Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or TV Movie Emmys 2021 Predictions & Contenders

Sophie Turner was cast in a role in the upcoming HBO Max limited series "The Staircase," which chronicles the real-life death of Kathleen Peterson that sent her family into a years-long court battle.  The case was previously covered in a French documentary also titled "The Staircase," which came out in 2004 and received multiple follow-ups that were eventually released on Netflix.

Sophie Turner has joined the cast of the scripted limited series adaptation of “The Staircase” at HBO Max, the streamer announced Tuesday.Turner joins Colin Firth and Toni Collette in the series from Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn. Campos will direct six of the eight episodes and co-write the series with Cohn.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

48th Daytime Emmy Awards will soon be revealed, but in the meantime, only ET can share with you the nominees for two major categories. Drew Barrymore of and Sean Evans of are both first-time nominees in the Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host category.As for Outstanding Performance By a Lead Actress in a Drama Series, all the actresses chosen this year have been nominated several times before, with Melissa Claire Egan of being the only performer who has yet to win.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

If any of the acting categories for the Limited Series or TV Movie contenders are in flux it’s the race for the Lead Actor Emmy.

Six slots and only one Emmys lock. Yep, the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie category is essentially wide open.

Was it Kathryn Hahn all along? That’s the big question regarding this year’s Emmy category for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series. Can anyone seriously stop the “WandaVision” scene-stealer from winning her first Emmy Award on her second nomination? And, sure, she’ll get some legitimate competition from “Small Axe’s” Letitia Wright and “Mare of Easttown’s” Jean Smart.

Naya Rivera's ex-husband Ryan Dorsey paid a touching tribute to the late actress as the US celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday.The former Glee star tragically drowned at the age of 33 last July, with her body being found days after she was reported missing during a boat trip on Lake Piru with her five year old son, Josey. Less than a year after her sad death, Ryan has taken to social media to share an adorable image of Naya and their son Josey to his 167,000 Instagram followers to mark the day.

There isn’t a lot of middle ground this Emmy season. Either a category is insanely competitive or so wide open that contenders one might have considered fringe candidates any other year have a good shot at a nomination.