Julie Andrews, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis are among the nominees as the two-night 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards begin Saturday at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live with awards for scripted programming presented in 51 categories.
Andrews is nominated for outstanding character voice-over performance for being the voice of the anonymous newsletter columnist Lady Whistledown on “Bridgerton.” Andrews has been nominated in the category all four times that Netflix’s steamy alternate history period drama has been eligible, but never won.
The field also includes two four-time winners.
Maya Rudolph has won four of the past five years for supplying the voice of Connie the Hormone Monstress on “Big Mouth.” The only interruption to the streak came in 2022 when she lost to Chadwick Boseman, who won for reprising the live-action role of T’Challa for the Disney+ Marvel Studios animated series, “What If…?” that re-imagines famous events from Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
Boseman played the role in four films, including “Black Panther.” He won the award five days after the second anniversary of his death from colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020, at the age of 43.
Hank Azaria has also won four times for supplying the voice of various characters from Fox’s long-running animated comedy “The Simpsons.” His most recent win came in 2015.
The other nominees are both first-time nominees.
Alan Tudyk was nominated for supplying the voice of the droid K-2SO in the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Andor.”
Jeffrey Wright was nominated for supplying the voice of The Watcher, the narrator in “What If…?”
Five of the six nominees for outstanding guest actor in a comedy come from “The Studio,” the Apple TV+ series starring Seth Rogen as the conflicted new head of a studio, with four portraying themselves — Howard, Scorsese, and actors Dave Franco and Anthony Mackie.
The only nominee from “The Studio” playing a fictional character is Bryan Cranston, for his recurring role of studio CEO Griffin Mill, the boss of Rogen’s character.
The other nominee is Jon Bernthal, who is seeking a second consecutive win for his portrayal of Michael Berzatto, who struggled with drug addiction before committing suicide four months before the events of the FX on Hulu psychological comedy-drama “The Bear.”
Curtis is seeking a second consecutive win for best guest actress in a comedy for her appearances on “The Bear” as the troubled mother of the Berzatto siblings (Bernthal, Jeremy Allen White and Abby Elliott).
The field also includes another actress with a recurring role on “The Bear,” Olivia Coleman, who portrays the executive chef of a Chicago fine-dining restaurant, and an actress who portrayed herself on “The Studio,” Zoe Kravitz.
The category also includes two nominees from HBO’s “Hacks,” Robby Hoffman and Julianne Nicholson.
The other nominee is Cynthia Erivo, who played quadruplets who were child stars, along with a secret quintuplet and two other roles in the Peacock crime comedy-drama “Poker Face.”
Hart is nominated for outstanding actor in a short-form comedy or drama series for his portrayal of a fictionalized version of himself in the “Die Hard” parody, “Die Hart: Hart To Kill,”’ which streams on The Roku Channel.
Two of Hart’s castmates are also among the nominees, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, for playing a gruff, perfectionist movie director, and Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays a friend of Hart’s.
Most of Saturday’s awards are in various technical categories, including hairstyling, makeup, costuming, production design, picture editing, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects.
Awards in 46 categories for animated, nonfiction, reality and variety programs and game shows will be presented Sunday.
Sunday’s ceremony will also include presentation of the Governors Award to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
An edited version of both nights of the Creative Arts Emmys will air next Saturday at 8 p.m. on FXX and stream on Hulu through Oct. 7.
Awards in the top 26 categories in comedy, drama, competition, limited, variety and talk series and the Governors Award will be presented at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Jan. 15, also at the Peacock Theater. Programming had to initially be broadcast or streamed between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025 to be eligible.