When the nominations for the 2020 Emmys were announced this morning, we were happy to see so many names of dynamic women our own age. It's supposedly the New Golden Age of Television, but it's also the Golden Age of Actresses of a Certain Age. Women over 45 made up 53 percent of all actress nominations.
Some of the nominees are usual suspects. Dame Meryl's role as a creepily controlling mother-in-law in the second season of Big Little Lies almost guaranteed that she would extend her Oscar dominance into the smaller-screen acting awards. In fact, many Academy Award winners are on this year's 2020 Emmy nomination list: Regina King for Watchmen; Olivia Coleman strutting her royal stuff once again, this time as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown rather than her Oscar-winning role as Queen Anne in The Favourite; Cate Blanchette, nominated for playing against type as Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs. America; Octavia Spencer for Self Made, and Laura Dern for Big Little Lies.
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