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Here's What Some of This Year's Emmy Nominees Won Their Very First Emmys for

Everyone's gotta start somewhere and these Emmy veterans have the awards to prove it
By Andrea Wurzburger
September 22, 2019 04:20 PM
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Sterling K. Brown

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/Movie, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, in 2016

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, This Is Us

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Viola Davis

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, How to Get Away with Murder, in 2015

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, How to Get Away with Murder

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Laura Linney

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Movie, Wild Iris, in 2002

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Ozark

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Ted Danson

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Cheers, in 1990

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, The Good Place

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Michael Douglas

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, Behind the Candelabra, in 2013

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, The Kominsky Method

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Bill Hader

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Animated Program, South Park, in 2009

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Barry

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Christina Applegate

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Friends, 2003

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Dead to Me

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Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara (Check Them Out in the Front Row!) 

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What They Both Won Their First Emmys for: Outstanding Writer for a Variety Series, SCTV Network 90, in 1982

What They're Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series, Schitt’s Creek

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Rachel Brosnahan

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, in 2018

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Seinfeld, in 1996

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, Veep

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Patricia Arquette

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Medium, in 2005

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, Escape at Dannemora & Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, The Act

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Peter Dinklage

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Game of Thrones, in 2011

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Game of Thrones & Outstanding Television Movie (as Executive Producer), My Dinner with Hervé

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Tony Hale

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Veep, in 2013

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Veep

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Tony Shalhoub

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Monk, in 2003

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Henry Winkler

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Barry, in 2018

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Barry

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Alex Borstein

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, in 2018

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Kate McKinnon

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, SNL, in 2015

What She’s Nominated For: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, SNL

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John Leguizamo

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program, John Leguizamo: Freak, in 1999

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, When They See Us

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Patricia Clarkson

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Six Feet Under, in 2002

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, Sharp Objects

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Ron Cephas Jones

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, This Is Us, in 2018

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, This Is Us

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Glynn Turman

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, In Treatment, in 2008

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, How to Get Away with Murder

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Bradley Whitford

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What He Won His First Emmy For: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, The West Wing, in 2001

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, The Handmaid’s Tale

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Cherry Jones

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, 24, in 2009

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, The Handmaid’s Tale

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Jessica Lange

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, Grey Gardens, in 2009

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, American Horror Story: Apocalypse

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Cicely Tyson

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Best Lead Actress in a Drama, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, in 1974

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, How to Get Away with Murder

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Peter MacNicol

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Ally McBeal, in 2001

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Veep

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John Mulaney

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What He Won His First Emmy for: Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, SNL (The Justin Timberlake Monologue), in 2011

What He’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, SNL

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Jane Lynch

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Glee, in 2010

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

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Emma Thompson

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What She Won Her First Emmy for: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Ellen, in 1998

What She’s Nominated for This Year: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, SNL

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1 of 29 Sterling K. Brown
2 of 29 Viola Davis
3 of 29 Laura Linney
4 of 29 Ted Danson
5 of 29 Michael Douglas
6 of 29 Bill Hader
7 of 29 Christina Applegate
8 of 29 Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara (Check Them Out in the Front Row!) 
9 of 29 Rachel Brosnahan
10 of 29 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
11 of 29 Patricia Arquette
12 of 29 Peter Dinklage
13 of 29 Tony Hale
14 of 29 Tony Shalhoub
15 of 29 Henry Winkler
16 of 29 Alex Borstein
17 of 29 Kate McKinnon
18 of 29 John Leguizamo
19 of 29 Patricia Clarkson
20 of 29 Ron Cephas Jones
21 of 29 Glynn Turman
22 of 29 Bradley Whitford
23 of 29 Cherry Jones
24 of 29 Jessica Lange
25 of 29 Cicely Tyson
26 of 29 Peter MacNicol
27 of 29 John Mulaney
28 of 29 Jane Lynch
29 of 29 Emma Thompson

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