2025 Emmy Nominations: The Penguin, TLOU, Andor, & More

The 2025 Emmy nominations are here. The Bear, The Pitt, and additional star-studded series and prestige dramas led the race as expected. But with so many impressive geeky television releases in 2025, a lot of our favorite fandoms made the list, too. Dune: Prophecy, Star Wars: Andor™, The Last of Us, The Penguin, and more scored plenty of recognition with their incredible cast members and writing. Plus, we got tons of nerdy animated nods with The Simpsons, Invincible, and Love, Death + Robots, among others.

Join us below as we round up all the geeky nominations from this year’s Emmy Awards. Plus, we’ve picked out a few additional noteworthy nods from geek-adjacent actors and properties, so you have someone to root for in every category.

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The Penguin

The Penguin is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Deirdre O’Connell
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Colin Farrell
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Cristin Milioti
• Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
• Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
• Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie — “Top Hat”
• Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie — “A Great Or Little Thing”
• Outstanding Directing For a Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie — “Cent’anni” and “A Great Or Little Thing”
• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie — “Bliss,” “Cent’anni,” and “A Great Or Little Thing”
• Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling — “Cent’anni”
• Outstanding Title Design
• Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) — “Cent’anni”
• Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup — “After Hours”
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) — “After Hours”

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Andor

Andor is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
• Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour) — “Harvest”
• Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes — “Harvest”
• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series — “Who Are You?”
• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series — “Who Are You?”
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) — “Who Are You?”
• Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics — “Who Are You?”
• Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series — Forest Whitaker
• Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance — Alan Tudyk

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Black Mirror

Black Mirror is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Rashida Jones
• Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
• Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) — “Hotel Reverie” and “USS Callister”

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Severance

Severance is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, and John Turturro
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Patricia Arquette
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — Britt Lower
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Adam Scott
• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
• Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
• Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming
• Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (One Hour) — “Hello, Ms. Cobel”
• Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series — “Chikhai Bardo” and “Cold Harbor”
• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series — “Attila,” “Chikhai Bardo,” and “Cold Harbor”
• Outstanding Title Design
• Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) — “Cold Harbor”
• Outstanding Music Supervision — “Cold Harbor”

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The Last of Us

The Last of Us is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — Bella Ramsey
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series — Pedro Pascal
• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
• Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series — “Through The Valley”
• Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) — “Day One”
• Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup — “Feel Her Love”
• Outstanding Music Supervision — “The Price”
• Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series — Catherine O’Hara
• Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series — Jeffrey Wright and Joe Pantoliano

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What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Comedy Series
• Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
• Outstanding Picture Editing For A Single Camera Comedy Series — “The Finale”
• Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
• Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

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Arcane

Arcane is nominated in the following Emmy categories:

• Outstanding Animated Program

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Additional Noteworthy Noms

• You know Ruth Negga from Preacher and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ruth is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in Presumed Innocent.
• Also for Presumed Innocent, Jake Gyllenhaal could win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Jake was Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
• Brian Tyree Henry is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Dope Thief. He played Phastos in Eternals.
• Cate Blanchett (Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings and Hela in Thor: Ragnarok) is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her work in Disclaimer.
• The Ghoul from Fallout, AKA Walton Goggins, is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in The White Lotus.

& Even More Nominations!

• Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, Star Trek, Star Wars™) competes with his White Lotus co-star for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
• James Marsden is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Paradise. James played Cyclops in the first X-Men movie series.
• Gary Oldman (Dracula, DC’s The Dark Knight) could pick up Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Slow Horses.
• Famously known for Han Solo and Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford earned his first-ever Emmy nomination. He is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Shrinking.
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach will soon hit the big screen as The Thing in The Fantastic Four: The First Steps. For now, Ebon is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in The Bear.
• Catherine O’Hara, beloved for her role in Beetlejuice, is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in The Studio (in addition to her TLOU nomination).

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Of course, our list isn’t entirely comprehensive. Doctor Who and Agatha All Along got a couple nods, after all, and so did the Game of Thrones spin-off series House of The Dragon. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is on the list. Interview with the Vampire surprisingly got very few nods, though it at least dominated the hair and makeup categories. The Boys even made it here — as well as Marvel’s What If…? animated TV series.

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