Bella Ramsey’s Emmy Nom Reminds Us the Fight for Representation Isn’t Over
Nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, July 12. As usual, HBO’s killer lineup dominated; shows like Succession, The White Lotus, and The Last of Us cleaned up with nominations in nearly every category. This should surprise no one paying attention to the television landscape. What came as a surprise was one of the nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama Series.
So, yes, Bella Ramsey chose to be nominated in the Actress category. Regardless of the quality of their performances, nonbinary actors have struggled to choose between the arbitrary categories despite neither being accurate. Several have removed themselves from consideration for awards because they cannot make the choice.
Screen acting awards are not the only site of this struggle. This year’s Tony Awards grabbed attention for the variety of choices made by nonbinary actors. Justin David Sullivan, a nonbinary actor cast in a nonbinary role in & Juliet, chose not to be considered because they could not choose a category to compete in.
While it would be naïve to say that Mazin’s concern is without merit, it paints a more dire picture than necessary. Award shows big and small have pivoted to gender-neutral performance awards. The Grammys did away with gender distinction in vocal awards over a decade ago to so little fanfare it’s been all but forgotten. The TV Critics Association Awards have always been genderless. The MTV Movie Awards dropped gendered acting awards back in 2017.
If award shows want to grant four discrete acting awards, they can. There’s no reason these four must be gendered. Giving out an award each year to a breakout actor is an option; the Spirit Awards implemented in their first gender-free acting year . Screen acting awards can take a page from SAG and grant awards for ensemble performances. Other solutions to the gender dilemma in awards include expanding genre-based awards beyond “drama” and “comedy.
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