And the Nominees Should Be…
Emmys voting begins on June 12, but ahead of the nominations reveal on July 13 (and the awards themselves on Sept. 12), Entertainment Weekly polled its television experts to select their picks for the 2017 nominees for Best Actress in a Comedy.
Only five or six actresses will make the final list, but we counted nine worthy performances for your consideration…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish, ABC)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix)
Issa Rae (Insecure, HBO)
Allison Janney (Mom, CBS)
Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce, HBO)
Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The CW)
Pamela Adlon (Better Things, FX)
Alia Shawkat (Search Party, TBS)
Kelsey McNeal/ABC; Anne Marie Fox/HBO; Michael Desmond/The CW
Justin M. Lubin/HBO
Kelsey McNeal/ABC
Eric Liebowitz / Netflix
Anne Marie Fox/HBO
Robert Voets/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Craig Blankenhorn/HBO
Michael Desmond/The CW
Jessica Brooks/FX
Macall Polay/TBS
