The TV IV:IVy Awards/2006/Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Candidates to be considered the Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for work in a series which first aired one or more episodes in the United States between June 1, 2005 and May 31, 2006. Please read carefully the Definitions and Guidelines before putting a candidate up for nomination.

Definitions

drama

Any live-action (non-animated), scripted (non-documentary, talk or news) episodic (airing on a recurring basis), non-limited series categorized as a Drama on the TV IV. In the case of shows which are categorized as both Comedy and Drama (and only in those cases), the show will be categorized on the basis of runtime: Less than 40 minutes should be considered a Comedy, 40 minutes or more should be considered a Drama.

actress

A human female performer in a scripted series, including voice actresses and female actresses portraying male characters.

supporting actress

An actress who is Billed or Top Billed in an episodic series at any point during the eligibility year except if he or she is also First Billed in that same series at any point during the eligibility year. (Example: Imagine that this season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had started off with Buffy Summers as the heroine and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the First Billed role. Alyson Hannigan was Top Billed as Willow Rosenberg in those episodes. But in the fourth episode, in a shocking twist, Buffy was killed, and Willow became the hero, and Hannigan was then First Billed. Both Gellar and Hannigan would be eligible for Best Lead Actress in a Drama, but neither of them would be eligible for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama.)

Guidelines

Please feel free to propose as many or as few candidates as you like in each category. If you change your mind or wish to retract a candidate, don't worry about editing the page, as it could cause some confusion down the road. (If you propose one unworthy enough, it will most likely not make it past the nominating process, anyway.) Feel free to discuss yours or others' proposals as much or as little as you choose. Tell us why you feel a candidate should be considered, or why someone else's candidate is a horrible choice and should not be considered. (Just remember to follow standard TV IV discussion rules regarding civility.)

Please mark all proposed candidates in bold, and link the show titles, even if the linked articles are empty or stubs. Try to avoid using bold elsewhere in the discussion. (To mark a candidate in bold, surround the name with two sets of three apostrophes, and use double brackets for linking, '''[[like this]]'''.) We must have a series for which each actor is being nominated, so be sure to include one. (For instance, to propose Veronica Hamel for Hill Street Blues, write: "Veronica Hamel, Hill Street Blues".)

Candidates Discussion

• Lisa Edelstein, House, M.D.: More than anything, Edelstein deserves consideration for her work near the end of the season, when her Dr. Cuddy weighed the possibilities of her friend Foreman dying against her responsibilities as an administrator, and when she approached the one person she could trust—House—about her desire to have a baby.
• Edie Falco, The Sopranos: Critics have been throwing her name around as a sure-fire Emmy contender, particularly for her work in 6x02 - Join the Club and 6x03 - Mayham, in which her character, Carmela, is forced to face the very real possibility that Tony will die. They're right. Her performance is gut-wrenching, raw and almost unwatchably brilliant.
• Yunjin Kim, Lost: She may well have been the most overlooked actress in the series in Season One, but after her performance this season, she won't be. Thanks to her character Sun's achingly beautiful and tragic flashback in 2x05 - ... and Found and her own revelations this season, Kim should finally be noticed as one of the stand-outs of the ensemble.
• Kim Raver, 24: Although her character, Audrey Raines, was somewhat inconstant in Season Four, she straightens out her course in this season and becomes a true heavy-hitter. Her reaction upon discovering Jack Bauer is alive and her confrontation of the man who may have murdered someone very close to her are among the most memorable moments of this excellent season.

JCaesar 01:41, 2 June 2006 (EDT)

Upon further review of the series credits sequence upon a challenging of the original categorization, the nomination for Chloë Sevigny for the series Big Love has been moved to the Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series category. JCaesar 08:02, 15 June 2006 (EDT)

• Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls: For six seasons she has portrayed Emily Gilmore, taking what could have been a cookie-cutter role and turned a great performance that may seem over-the-top at times, but is actually rather nuanced.--Davidscarter 20:29, 2 June 2006 (EDT)

I second Chloë Sevigny, Big Love, because it's one of the only times I've ever felt watching a show that I absolutely hated a character and yet I could clearly understand and logically appreciate their motives. Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls and Yunjin Kim, Lost are also choices I like. --Boco_T 02:02, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

Thank you very much for contributing to the discussion. It's a big help. However, please try to avoid bolding seconded nominations, everyone, as they may throw off my counts when I scan through these pages later. JCaesar 02:24, 4 June 2006 (EDT)

• Blythe Danner, Huff: Only 9 episodes qualify this year and it seems that much like last year the entire season is building to an incredible conclusion so the show itself really hasn't shined as much yet but Blythe Danner's Izzy has been just as good if not better than her Emmy winning performance last year. The writers realized what a good thing they had with her and gave her much to work with whether it was dealing with her decent into alcoholism, her returning ex-husband, new romance, or other emotional issues. Blythe makes you feel for Izzy despite the fact that she can be a callous and manipulative bitch. Through her you can understand what's driving Izzy to drink and why she refuses to deal with her schizophrenic son. She makes you hate her one minute and feel sorry for her the next and that takes talent. The-jam 11:28, 5 June 2006 (EDT)

• Polly Walker, Rome: The Joan Collins of ancient Rome. It's hard to make such archaic dialogue and settings engaging, but I believe Polly Walker did that. She played the role of an uber-manipulator to a T. --PrincessKate 19:57, 5 June 2006 (EDT)

Agreed, show was absolutely fantastic in that role. --MateoP 16:05, 10 June 2006 (EDT)

• Mary Lynn Rajskub, 24: My favorite character on 24, Chloe O'Brien is one of television's most unique characters. Since introduced in Season 3, Rajskub has transformed Chloe from a socially awkward paranoid, to an ass-kicking take-no-shit-from-nobody character who always gets the job done. You grit your teeth every time she cops that signature attitude at one of her superiors, but she backs it up by kicking ass at what she does. Her relationship with co-worker Edgar was intriguing, and came to a tragic coclusion in one of Season 5's best moments. No one can deny that Rajskub has played this character incredibly well.--Big Hock 00:03, 11 June 2006 (EDT)

• Jean Smart, 24: Gregory Itzin was great as President Charlie Logan, but it's a 24 tradition to give every male character a female foil, and Smart was equally accomplished in this task. Her character was put through the ringer this season, but in the end, she proved to be almost as great a hero as Jack or President Palmer. JCaesar 22:26, 26 June 2006 (EDT)