2024 Emmy Predictions: Best Comedy Supporting Actress
Before you make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Comedy Supporting Actress, take a look through our photo gallery featuring the ladies most likely to land in the lineup. Since last year’s winner – Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”) – is now campaigning as a lead, this race is wide open to an array of possible newcomers, past contenders, and even a few former winners.
At this point, the clear frontrunner is potential category first-timer Meryl Streep (“Only Murders in the Building”), who previously achieved two Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actress wins for “Holocaust” (1978) and “Angels in America” (2004). Hoping to challenge her are three of Edebiri’s “The Bear” cast mates: Liza Colon-Zayas, Abby Elliott, and Molly Gordon.
Of Edebiri’s six 2023 competitors, only two – “Abbott Elementary” pair Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph – are involved in the current race. Ralph took this prize for the same series in 2022, defeating Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”), who is now looking to make a comeback following her show’s brief hiatus.
Past winners who could now be nominated for different series include Bebe Neuwirth (“Julia”; formerly of “Cheers”), Laurie Metcalf (“The Conners”; “Roseanne”), Cynthia Nixon (“And Just Like That”; “Sex and the City”), and Allison Janney (“Palm Royale”; “Mom”).
Actresses seeking bids for new comedy series include Carol Burnett and Laura Dern of “Palm Royale” and Joely Richardson and Kaya Scodelario of “The Gentlemen.”
Frontrunners
Meryl Streep, “Only Murders in the Building”
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Abby Elliott, “The Bear”
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
Liza Colon-Zayas, “The Bear”
Allison Janney, “Palm Royale”
Lisa Ann Walter, “Abbott Elementary”
Strong Contenders
Molly Gordon, “The Bear”
Carol Burnett, “Palm Royale”
Ego Nwodim, “Saturday Night Live”
Susie Essman, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Paulina Alexis, “Reservation Dogs”
Paula Pell, “Girls5eva”
Laura Dern, “Palm Royale”
Meg Stalter, “Hacks”
Possible Contenders
Bebe Neuwirth, “Julia”
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, “Loot”
Danielle Pinnock, “Ghosts”
Busy Philipps, “Girls5eva”
Judith Light, “Julia”
Linda Emond, “Only Murders in the Building”
Chloe Fineman, “Saturday Night Live”
Joely Richardson, “The Gentlemen”
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