2024 Emmy Experts predict Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress: Jessica Gunning (‘Baby Reindeer’) will claim victory
Having trouble predicting who will win Best Movie/Limited Supporting 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 Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”). The other potential nominees, per the Experts’ current racetrack odds, are Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“Fargo”), Diane Lane (“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”), Aja Naomi King (“Lessons in Chemistry”) and Nava Mau (“Baby Reindeer”).
As of this writing, a leading 11 out of our 18 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Gunning for “Baby Reindeer”: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TVLine), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) and Thelma Adams (Gold Derby). The English actress plays Martha Scott, whose overt flirtation with Richard Gadd‘s Donny Dunn kicks off an unexpected story over the course of seven episodes. This would be the first major awards notice for Gunning.
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Four of our Emmyologists — Ben Travers (Indiewire), Eric Deggans (NPR), Kelly Lawler (USA Today) and Shawn Edwards (WDAF-TV Fox) — instead believe Reis will prevail for “True Detective: Night Country.” Her character of Trooper Evangeline Navarro constantly spars with Jodie Foster‘s Chief Liz Danvers, as they’re both tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of multiple missing research scientists in Alaska. Reis’ prior claim to fame on the awards circuit was at the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards for “Catch the Fair One” (2021).
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Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV) stands alone in putting Leigh at the top of his predictions for “Fargo.” She plays billionaire CEO Lorraine Lyon on Season 5 of FX’s anthology series, who’s the mother-in-law of Juno Temple‘s Dorothy “Dot” Lyon. This would mark Leigh’s first career Emmy nomination, though she also has an Oscar bid to her name for “The Hateful Eight” (2015).
Finally, Emmy Expert Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby) goes out on a limb for Lane for “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.” She inhabits the real-life part of Slim Keith, one of the many socialites who gets into drama surrounding author Truman Capote (Tom Hollander). Lane is a former Best Actress Oscar nominee for “Unfaithful” (2002), as well as a two-time Emmy contender for “Lonesome Dove” (1989) and “Cinema Verite” (2011), though she’s never won.
Also looking strong in our pundits’ rankings is King for “Lessons in Chemistry.” Already this awards season, the former “How to Get Away with Murder” actress has garnered bids at the Critics Choice Awards and Image Awards for her role as Harriet Sloane, the next door neighbor and best friend of Brie Larson‘s Elizabeth Zott.
Some of the most recent Emmy winners in the Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress category include Niecy Nash-Betts (“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) in 2023, Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”) in 2022, Julianne Nicholson (“Mare of Easttown”) in 2021, Uzo Aduba (“Mrs. America”) in 2020 and Patricia Arquette (“The Act”) 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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