Emmy Predictions 2025 - Who Will Likely Be Nominated for Guest Actress in a Drama Series?
"The Last of Us" and "Severance" appear likely for multiple nominations.
From June 12 to 23, 2025, voting is taking place for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which performers will be nominated for Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Performers most likely to be nominated:
Kaitlyn Dever for HBO's The Last of Us
Catherine O'Hara for HBO's The Last of Us
Cherry Jones for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
Merritt Wever for AppleTV+'s Severance
Gwendoline Christie for AppleTV+'s Severance
Serious threats that could break through:
Hilary Swank, Simone Kessell and Ella Purnell for Showtime's Yellowjackets
Jane Alexander, Sandra Bernhard and Sydney Cole Alexander for AppleTV+'s Severance
Tracey Ullman for Netflix's Black Doves
D'Arcy Carden for Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
Rebecca Tilney, Stacie Greenwell and Arun Storrs for Max's The Pitt
Some considerable long-shots:
Laurie Metcalf, Mary-Louise Parker, Tracey Ullman, Pamela Adlon, Vanessa Bayer, Laura Benanti, Gloria Reuben, Vanessa Williams, Jordana Brewster, Meredith Holzman, Alyssa Milano, Brittany O'Grady and Molly Price for CBS' Elsbeth
Varada Sethu for Disney+'s Andor
Julie Hagerty and Yael Grobglas for CBS' Matlock
Katie Dickie for Peacock's The Day of the Jackal
Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:
Nicola Coughlan for Disney+'s Doctor Who
Zora Casebere for Netflix's Forever
Jenn Lyon for Paramount+'s Happy Face
Sohina Sidhu for Paramount+'s Evil
The nominations for The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 15. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony airing on CBS and Paramount+ and hosted by stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze on Sunday, September 14.