Emmy nominations 2022: Australia’s Toni Collette, Sarah Snook and Murray Bartlett up for awards

Toni Collette is one of several Australians who could nab one of the US’ most prestigious awards after being nominated for an Emmy.

Australian actor Toni Collette, whose breakthrough role was in Muriel’s Wedding, has been nominated for a prestigious Emmy US TV award.

Fellow Aussies Sarah Snook and Murray Bartlett are also in the running for gongs.

And in other Aussie updates, it was also good news for Foxtel, with 139 Emmy nominations going to stars and shows featured on the network.

The Emmy Award nominations were announced in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, New York time. Comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor JB Smoove hosted the telecast alongside Melissa Fumero who starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

The Emmy Awards will air locally on Foxtel on Tuesday, September 13 at 10am AEST, with an encore screening at 8:30pm AEST.

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Australian actor Toni Collette has been nominated for an Emmy for her role in The Staircase. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Aussies nominated for Emmys

Squid Game, Stranger Things and Severance were among the high profile shows nominated for awards.

Overall however it was HBO’s Succession, the epic drama of the machinations swirling around the Logan clan, that swept the nominations claiming 25 overall.

South Australian Sarah Snook who plays patriarch Logan Roy’s scheming daughter Shiv is nominated in the best supporting drama actress category.

Soccer comedy Ted Lasso received 20 nominations with surprise hit The White Lotus, about the travails of guests and staff at a dysfunctional Hawaii hotel, also garnering 20.

Murray Bartlett, from Sydney, is rewarded with a nomination in the category for best supporting actor in a limited series for his acclaimed portrayal of troubled hotel manager Armond in The White Lotus.

Australian Succession actor Sarah Snook is also up for an Emmy. Picture: HBO.

Collette, who also starred in highly rated horror flick Hereditary, received a nod in the best actress in a limited series category for her role in The Staircase.

The drama series, which aired on Foxtel in Australia, is based on the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson at the bottom of the staircase in her North Carolina home.

Her husband Michael was subsequently sent to prison for her murder. But this was later downgraded to a manslaughter charge and Michael was freed continuing to protest his innocence.

Colin Firth, who played Michael, was nominated in the best actor category.

Both Toni Collette and her co-star Colin Firth are nominated for The Staircase (above).

Collette will have to triumph over Pam & Tommy’s Lily James and Impeachment’s Sarah Paulson to claim the Emmy. But if she does win at September’s ceremony it will be the second of her career after securing a Primetime Emmy in 2009 for her leading role in comedy series The United States of Tara.

Hyper violent Korean drama Squid Game, which millions globally gorged on as lockdowns hit, is up for best drama, as is fan favourite Stranger Things.

Succession, mafia drama Ozark and Pam & Tommy all received multiple nominations.

The Emmys will take place in September. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

NOMINEES IN SELECTED EMMY AWARD CATEGORIES

Best variety talk series

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Late Night With Seth Meyers

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Best reality competition program

The Amazing Race

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

Nailed It!

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Top Chef

The Voice USA

Ru Paul's Drag Race is nominated for an Emmy for best reality show.

Best comedy series

Abbott Elementary

Barry

Kerb Your Enthusiasm

Hacks

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Only Murders in the Building

Ted Lasso

What We Do in the Shadows

Best actress in a comedy series

Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning – The Great

Issa Rae – Insecure

Jean Smart – Hacks

Best actor in a comedy series

Donald Glover- Atlanta

Bill Hader – Barry

Nicholas Hoult – The Great

Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis (centre) garnered 20 nominations.

Best supporting actress in a comedy series

Alex Borstein – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Hannah Einbinder – Hacks

Janelle James – Abbott Elementary

Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live

Sarah Niles – Ted Lasso

Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary

Juno Temple – Ted Lasso

Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso

Best supporting actor in a comedy series

Anthony Carrigan – Barry

Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso

Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso

Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso

Tony Shalhoub – The Marvellous Mrs Maisel

Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Henry Winkler – Barry

Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

Jean Smart (right) is nominated as best comedy actress for Hacks (Photo by: HBOMax)

Best limited or anthology series

Dopesick

The Dropout

Inventing Anna

Pam & Tommy

The White Lotus

Best actor in a limited series, movie or anthology

Colin Firth – The Staircase

Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven

Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage

Michael Keaton – Dopesick

Himesh Patel – Station Eleven

Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy

Best actress in a limited series, movie or anthology

Toni Collette – The Staircase

Julia Garner – Inventing Anna

Lily James – Pam & Tommy

Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story

Margaret Qualley – Maid

Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout

The White Lotus, starring Australia’s Murray Bartlett (right), is nominated for best limited series.

Best supporting actress in a limited series or movie

Connie Britton – The White Lotus

Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus

Alexandra Daddario – The White Lotus

Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick

Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus

Sydney Sweeney – The White Lotus

Mare Winningham – Dopesick

Best supporting actor in a limited series or movie

Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus

Jake Lacy – The White Lotus

Will Poulter – Dopesick

Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy

Peter Sarsgaard – Dopesick

Michael Stuhlbarg – Dopesick

Steve Zahn – The White Lotus

Stranger Things is also in the running for a gong.

Best drama series

Better Call Saul

Euphoria

Ozark

Severance

Squid Game

Stranger Things

Succession

Yellowjackets

Best actress in a drama series

Jodie Comer – Killing Eve

Laura Linney – Ozark

Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets

Sandra Oh – Killing Eve

Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show

Zendaya – Euphoria

Jason Bateman and Laura Linney were both nominated for their leading roles in the series Ozark. Picture: Supplied

Best actor in a drama series

Jason Bateman – Ozark

Brian Cox – Succession

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul

Adam Scott – Severance

Jeremy Strong – Succession

The cast of Succession at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Santa Monica, California. The show is nominated for three Emmys. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Best supporting actress in a drama series

Patricia Arquette – Severance

Julia Garner – Ozark

Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game

Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets

Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul

J. Smith-Cameron – Succession

Sarah Snook – Succession

Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria

Best supporting actor in a drama series

Nicholas Braun – Succession

Billy Crudup – The Morning Show

Kieran Culkin – Succession

Park Hae-soo – Squid Game

Matthew Macfadyen – Succession

John Turturro – Severance

Christopher Walken – Severance

Oh Yeong-su – Squid Game

Originally published as Emmy nominations 2022: Australia’s Toni Collette, Sarah Snook and Murray Bartlett up for awards