Emmys 2026: Allison Janney took a key award from “The Pitt”: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

There are series that achieve a boost rarely seen in the history of the Emmys and, in the case of “The Pitt” (HBO Max), that is what happened on the night of Monday, September 14, 2026, as the fiction that follows a full shift in a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had four actresses nominated in a single category: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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But not a single one of them took home the award. That honor went to Allison Janney, who brought to life Grace Penn, a calculating and powerful President of the United States. On stage, the actress said that this victory was not in her plans. Not at all.

A high-profile series

Although it lost in this category, for the past two years “The Pitt” has remained a series acclaimed by both the audience and critics. Among the women nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, one of the most talked about is Taylor Dearden, for her role as Dr. Melissa “Mel” King; a neurodivergent doctor who finds additional challenges in each shift compared to other doctors.

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There is also Fiona Dourif, nominated for playing Dr. Cassie McKay, an emergency resident in the process of rebuilding her life. Also competing are Katherine LaNasa as head nurse Dana Evans, without whose work the hospital would not function; as well as Sepideh Moafi, who plays Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, one of the additions in the show’s second season.

The other nominees

Also competing were Julianne Nicholson for “Paradise,” where she was Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond, a billionaire who built the refuge that protects a group of apocalypse survivors; and Karolina Wydra for “Pluribus,” where she played Zosia, an enigmatic representative of the “Others,” a hive mind that has taken control of humanity and becomes the link between this being and the protagonist, Carol Sturka.

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