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Irish stars among Emmy nominees in US tonight

Irish stars Colin Farrell, Sharon Horgan, and Ruth Negga are among the nominees for tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Farrell is nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his performance in the Batman spin-off The Penguin. He has already won at the IFTAs, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice, and Satellite Awards for his work on The Penguin.

Colin Farrell as Oswald 'Oz' Cobblepot in The Penguin

Horgan is nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category for her role in Bad Sisters, the dark comedy-drama that she co-created, wrote, and executive-produced.

(L-R) Sarah Greene, Eva Birthistle, Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, and Eve Hewson in Bad Sisters

Negga is nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for her performance in the legal thriller Presumed Innocent.

Ruth Negga (top right) in Presumed Innocent

The psychological thriller Severance from Apple TV+ and HBO's Farrell-starring crime drama The Penguin stacked up the most nominations for this year's Emmy Awards, outpacing The Studio and The White Lotus in the contest for television's highest honours.

Severance received a leading 27 nominations, while The Penguin earned 24 nominations.

Adam Scott in Severance - the story of office workers who undergo a procedure to make them forget their home life at work, and vice versa

Hollywood satire The Studio, an Apple TV+ show starring Seth Rogen as a nervous film executive, and HBO's The White Lotus, about murder and misdeeds at a luxury resort in Thailand, received 23 nominations each.

The 23 nominations for The Studio tied the record for a comedy in a single season, set last year by the Chicago restaurant tale The Bear.

Emmys statuette
Comedian Nate Bargatze will host the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles

The Primetime Emmy nominees in key categories:

Outstanding Drama Series

Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
The Pitt
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus

Outstanding Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
The Studio
What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

Adolescence
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin

Lead Actor, Drama

Sterling K Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Adam Scott, Severance
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Lead Actress, Drama

Kathy Bates, Matlock
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
Britt Lower, Severance
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Lead Actor, Comedy

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Lead Actress, Comedy

Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Jean Smart, Hacks

Lead Actor, Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Lead Actress, Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex

Supporting Actor, Drama

Zach Cherry, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
James Marsden, Paradise
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
John Turturro, Severance

Supporting Actress, Drama

Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Supporting Actor, Comedy

Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live

Supporting Actress, Comedy

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O'Hara, The Studio
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Supporting Actor, Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters, Adolescence

Supporting Actress, Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Deirdre O'Connell, The Penguin
Chloë Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence

Programmes with the most overall nominations:

Severance - 27
The Penguin - 24
The Studio - 23
The White Lotus - 23
The Last of Us - 16
Andor - 14
Hacks - 14
Adolescence - 13
The Bear - 13
The Pitt - 13

Additional Reporting: Reuters, AFP

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