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Can Steve Carell’s ‘Mountainhead’ Performance Beat Colin Farrell or Stephen Graham? Weighing the Limited Series/TV Movie Contending Performances

For Variety's Awards Circuit, editors dive into the performers who could land nominations for limited/tv movie's lead and supporting categories.

In the lead actress race, contenders include Cristin Milioti (“The Penguin”), Cate Blanchett (“Disclaimer”), Rashida Jones (“Black Mirror”), Amanda Seyfried (“Long Bright River”), Michelle Williams (“Dying for Sex”) and Ellen Pompeo (“Good American Family”). And then there’s the TV movie race, which brings in Renée Zellweger for her role in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” to the forefront. Other contenders include Paul Giamatti (“Black Mirror”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Dope Thief”), Cooper Koch and/or Nicholas Alexander Chavez (“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”) and Jake Gyllenhaal (“Presumed Innocent”).

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