Best Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close for Damages
Sally Field for Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: SVU
Holly Hunter for Saving Grace
Elisabeth Moss for Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer
There aren't any surprises in this category, mainly because nothing has changed at all from last year except for the addition of Elisabeth Moss. They continue to honor the FX/TNT superwomen club (Close, Hunter, and Sedgwick). I might even include Hargitay in that category since her show is replayed on TNT all the time. Then there is the magnificent Sally Field, who will probably be nominated until the series is over.
I don't understand why the television academy continues to honor Mariska Hargitay year after year. I am really over that show and her performance. It beats me why they continue to honor a performance of what everyone wishes a cop was, while completely ignoring a performance that is all too real (Michael Chiklis).
It is time that the emmys put down their noses and honored shows with fantasy/sci-fi premises. They used to do it all the time. Does anyone remember Gillian Anderson winning for The X Files? What about Mariette Hartley for The Incredible Hulk, or Lindsay Wagner for The Bionic Woman? If the television academy could honor shows like these back then, then I am sure they can do it now. They ignored two actresses this year. The first being Mary McDonnell for Battlestar Galactica and the second being Anna Paquin for True Blood. They have never honored Battlestar Galactica and this was their last chance now that the series has ended. Where the hell is Anna Paquin's nomination? She stars in the best new show of the year. She holds her own playing a human surrounded by vampires and other crazy things, all while being telepathic. Paquin is also an oscar winner, which usually helps get you nominated here (see Field, Close, Hunter, and Wiest). Although the academy can never fix the McDonnell fiasco, they can honor Paquin next year, but I highly doubt they will.
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