It’s her first Emmy nomination for her final TV role
Carrie Fisher has received a posthumousEmmy nominationfor her work in the Amazon romantic comedy seriesCatastrophe.
The actress,who died at 60 after suffering a heart attack in December, is nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category for her final TV role as Mia, Robs (Rob Delaney) mother.
She had been nominated twice before at the Emmys, in 2011 for her comedy specialWishful Drinkingand in 2008 for her guest actress turn on30 Rock.
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The actress, along with her mother, Hollywood legendDebbie Reynolds, who died the day after Fisher, was also the subject ofBright Lights, which received a pair of Emmy nominations as well: one for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, and the other for Outstanding Directing for a Nonfiction Program.
Very happy and sad and proud and messed up and delighted about our friend Carrie Fishers nomination,Catastrophestar Sharon Horgan wrote on Twitter.
The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live nationwide on CBS.
