2024 Emmy Experts predict Best Movie/Limited Actress: Jessica Lange (‘The Great Lillian Hall’) on the rise
Having trouble predicting who will win Best Movie/Limited Actress at the upcoming Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s 2024 Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and the majority of them believe the trophy will go to Jodie Foster (“True Detective: Night Country”). The other potential nominees, per the Experts’ current racetrack odds, are Brie Larson (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Jessica Lange (“The Great Lillian Hall”), Juno Temple (“Fargo”), Kate Winslet (“The Regime”) and Sofia Vergara (“Griselda”).
As of this writing, a leading 12 out of our 18 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Foster for “True Detective: Night Country”: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TVLine), Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kelly Lawler (USA Today), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Susan King (Gold Derby), Thelma Adams (Gold Derby) and Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV). She plays Chief Liz Danvers on Season 4 of HBO’s anthology crime series. Foster is a two-time Emmy nominee for producing the TV movie “The Baby Dance” (1999) and directing the comedy series “Orange is the New Black” (2014), but this would be her first acting bid from the TV academy. She is, of course, a double Best Actress Oscar winner for “The Accused” (1988) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991).
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Two other Emmyologists — Jazz Tangcay (Variety) and Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby) — instead believe Larson will prevail for “Lessons in Chemistry.” She portrays chemist Elizabeth Zott on the Apple TV+ limited series, for which she recently received bids at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG Awards. Larson claimed a Best Actress Oscar for “Room” (2015), and she won an Emmy in 2020 in the category of Best Original Interactive Program for producing “The Messy Truth VR Experience.”
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Lange is on the rise in our Experts’ odds for “The Great Lillian Hall,” the HBO telefilm about a Broadway actress who is battling the onset of dementia. Peter Travers (ABC) and Ray Richmond (Gold Derby) are both now picking her to win her fourth Emmy Award, after she previously prevailed for “Grey Gardens” (2009), “American Horror Story: Murder House” (2012) and “American Horror Story: Coven” (2014). The esteemed actress also has two Oscars to her name for “Tootsie” (supporting, 1982) and “Blue Sky” (lead, 1994).
“Fargo” scene-stealer Temple has the support of a single pundit — Ben Travers (Indiewire) — for her appearance as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, a Minnesota housewife who is trying to forget her former life in which her sheriff husband (played by Jon Hamm) physically abused her. Temple currently has three consecutive Emmy bids to her name for “Ted Lasso” (2021-23), but she’s still looking for her first victory.
Finally, Shawn Edwards (WDAF-TV Fox) forecasts a triumph for Winslet for “The Regime.” She takes on the role of Chancellor Elena “Lenny” Vernham on HBO’s political satire. Winslet already has two Emmy Awards on her mantel in this exact same category for “Mildred Pierce” (2011) and “Mare of Easttown” (2021). Like Foster and Larson, she is a Best Actress Oscar champion for “The Reader” (2008).
Some of the most recent Emmy winners in the Best Movie/Limited Actress category include Ali Wong (“Beef”) in 2023, Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”) in 2022, Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”) in 2021, Regina King (“Watchmen”) in 2020 and Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”) in 2019. Find out who will be in the running to join this esteemed list when the Primetime Emmy nominations are announced on July 17, 2024.
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