From June 12 to 23, 2025, voting is taking place for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which performers will be nominated for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Performers most likely to be nominated:
- Carrie Coon for HBO's The White Lotus
- Parker Posey for HBO's The White Lotus
- Allison Janney for Netflix's The Diplomat
- Aimee Lou Wood for HBO's The White Lotus
- Patricia Arquette for AppleTV+'s Severance
- Dichen Lachman for AppleTV+'s Severance
- Katherine LaNasa for Max's The Pitt
Serious threats that could break through:
- Natasha Rothwell, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Sarah Catherine Hook, Lalisa Manobal, Charlotte Le Bon and Lek Patravadi for HBO's The White Lotus
- Isabela Merced for HBO's The Last of Us
- Taylor Dearden, Tracy Ifeachor, Isa Briones, Fiona Dourif, Supriya Ganesh and Shabana Azeez for Max's The Pitt
- Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer, Ever Carradine and Amanda Brugel for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
- Julianne Nicholson, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Krys Marshall and Sarah Shahi for Hulu's Paradise
- Kristin Scott Thomas, Rosalind Eleazar, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Saskia Reeves for AppleTV+'s Slow Horses
- Sarah Lancashire for Netflix's Black Doves
- Eve Best and Olivia Cooke for HBO's House of the Dragon
- Kelly Macdonald, Kate Dickie and Leah Byrne for Netflix's Dept. Q
- Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler and Saura Lightfoot-Leon for Showtime's The Agency
- Sarah Bock and Jen Tullock for AppleTV+'s Severance
- Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Adria Arjona, Elizabeth Dulau and Faye Marsay for Disney+'s Andor
- Kang Ae-sim and Park Gyu-young for Netflix's Squid Game
- Ali Ahn for Netflix's The Diplomat
Some considerable long-shots:
- Christina Ricci, Sophie Thatcher, Lauren Ambrose, Courtney Eaton, Samantha Hanratty, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sarah Desjardins and Ashley Sutton for Showtime's Yellowjackets
- Meghann Fahy, Dakota Fanning, Donna Lynne Champlin and Eve Hewson for Netflix's The Perfect Couple
- Skye P. Marshall and Leah Lewis for CBS' Matlock
- Sarah Goldberg for HBO's Industry
- Úrsula Corberó for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal
- Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Aimee Carrero, Lena Hall and Kitty Hawthorne for AppleTV+'s Your Friends & Neighbors
- Fiona Shaw, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle and Thaddea Graham for AppleTV+'s Bad Sisters
- Nicole Kidman, Genesis Rodriguez and Laylsa De Oliveira for Paramount+'s Lioness
- Jennifer Carpenter, Julia Schlaepfer and Aminah Nieves for Paramount+'s 1923
- Helen Mirren, Joanne Froggatt, Mandeep Dhillon, Jasmine Jobson and Lara Pulver for Paramount+'s MobLand
- Demi Moore, Paulina Chávez, Michelle Randolph and Kayla Wallace for Paramount+'s Landman
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Milian and Molly Brown for Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin
- Adjoa Andoh, Golda Rosheuvel and Claudia Jessie for Netflix's Bridgerton
- Anna Sawai and Youn Yuh-Jung for AppleTV+'s Pachinko
Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:
- Lesley Manville, Micaela Diamond, Raven Goodwin and Brooke Smith for FX's Grotesquerie
- Jessica Matten, Jenna Elfman and Deanna Allison for AMC's Dark Winds
- Anna Camp and Madeline Brewer for Netflix's You
- Delainey Hayles for AMC's Interview With the Vampire
- Olivia Williams for HBO's Dune: Prophecy
- Christine Lahti and Andrea Martin for Paramount+'s Evil
- Karen Pittman and Xosha Roquemore for Netflix's Forever
- Ayelet Zurer and Deborah Ann Woll for Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again
- Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga for AppleTV+'s Dark Matter
- Amy Brenneman and Alia Shawkat for FX's The Old Man
- Carra Patterson for CBS' Elsbeth
- Jessica De Gouw for Starz's The Couple Next Door
The nominations for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 15. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony airing on CBS and Paramount+ and hosted by stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze on Sunday, September 14.