Will Elizabeth Olsen (‘Love and Death’) become the 34th performer with an Emmy win for David E. Kelley’s writing?
In the past four decades, David E. Kelley has written scripts for an astonishing 33 different performers to win Emmy Awards. Since a few of these actors and actresses have taken multiple trophies, the actual total number of victories is 41.
Will Elizabeth Olsen from “Love and Death” become the 34th Emmy champ in September? It could be the former “Avengers” star as Best Drama Actress or supporting players Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Tom Pelphrey and/or Jesse Plemons.
Kelley is an 11-time Emmy winner himself for producing and writing. His television career began with “L.A. Law” and continued with “Picket Fences,” “Chicago Hope,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal” and “Big Little Lies.” He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014.
Here is a summary of the previous Kelley wins in actor and actress categories:
DAVID E. KELLEY ACTING WINS (41 wins; 33 different people)
L.A. LAW (5 wins)
Alfre Woodard – Drama Guest Actress – 1987
Larry Drake – Drama Supporting Actor – 1988
Larry Drake – Drama Supporting Actor – 1989
Jimmy Smits – Drama Supporting Actor – 1990
Richard Dysart – Drama Supporting Actor – 1992
PICKET FENCES (10 wins)
Tom Skerritt – Drama Actor – 1993
Kathy Baker – Drama Actress – 1993
Fyvush Finkel – Drama Supporting Actor – 1994
Leigh Taylor-Young – Drama Supporting Actress – 1994
Richard Kiley – Drama Guest Actor – 1994
Kathy Baker – Drama Actress – 1995
Ray Walston – Drama Supporting Actor – 1995
Paul Winfield – Drama Guest Actor – 1995
Kathy Baker – Drama Actress – 1996
Ray Walston – Drama Supporting Actor – 1996
CHICAGO HOPE (3 wins)
Mandy Patinkin – Drama Actor – 1995
Hector Elizondo – Drama Supporting Actor – 1997
Christine Lahti – Drama Actress – 1998
THE PRACTICE (13 wins)
Camryn Manheim – Drama Supporting Actress – 1998
John Larroquette – Drama Guest Actor – 1998
Michael Badaluco – Drama Supporting Actor – 1999
Holland Taylor – Drama Supporting Actress – 1999
Edward Herrmann – Drama Guest Actor – 1999
James Whitmore – Drama Guest Actor – 2000
Beah Richards – Drama Guest Actress – 2000
Michael Emerson – Drama Guest Actor – 2001
Charles S. Dutton – Drama Guest Actor – 2002
Alfre Woodard – Drama Guest Actress – 2003
James Spader – Drama Actor – 2004
William Shatner – Drama Guest Actor – 2004
Sharon Stone – Drama Guest Actress – 2004
ALLY MCBEAL (2 wins)
Tracey Ullman – Comedy Guest Actress – 1999
Peter MacNicol – Comedy Supporting Actor – 2001
BOSTON LEGAL (4 wins)
James Spader – Drama Actor – 2005
William Shatner – Drama Supporting Actor – 2005
Christian Clemenson – Drama Guest Actor – 2006
James Spader – Drama Actor – 2007
HARRY’S LAW (1 win)
Paul McCrane – Drama Guest Actor – 2011
BIG LITTLE LIES (3 wins)
Nicole Kidman – Limited Actress – 2017
Laura Dern – Limited Supporting Actress – 2017
Alexander Skarsgard – Limited Supporting Actor) -2017
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