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Amanda Seyfried, Lily James and More Emmy Nominees Spill on Bringing Real Women to Life on Screen

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Hunter Ingram A television star violated by the public eye. A whistleblower with ulterior motives. An inventor who wasn’t as revolutionary as she advertised.

A woman whose shocking death became a sensation. A con artist with a flair for the dramatic. A young mother providing for her daughter one housekeeping job at a time.As disparate as these characters may seem, two threads bind them together — they’re all based on or inspired by real women, and they earned those who played them Emmy nominations for lead actress in a limited or anthology series.For the first time in more than a decade, every nominee in the category played a character inspired by, if not directly based on, a real person.

The last time this happened was 2009, when Jessica Lange took the win for HBO’s “Grey Gardens. The category sweep isn’t exactly surprising considering the wealth of fact-based contenders who flooded this year’s ballot, a crowded field that ultimately didn’t have room for heavy-hitters including Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer.As distinct as the nominated characters are, so too are the reasons why and how each actor brought them to life.

Variety went directly to the nominees and those who worked closely with them to learn how they navigate the blurry line between fact and fiction.Julia Garner, “Inventing Anna”If Anna Sorokin were mistaken as a fictitious creation of Shonda Rhimes, no one would think twice.

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