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10.08.2020 / 21:23
First-Time Emmy Nominee Mamoudou Athie On Learning From First Lead Role In ‘Oh Jerome, No’ & Awaiting ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Shoot In Quarantine
Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineAn esteemed up-and-coming actor known for turns in films including Patti Cake$, Unicorn Store and The Front Runner, Mamoudou Athie recently earned his first Emmy nomination for short-form series Oh Jerome, No, though he could never have anticipated this result.A recurring segment within Cake—a short-form comedy anthology, which premiered on FXX last fall—the series centers on Jerome, an overly sensitive young man living out a series of bizarre scenarios in