Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) is far and away the favorite to win the Best Comedy Actress Emmy, but should there be a shocking upset, we could get only our second black winner in the category if Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”) or Issa Rae (“Insecure”) triumph.
Isabel Sanford was the first and so far only black woman to break that barrier, taking home the prize in 1981 on the third of her seven nominations for “The Jeffersons.” Those seven bid also make Sanford, the second black Best Comedy Actress nominee after Diahann Carroll (“Julia”), the most nominated black actress in the category.
See Tracee Ellis Ross (‘Black-ish’) on a season that ran the gamut from Juneteenth to divorce
Ross, who is in second place in our odds, is on her third nomination for “Black-ish,” making her the category’s second most nominated black contender. The Golden Globe champ was previously...
Isabel Sanford was the first and so far only black woman to break that barrier, taking home the prize in 1981 on the third of her seven nominations for “The Jeffersons.” Those seven bid also make Sanford, the second black Best Comedy Actress nominee after Diahann Carroll (“Julia”), the most nominated black actress in the category.
See Tracee Ellis Ross (‘Black-ish’) on a season that ran the gamut from Juneteenth to divorce
Ross, who is in second place in our odds, is on her third nomination for “Black-ish,” making her the category’s second most nominated black contender. The Golden Globe champ was previously...
- 8/9/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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