Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “These leads! They’re trying to murder me.” Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge has her sights on her second consecutive statuette for her turn as Tanya in HBO’s hit black-comedy series “The White Lotus.” Coolidge has chosen to submit herself into the supporting drama actress category for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety has learned exclusively.
Confirmed by HBO and Coolidge’s reps, the news comes after Variety reported Coolidge and her team were mulling a switch to the lead actress category where Sarah Snook has declared her change for “Succession,” another HBO Emmy hopeful, which was followed by her co-star Brian Cox. Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories.
With this lingering question cleared up, Coolidge cements her front-runner status in the supporting drama actress race, putting her in a prime position to nab her second Emmy nomination and possible second win for her turn as the needy, self-absorbed Tanya in the HBO anthology series.
The versatile actress also has two bids for supporting actress (limited, anthology or TV movie) — one for her turn as Karen Calhoun in Netflix’s mystery series “The Watcher” and the other as Carol, the future mother-in-law of Jennifer Lopez’s character in Prime Video’s TV movie “Shotgun Wedding.” She picked up her first career Emmy for supporting actress (limited) for her standout turn in the first season, which netted 20 nominations, winning 10, including outstanding limited series.
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