A List of the 2023 Emmy Nominees in All the Major Categories

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."

Now that the fate of Waystar Royco is sealed, Succession stars Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Strong have a new competition: winning an Emmy Award.

With Wednesday’s announcement of the 2023 Emmy nominations, all three were chosen for Best Actor in a Drama Series. That’s the most ever in the category for a single TV program. As expected for its final season, the acclaimed HBO drama fared well with 27 total nominations, including Sarah Snook’s nod for Best Actress.

Another departing show that won big was Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso, which wasn’t far behind with 21 nominations, including Jason Sudeikis for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. HBO’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Last of Us and dark comedy The White Lotus were also among the big winners on Wednesday.

These are the 2023 Emmy nominees in the major acting, directing, writing, and overall series categories. Bolded nominees are selections that made Emmy history.

Get the latest news about the Emmy Awards delivered straight to your inbox.

Acting Nominees

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Jeff Bridges, The Old Man

• Brian Cox, Succession

• Kieran Culkin, Succession

• Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

• Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us

• Jeremy Strong, Succession

Selected for his role as Joel Miller in The Last of Us, Pedro Pascal became only the second Latino actor nominated for Lead Drama Actor. He joins Jimmy Smits, who earned four nominations for NYPD Blue. Pascal, also recognized for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live and narration in Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World, received the most nominations ever by a Latino actor with three.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters

• Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets

• Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

• Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us

• Keri Russell, The Diplomat

• Sarah Snook, Succession

Bella Ramsey, 19, became only the second nonbinary actor to receive a nomination after Carl Clemons Hopkins for Hacks in 2020. They are also the fourth-youngest nominee ever for Lead Drama Actress.

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus

• Nicholas Braun, Succession

• Michael Imperioli, The White Lotus

• Theo James, The White Lotus

• Matthew Mcfadyen, Succession

• Alan Ruck, Succession

• Will Sharpe, The White Lotus

• Alexander Skarsgård, Succession

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

• Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

• Meghann Fahy, The White Lotus

• Sabrina Impacciatore, The White Lotus

• Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus

• Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul

• J. Smith-Cameron, Succession

• Simona Tabasco, The White Lotus

Aubrey Plaza, who is half Puerto Rican, became only the third Latina actor nominated in the category after Morena Baccarin and Alexis Bledel.

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Bill Hader, Barry

• Jason Segel, Shrinking

• Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

• Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

• Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

• Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

• Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

• Jenna Ortega, Wednesday

The 20-year-old Jenna Ortega is only the third Latina actor to be nominated in any Lead Actress category and the first eligible for Lead Actress in a Comedy series since America Ferrera in 2007 for Ugly Betty.

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Anthony Carrigan, Barry

• Phil Dunster, Ted Lasso

• Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

• James Marsden, Jury Duty

• Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear

• Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

• Henry Winkler, Barry

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

• Janelle James, Abbott Elementary

• Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

• Juno Temple, Ted Lasso

• Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

• Jessica Williams, Shrinking

The nominations for Ayo Edebiri, Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jessica Williams mark the first time four Black women have ever been nominated in a single category.

Lead Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• Taron Egerton, Black Bird

• Kumail Nanjiani, Welcome to Chippendales

• Evan Peters, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

• Michael Shannon, George & Tammy

• Steven Yeun, Beef

Lead Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• Lizzy Caplan, Fleishman Is in Trouble

• Jessica Chastain, George & Tammy

• Dominique Fishback, Swarm

• Kathryn Hahn, Tiny Beautiful Things

• Riley Keough, Daisy Jones & the Six

• Ali Wong, Beef

Supporting Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• Murray Bartlett, Welcome to Chippendales

• Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird

• Richard Jenkins, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Joseph Lee, Beef

• Ray Liotta, Black Bird

• Young Mazino, Beef

• Jesse Plemons, Love & Death

Supporting Actress in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• Annaleigh Ashford, Welcome to Chippendales

• Maria Bello, Beef

• Claire Danes, Fleishman Is in Trouble

• Juliette Lewis, Welcome to Chippendales

• Camila Morrone, Daisy Jones & the Six

• Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Merritt Wever, Tiny Beautiful Things

Directing Nominees

Directing for a Comedy Series

• “Wow”— Bill Hader, Barry

• “So Long, Farewell”— Declan Lowney, Ted Lasso

• “Review”— Christopher Storer, The Bear

• “Four Minutes”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• “Don’t Touch My Hair”— Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show

• “Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Woe”— Tim Burton, Wednesday

Directing for a Drama Series

• “Rix Road”— Benjamin Caron, Andor

• “The Prick”— Dearbhla Walsh, Bad Sisters

• “America Decides”— Andrij Parekh, Succession

• “Connor’s Wedding”— Mark Mylod, Succession

• “Living+”— Lorene Scafaria, Succession

• “Long, Long Time”— Peter Hoar, The Last of Us

• “Arrivederci”— Mike White, The White Lotus

Directing for a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• “Figures of Light”— Lee Sung Jin, Beef

• “The Great Fabricator”— Jake Schreier, Beef

• “Bad Meat”— Carl Franklin, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• “Silenced”— Paris Barclay, Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• “Me-Time”— Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, Fleishman Is in Trouble

• Dan Trachtenberg, Prey

With his selection for the series finale of Dahmer, Paris Barclay is the first Black director to be nominated across all three series directing categories. He was previously nominated for NYPD Blue, The West Wing, and Glee.

Writing Nominees

Writing for a Comedy Series

• “Wow”— Bill Hader, Barry

• “Ineffective Assistance”— Mekki Leeper, Jury Duty

• “I Know Who Did It”— John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese, and Rob Turbovsky, Only Murders in the Building

• “So Long, Farewell”— Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, and Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

• “System”— Christopher Storer, The Bear

• “Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play”— Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, The Other Two

Writing for a Drama Series

• “One Way Out”— Beau Willimon, Andor

• “The Prick”— Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer, Bad Sisters

• “Point and Shoot”— Gordon Smith, Better Caul Saul

• “Saul Gone”— Peter Gould, Better Call Saul

• “Connor’s Wedding”— Jesse Armstrong, Succession

• “Long, Long Time”— Craig Mazin, The Last of Us

• “Arrivederci”— Mike White, The White Lotus

Writing for a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie

• “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain”— Lee Sung Jin, Beef

• Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island

• “Me-Time”— Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble

• Patrick Aison and Dan Trachtenberg, Prey

• “Stung”— Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, Swarm

• Al Yankovic and Eric Appel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Series Nominees

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary

• Barry

• The Bear

• Jury Duty

• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Only Murders in the Building

• Ted Lasso

• Wednesday

Outstanding Drama Series

• Andor

• Better Caul Saul

• The Crown

• House of the Dragon

• The Last of Us

• Succession

• The White Lotus

Outstanding Limited/Anthology Series

• Beef

• Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

• Daisy Jones & the Six

• Fleishman Is in Trouble

• Obi-Wan Kenobi

You Might Also Like

• Nicole Richie’s Surprising Adoption Story

• The Story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Her Mother

• Queen Camilla's Life in Photos