show: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Emmy Category #2: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Character: Patti Levin Lydia
Show: "The Leftovers"
You could easily say that Ann Dowd's work as an actress is so under rated, it makes sense that she'd receive her first — and second — Emmy nominations in the same year. She wound up being the only cast member from "The Leftovers" to ever receive an Emmy nod for her mic-dropping work on the show's final season, where Lydia became a hero of sorts and burned up the screen opposite Justin Theroux. Meanwhile, over at Hulu, Dowd put a dark spin on her Catholic upbringing to help being Aunt Lydia to life, a female character fully committed to the dystopian world of "The Handmaid's Tale," where she stoked empathy from viewers despite playing a villain — albeit one who is saving her charges from suffering worse fates than their collective reality.
Emmy Category #1: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Character: Aunt Lydia
Show: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Emmy Category #2: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Character: Patti Levin Lydia
Show: "The Leftovers"
You could easily say that Ann Dowd's work as an actress is so under rated, it makes sense that she'd receive her first — and second — Emmy nominations in the same year. She wound up being the only cast member from "The Leftovers" to ever receive an Emmy nod for her mic-dropping work on the show's final season, where Lydia became a hero of sorts and burned up the screen opposite Justin Theroux. Meanwhile, over at Hulu, Dowd put a dark spin on her Catholic upbringing to help being Aunt Lydia to life, a female character fully committed to the dystopian world of "The Handmaid's Tale," where she stoked empathy from viewers despite playing a villain — albeit one who is saving her charges from suffering worse fates than their collective reality.
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