It’s Elisabeth Moss’ award to lose in the Emmy race for Lead Actress In A Drama

By Baraka Kaseko, Erik Adams | September 12, 2017 | 9:00pm

TV Features Emmy Round Up

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The A.V. Club is counting down the days leading up to the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sunday, September 17, with an examination of this year’s major categories. Each day, TV editor Erik Adams breaks down a category and gives us his picks for who should win, and who will win. Today we’re looking at the nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama:

Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How To Get Away With Murder
Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown
Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne/Offred on The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings on The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy on Westworld
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House Of Cards

Elisabeth Moss is the clear frontrunner for her stellar turn as Offred in The Handmaid’s Tale, a potentially long overdue win given her tragically unawarded work on Mad Men. But overall this is a strong category, with Viola Davis already having taken home this award two years ago, and Keri Russell’s and Claire Foy’s award-winning work on their respective shows. But in the end, it’s Elisabeth Moss’ award to lose. For the rest of Erik’s analysis, check out the video above and stay tuned for more of The A.V. Club’s Emmy Round Up.