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Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress (Comedy) — Is Jean Smart Set for Another Statue for ‘Hacks?’
2025 Emmys Lead Actress Comedy Predictions include Jean Smart, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri, Kristen Bell, Natasha Lyonne and Uzo Aduba.
Smart’s performance has already secured her back-to-back wins in 2021 and 2022 (the show did not air during the 2023 eligibility period), and then came back one more time last year with her sharp-tongued, nuanced portrayal, which continues to evolve in surprising and poignant ways. Kristen Bell is receiving some of the best reviews of her career in Netflix’s comedy “Nobody Wants This,” where she plays a sex and dating podcaster, with sharp comedic timing and vulnerability. Previously nominated for “Russian Doll,” Lyonne brings a classic Columbo-style charisma to her role as human lie detector Charlie Cale, capturing the attention of Emmy voters with the series’ unique tone and sharp writing.
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