Sydney Sweeney’s Double Emmy Nomination Shows She Is One Of The Biggest Rising Stars
There weren’t a great deal of surprises in this year’s Emmy nominations. Succession, Ted Lasso, and The White Lotus were the most recognised, as was expected. Killing Eve’s two leads were nominated after the final season, Squid Game leads all got nods, as did the aforementioned shows, while Marvel put in a middling performance after WandaVision’s nomination domination last year. The big story of the day though was The White Lotus’ own Sydney Sweeney, reiterating that she is one of the biggest rising stars around today.
In the mix of expected sweeps, it’s worth noting a particular couple of snubs. Selena Gomez is nominated as a producer but not as a performer, despite her two co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin getting nods. Sadie Sink missing out for Stranger Things was also something of a surprise, while Millie Bobby Brown also missed out. It’s possible they got in each others’ way, but after seeing Squid Game, Succession, and Only Murders having multiple noms in the same category, perhaps that’s wishful thinking.
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Back to Sydney Sweeney. The young actor was nominated for two separate performances, one in Drama for Euphoria and one in Comedy for The White Lotus. Zendaya made history in the first season of Euphoria as the youngest woman ever nominated as a lead, but there was also a sense that the show was written for her alone. Aside from arguably Hunter Schafer, no one really had a chance for a nomination in season one. Though season two felt a little messier all over, it also used its cast far more. Schafer was disappointingly sidelined on occasion, but Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi,
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