Ray Liotta receives posthumous Emmy nomination for one of his last roles
foxnews.comRay Liotta was posthumously nominated for an Emmy Wednesday for his role in the crime drama "Black Bird." "I am so grateful to the members of the Television Academy for honoring my Dad with this nomination," the late actor’s daughter Karsen Liotta said in a statement sent to Fox News Digital. "He was so incredibly proud of his performance in ‘Black Bird,’ and it would mean the world to him to be nominated alongside Taron [Egerton] and Paul [Walter Hauser]." The 24-year-old also wrote she was "so proud" of her father on her Instagram Story.
Liotta’s fiancée Jacy Nittolo called the nomination "well deserved" on her Instagram Story. Liotta stars as Taron Egerton’s father in the Apple TV+ series about a drug dealer (Egerton) who cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a serial killer (Walter Hauser).
Liotta and Walter Hauser were both nominated for their supporting roles, and Egerton was nominated for his lead role in the series, which was released on the streaming service a year ago.The show also received a nomination for cinematography.
The series, which was inspired by "actual events," follows Jimmy Keene [Egerton] as he begins a 10-year prison sentence, [and] gets an incredible offer.
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