2023 Emmys: How much screen time does each Best Drama Supporting Actress nominee have?

With her 2022 Emmy win for “Ozark,” Julia Garner joined an elite group of three-time Best Drama Supporting Actress victors that had previously only consisted of Ellen Corby (“The Waltons”) and Nancy Marchand (“Lou Grant”). Her last TV academy honor for the Netflix series (following her first two in 2019 and 2020) was specifically for her performance in the mid-fourth season finale, “Sanctified,” which featured her on screen for nearly 14 minutes, or just under one quarter of the episode. Since her character’s story ended well over a year ago, the category in which she never failed is guaranteed to see a first-time winner with a significantly different amount of screen time.

With regard to the episodes they have submitted for voter consideration, this year’s eight dramatic supporting ladies have a screen time average of 12 minutes and 42 seconds, or 20.47% of their chosen installments’ running times. Compared to their male counterparts, their means are 45 seconds and 1.72% larger. This data was compiled using a basic definition of stand-alone screen time, which is essentially any time a particular actor can be seen on screen or heard off screen. Contiguous moments involving the performer silently and non-visibly remaining in scenes were not factored in.

The actress in this group with the lowest amount of screen time is returning nominee J. Smith-Cameron, whose performance in the “Living+” episode of HBO’s “Succession” amounts to just four minutes and 14 seconds (or 6.75%), making it the sixth shortest Emmy-nominated turn of the year after those of five guest actors. Over half of her time is contained within one three-minute-long scene in which her and lead contender Kieran Culkin’s characters engage in a fateful confrontation.

Next in this screen time catalog are four actresses from the second season of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” all of whom are completely new to the Emmys. The first, Meghann Fahy, appears in six minutes and 16 seconds (or 8.13%) of the closing chapter, “Arrivederci,” while Sabrina Impacciatore directly follows with eight minutes and 10 seconds (or 13.04%) in “Abductions.” The other two – Simona Tabasco and Aubrey Plaza – both submitted “That’s Amore,” in which their respective screen times add up to 10 minutes and 16 seconds (16.77%) and 11 minutes and 35 seconds (18.92%).

This list continues with Elizabeth Debicki of Netflix’s “The Crown” and her 15-minute and 15-second (or 30.28%) turn in the fifth season’s penultimate episode, “Couple 31.” After her, with more time but a lower percentage, is Jennifer Coolidge, who won last year’s limited series supporting award for her 11 and a half minutes of work in the “Mysterious Monkeys” episode of “The White Lotus” and is now seeking this honor for her 19-minute and seven-second (or 24.81%) “Arrivederci” performance. Rounding out the group is repeat contender Rhea Seehorn, whose time in the “Waterworks” episode of AMC’s “Better Call Saul” amounts to 26 minutes and five seconds (or 45.09%). In terms of raw numbers, her performance is the second largest in any of the 2023 supporting lineups, after that of comedic actress Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”).

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