'Feels like Christmas': Norwell's Jennifer Coolidge earns first Emmy nomination

Norwell’s Jennifer Coolidge nabbed her first Emmy nomination Tuesday for her work on the social satire “The White Lotus,” and Milton’s Jen Statsky earned her second nod for writing the smash comedy “Hacks.”

Both shows air on HBO and were top nominees for the 2022 prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Tuesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The White Lotus” grabbed 20 nominations and “Hacks” tallied 17.

In her reaction statement, Coolidge called her nomination an “incredible surprise” and said, “It feels like Christmas today.”

She was nominated alongside co-stars Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Natasha Rothwell and Sydney Sweeney. "I love those girls. They’re the greatest group and so talented," Coolidge said.

Created by Mike White, “The White Lotus,” follows a group of affluent vacationers (Daddario, Britton, Sweeney, Jake Lacey, Steve Zahn) at a luxurious Hawaiian resort.

Coolidge is nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series for her turn as Tanya McQuoid, a lonely and clingy train wreck who arrives on the island paradise to spread her mother’s ashes.

Statsky, a 2004 graduate of Milton High School, co-created “Hacks” with Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs. They won the Emmy last year for outstanding writing for a comedy series, beating out the favorite, "Ted Lasso."

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The show explores the complicated relationship between a fading veteran comedian, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), and the struggling young writer (Hannah Einbinder) called upon to punch up her material.

Statsky attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She’s written for “The Good Place,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Broad City.”

Coolidge, well-known for her cougarlicious role as "Stifler's mom" in the bawdy teen comedy "American Pie," is enjoying a career resurgence after her acclaimed turn in “The White Lotus.”  Upcoming are “Shotgun Wedding,” playing the mother-in-law-to-be of Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy that will stream on Amazon Prime; and two Netflix projects, the movie “We Have a Ghost” and the Ryan Murphy series “The Watcher.” She’ll also return for the second season of “The White Lotus,” and reprise her role as Reese Witherspoon’s BFF, Paulette, in “Legally Blonde 3.”

A busy character actress, Coolidge has long been a scene-stealer. She had memorable roles in Christopher Guest's improv mocumentary "Best in Show" and last year’s Christmas romantic comedy “Single All the Way." On television, she played provocative Polish neighbor Sophie Kachinsky on the sitcom "2 Broke Girls."

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Coolidge is a graduate of Norwell High School. She did summer stock at Priscilla Beach Theatre in Plymouth and trained at the legendary Los Angeles improv company The Groundlings, and has also appeared on the iconic sitcoms "Seinfeld," "Sex and the City" and "Friends." Her film work includes "Promising Young Woman," "Swan Song," "Like a Boss,"  “Mascots,” "Gentlemen Broncos," "Austenland" and "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

In 2002, she told Norwell High School graduates in her commencement address that she may be the only person ever to be fired from "Baywatch," and that she once lost an MTV job because she was in the bathroom. But those failures led to the role in "American Pie," she said. As a Norwell High student, Coolidge said she was someone who could have been voted "either most likely to fall asleep or fall down the stairs."

In other local Emmy connections, Netflix's "Selling Sunset," which follows elite L.A. real estate brokers, including Scituate native Emma Hernan, is nominated in the unstructured reality program category. Showtime's "Ray Donovan: The Movie" co-stars Brockton native Pooch Hall and is up for best television movie. It was partially filmed in South Boston.

The Emmy Awards will be handed out Sept. 12 and will air on NBC, with a host yet to be announced.

The 2022 Emmy nominees:

DRAMA SERIES

"Better Call Saul" (AMC)

"Euphoria" (HBO)

"Ozark" (Netflix)

"Severance" (Apple)

"Squid Game" (Netflix)

“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

"Succession" (HBO)

"Yellowjackets" (Showtime)

COMEDY SERIES

"Abbott Elementary" (ABC)

"Barry" (HBO)

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)

"Hacks" (HBO Max)

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

"Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)

"Ted Lasso" (Apple)

"What We Do in the Shadows" (FX)

LIMITED SERIES

"Dopesick" (Hulu)

"The Dropout" (Hulu) 

“Inventing Anna” (Netflix)

“Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)

"The White Lotus" (HBO)

LEAD ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES

Jodie Comer, "Killing Eve" (BBC America)

Laura Linney, "Ozark" (Netflix)

Melanie Lynskey, "Yellowjackets" (Showtime)

Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve" (BBC America)

Reese Witherspoon, "The Morning Show" (Apple)

Zendaya, "Euphoria" (HBO)

LEAD ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES

Jason Bateman, "Ozark" (Netflix)

Brian Cox, "Succession" (HBO)

Lee Jung-jae, "Squid Game" (Netflix)

Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul" (AMC)

Adam Scott, "Severance" (Apple)

Jeremy Strong, "Succession" (HBO)

LEAD ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES

Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)

Kaley Cuoco, "The Flight Attendant" (HBO Max)

Elle Fanning, “The Great” (Hulu)

Issa Rae, "Insecure" (HBO)

Jean Smart, "Hacks" (HBO Max)

LEAD ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES

Donald Glover, "Atlanta" (FX)

Bill Hader, "Barry" (HBO)

Nicholas Hoult, “The Great” (Hulu)

Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)

Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)

Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso" (Apple)

LEAD ACTRESS, LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

Toni Collette, “The Staircase” (HBO Max) 

Julia Garner, "Inventing Anna" (Netflix)

Lily James, "Pam & Tommy" (Hulu)

Sarah Paulson, “Impeachment: American Crime Story” (FX)

Margaret Qualley, "Maid" (Netflix)

Amanda Seyfried, "The Dropout" (Hulu)

LEAD ACTOR, LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

Colin Firth, "The Staircase" (HBO Max)

Andrew Garfield, "Under the Banner of Heaven" (Hulu)

Oscar Isaac, "Scenes from a Marriage" (HBO)

Michael Keaton, "Dopesick" (Hulu)

Himesh Patel, “Station Eleven” (HBO Max)

Sebastian Stan, "Pam & Tommy" (Hulu)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Patricia Arquette, “Severance” (Apple)

Julia Garner, “Ozark” (Netflix) 

Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game” (Netflix) 

Christina Ricci, “Yellowjackets” (Showtime) 

Rhea Seehorn, “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

J. Smith-Cameron, “Succession” (HBO) 

Sarah Snook, “Succession” (HBO)

Sydney Sweeney, “Euphoria” (HBO)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Nicholas Braun, “Succession” (HBO)

Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple)

Kieran Culkin, “Succession” (HBO)

Park Hae-soo, “Squid Game” (Netflix) 

Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession” (Netflix)

John Turturro, “Severance” (Apple) 

Christopher Walken, “Severance” (Apple) 

Oh Yeong-su, “Squid Game” (Netflix)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon) 

Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO)

Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Sarah Niles, “Ted Lasso” (Apple) 

Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Juno Temple, “Ted Lasso” (Apple) 

Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso” (Apple)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Carrigan, “Barry” (HBO)

Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso” (Apple)

Toheeb Jimoh, “Ted Lasso” (Apple)

Nick Mohammed, “Ted Lasso” (Apple) 

Tony Shalhoub, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon) 

Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

Henry Winkler, “Barry” (HBO)

Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

Connie Britton, “The White Lotus” (HBO) 

Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Alexandra Daddario, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Kaitlyn Dever, “Dopesick” (Hulu)

Natasha Rothwell, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Sydney Sweeney, “The White Lotus” (HBO)  

Mare Winningham, “Dopesick” (Hulu)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

Jake Lacy, “The White Lotus” (HBO) 

Will Poulter, “Dopesick” (Hulu) 

Seth Rogen, “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu) 

Peter Sarsgaard, “Dopesick” (Hulu) 

Michael Stuhlbarg, “Dopesick” (Hulu)

Steve Zahn, “The White Lotus” (HBO)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES 

“The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)

“Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC)

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)

OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM

“The Amazing Race” (CBS)

“Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime)

“Nailed It!” (Netflix)

“RuPaul's Drag Race” (VH1)

“Top Chef” (Bravo)

“The Voice” (NBC)

HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM

Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, “Queer Eye” (Netflix)

Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, “Making It” (NBC)

Nicole Byer, “Nailed It!” (Netflix)

Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, “Shark Tank” (ABC)

Padma Lakshmi, “Top Chef” (Bravo)

RuPaul, “RuPaul's Drag Race” (VH1)

VARIETY SPECIAL, PRE-RECORDED

"Adele: One Night Only" (CBS)

"Dave Chappelle: The Closer" (Netflix)

"Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts" (HBO)

"Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special" (Netflix)

"One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga" (CBS)

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