McDormand stars as the title character in the adaptation of Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a middle school math teacher (the titular Olive) and her turbulent marriage to husband Henry (Jenkins) in their sleepy Maine shore town.
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Cholodenko, an Oscar-nominee for The Kids Are All Right, won, screenwriter Jane Anderson won, actors Frances McDormand (who is now a Grammy away from EGOT-ing), Richard Jenkins, and sadly absent Bill Murray won, and the miniseries won for best limited-series, besting well-received Wolf Hall and The Honorable Woman.
So Frances McDormand, what do you really think of the 2015 Emmy Awards? First, that miniseries’ six statuettes helped HBO somewhat compensate for “Game of Thrones” winning a boatload of awards for its weakest – and, some argue, most misogynistic – season yet. Even better, of the six actresses in her category, half were black.
“My colleagues have already given thank you’s that need to be said”, she explained to the audience. “We’re all here because of the power of a story well told”. “I want to say thank you Frances McDormand for this opportunity and calling me and saying I want you to come on this journey with me”.
As far as the Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Series or Movie is concerned, Regina King registered a victory for her role as Aliyah Shadeed in “American Crime“. She’ll be hosting this baby soon enough.
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At the same time, the Colbert/Corden/Kimmel/Meyers etc. parade made it painfully obvious that late night remains a stronghold of straight white dudeness.
