Emmy Awards 2011: Presenters Will Arnett & Amy Poehler + Ashton Kutcher
Emmy nominees Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Sofia Vergara and Julianna Margulies will be presenters at the Sept. 18 Emmy Awards ceremony. Also presenting will be Ashton Kutcher and Zooey Deschanel.
Amy Poehler (Wild Girls Gone, Baby Mama) is up for two Emmys, as Lead Actress and producer of the comedy series Parks and Recreation. Will Arnett (Horton Hears a Who!, Monsters vs. Aliens), who happens to be Poehler’s husband, is in the running as Guest Actor in a Comedy for 30 Rock. Sofia Vergara, one of the featured players in the international box office blockbuster The Smurfs, is a Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy nominee for Modern Family. Last year’s winner Julianna Margulies (City Island, Snakes on a Plane) is once again a nominee for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife.
No Strings Attached’s Ashton Kutcher and (500) Days of Summer’s Zooey Deschanel star in two new series, Two and a Half Men and New Girl, respectively.
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live at 8pm ET on Fox.
Watch the Emmys Online Livestream Behind the Scenes
Jane Lynch will be hosting the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards this evening at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The Emmy telecast will be aired live on Fox at 8 ET/5 PT. You can also watch backstage at the Emmys online, as comedian Michael Kosta will be hosting a livestream of the event (see below).
In addition to her hosting duties, Lynch is a nominee in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy category, along with veteran Betty White, Hot in Cleveland; Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara, Modern Family; Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live; and Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock.
Among the “movie actors” nominated in the various television categories is Best Actress Oscar winner Kate Winslet, up for an Emmy in the Outstanding Leading Actress in a Mini-series or Movie for her performance in Mildred Pierce, Todd Haynes’ remake of Michael Curtiz’s 1945 melodrama/film noir that earned Joan Crawford a Best Actress Oscar.
Three of Winslet’s competitors are fellow Oscar veterans (nominees, not winners): Diane Lane (Cinema Verite), Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey), and Taraji P. Henson (Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story).
Among the other Oscar nominees shortlisted by the Emmys are Paul Giamatti, James Woods, Mare Winningham, Laura Linney, Alec Baldwin, and Matt Damon. In addition to Oscar winners Cloris Leachman, Kathy Bates, Melissa Leo, Gwyneth Paltrow,William Hurt, and two-time winner Maggie Smith.
By the way, Alec Baldwin has pulled out of the Emmy telecast because Fox exercised its right of censorship, which is really no right at all. “I did a short Emmy pretape a few days ago,” Baldwin tweeted a couple of days ago. “Now they tell me NewsCorp may cut the funniest line.” The “funniest line” had to do with NewsCorp honcho Rupert Murdoch, whose media empire has been enmeshed in a nasty phone-hacking scandal. NewsCorp, needless to say, owns Fox.
Maggie Smith wins her second Emmy Award
Outstanding Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Cinema Verite
* Downton Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
The Pillars of the Earth
Too Big To Fail
Outstanding Leading Actress in a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
* Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
Outstanding Leading Actor in a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Idris Elba – Luther
Laurence Fishburne – Thurgood
William Hurt – Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear – The Kennedys
* Barry Pepper – The Kennedys
Edgar Ramírez – Carlos
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Eileen Atkins – Upstairs Downstairs
Melissa Leo – Mildred Pierce
* Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Mare Winningham – Mildred Pierce
Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Paul Giamatti – Too Big to Fail
Bryan F. O’Byrne – Mildred Pierce
* Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce
Tom Wilkinson – The Kennedys
James Woods – Too Big to Fail
Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Olivier Assayas, Carlos
Curtis Hanson, Too Big to Fail
Todd Haynes, Mildred Pierce
* Brian Percival, Downton Abbey
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, Cinema Verite
Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
* Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes
Mildred Pierce, Todd Haynes, Jon Raymond
Sherlock: A Study in Pink, Steven Moffat
Too Big to Fail, Peter Gould
Upstairs, Downstairs, Heidi Thomas
Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
* Mad Men
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
* Modern Family
The Office
Parks and Recreation
30 Rock
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU
* Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
* Margo Martindale, Justified
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Outstanding Actor in a Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
* Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
* Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andrew Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama
Beau Bridges, Brothers & Sisters
Jeremy Davies, Justified
Bruce Dern, Big Love
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
* Paul McCrane, Harry’s Law
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama
Cara Buono, Mad Men
Joan Cusack, Shameless
* Loretta Devine, Grey’s Anatomy
Randee Heller, Mad Men
Mary McDonnell, The Closer
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Alfre Woodard, True Blood
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Laura Linney, The Big C
* Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
* Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Steve Carell, The Office
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
* Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
* Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy
Idris Elba, The Big C
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Zach Galifianakis, Saturday Night Live
* Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Matt Damon, 30 Rock
Will Arnett, 30 Rock
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy
Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
* Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks, 30 Rock
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Maggie Smith Downton Abbey image: Nick Briggs / ITV.
*last modified in June 2025.