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Kerry Washington is having a really good year. Fresh off the news of her top secret marriage to NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha, and a successful second season of the primetime sudser “Scandal”,  Washington made the cut as an Outstanding Lead Actress nominee.  Unfortunately Kerry was the only series regular  from the ABC hit series to to nominated, overlooking other award-worthy performances like Tony Goldwyn (Fitzgerald Grant), Jeff Perry (Cyrus Beene) Guillermo Diaz  (Huck). Dan Bucatinsky, who plays Cyrus’ long-suffering hubby James, did land a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series.  Kerry’s Emmy nod is still a major coup, as the last Black actress to be nominated for a Lead Actress Emmy was Cicely Tyson in 1995 for “Sweet Justice.”

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Don Cheadle also held it down in the Outstanding Lead Actor/Comedy category,  with a nom for his role as Marty Kaan in the deliciously wicked Showtime series “House of Lies.”  The Oscar nominated actor has already won a Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award for his work on the show.  The first and only Black actor to win in this category was Robert Guillaume for the ABC comedy series “Benson” in 1985.

Congrats to both Kerry and Don!

The 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 22nd on CBS. Below is a complete list of nominees:

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Hugh Bonneville, “Downton Abbey”

Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”

Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”

Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

Damian Lewis, “Homeland”

Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Connie Britton, “Nashville”

Claire Danes, “Homeland”

Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey”

Vera Farmiga, “Bates Motel”

Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”

Kerry Washington, “Scandal”

Robin Wright, “House of Cards”

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Benedict Cumberbatch, “Parade’s End”

Matt Damon, “Behind the Candelabra”

Michael Douglas, “Behind the Candelabra”

Toby Jones, “The Girl”

Al Pacino, “Phil Spector”

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Asylum”

Laura Linney, “The Big C Hereafter”

Helen Mirren, “Phil Spector”

Elisabeth Moss, “Top of the Lake”

Sigourney Weaver, “Political Animals”

OUTSTANDING REALITY HOST

Tom Bergeron, “Dancing With the Stars”

Cat Deeley, “So You Think You Can Dance”

Heidi Klum/Tim Gunn, “Project Runway”

Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol”

Betty White, “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers”

Anthony Bourdain, “The Taste”

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”

Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development”

Louis C.K., “Louie”

Don Cheadle, “House of Lies”

Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”

Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Laura Dern, “Enlightened”

Lena Dunham, “Girls”

Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”

Tina Fey, “30 Rock”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”

Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”

OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM

“The Amazing Race”

“Dancing With the Stars”

“Project Runway”

“Top Chef”

“The Voice”

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES

“The Colbert Report”

“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”

“Jimmy Kimmel Live”

“Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”

“Real Time With Bill Maher”

“Saturday Night Live”

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR MOVIE

“American Horror Story: Asylum”

“Behind the Candelabra”

“The Bible”

“Phil Spector”

“Political Animals”

“Top of the Lake”

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

“The Big Bang Theory”

“Girls”

“Louie”

“Modern Family”

“30 Rock”

“Veep”

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

“Breaking Bad”

“Downton Abbey”

“Game of Thrones”

“Homeland”

“House of Cards”

“Mad Men”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Bobby Cannavale, “Boardwalk Empire”

Jonathan Banks, “Breaking Bad”

Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”

Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”

Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”

Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”

Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad”

Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”

Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”

Morena Baccarin, “Homeland”

Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”

Adam Driver, “Girls”

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”

Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live”

Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family”

Tony Hale, “Veep”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”

Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”

Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”

Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”

Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”

Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie”

Jane Lynch, “Glee”

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