‘The Boys’ submits 15 cast members for 2023 Emmys, including these 6 girls
Don’t let the title “The Boys” fool you — Amazon Prime Video’s comic-book series also has girls! In fact, there are six female actors submitted for the 2023 Emmys for Season 3, which streamed last summer and is now eligible at the upcoming ceremony. The Emmy ballots were officially unveiled on the Television Academy’s website on June 15, the same day nominations-round voting began (it will conclude on June 26 at 10:00 p.m.).
Submitted in the category of Best Drama Actress are Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight and Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko. Season 3 was impactful for both of these fan-fave characters, as the lead actresses revealed in our recent video chats. Starlight wound up quitting the superhero team known as The Seven after some decisions people “deemed amoral,” Moriarty explained. And Kimiko dreamt up a “brilliant” musical number set to the Gershwin hit “I Got Rhythm,” Fukuhara recalled.
In addition, three women are entered in the Emmy race for Best Drama Supporting Actress: Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman, Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve and Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett. And there’s one contender put forth in Best Drama Guest Actress: Aya Cash as Stormfront.
Not to be outdone, there are nine male actors vying for Emmy voters’ attention this year: Jack Quaid as Hughie, Antony Starr as Homelander and Karl Urban as Butcher in Best Drama Actor; Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy, Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, Tomer Capone as Frenchie, Chace Crawford as The Deep and Jessie T. Usher as A-Train in Best Drama Supporting Actor; and Paul Reiser as The Legend in Best Drama Guest Actor.
The third season of Eric Kripke‘s comic-book adaptation features the group of titular boys coming into contact with an old-school super-powered individual named Soldier Boy, in the hopes of using his abilities to take down the narcissistic Homelander once and for all. Starr is coming off of a recent Critics Choice Award nomination for his work in these episodes.
The last time it was Emmy-eligible in 2021, “The Boys” received five nominations for series, writing, sound mixing, visual effects and music & lyrics. The year prior, it earned a single Emmy bid for sound editing.
Here’s the complete list of “The Boys” Season 3 cast members submitted on the 2023 Emmys ballot:
Best Drama Actor
Jack Quaid as Hughie
Antony Starr as Homelander
Karl Urban as Butcher
Best Drama Actress
Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko
Erin Moriarty as Annie January, Starlight
Best Drama Supporting Actor
Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy
Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk
Tomer Capone as Frenchie
Chace Crawford as The Deep
Jessie T. Usher as A-Train
Best Drama Supporting Actress
Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman
Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve
Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett
Best Drama Guest Actor
Paul Reiser as The Legend (Episode: “The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies”)
Best Drama Guest Actress
Aya Cash as Stormfront (Episode: “Payback”)
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