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Two guest cast members from the HBO Max medical drama "The Pitt", Brittany Allen and Jeff Kober, have earned Emmy nominations after submitting their own performances for consideration, despite being left off the network's official ballot. When HBO Max told the pair they would not feature in its formal submissions, the actors and their teams pressed ahead independently, and both were recognised in the guest acting categories. Their success helped push "The Pitt" to the top of this year's field, and it highlights how performers can still secure industry recognition even without studio backing.
Allen was nominated in the guest drama actress category for playing Roxy, a terminal cancer patient, while Kober was nominated for guest drama actor as Duke, a biker friend of Dr Robby. "The Pitt" led all series this year with 25 nominations. Allen, who won a Daytime Emmy earlier in her career for a self-submitted role on "All My Children", said the recognition was already changing her career, noting that a week earlier she "couldn't get a good agent". The article notes past precedents, including three "Game of Thrones" cast members who self-submitted for the show's final season in 2019 and Kelly Jenrette for "The Handmaid's Tale" in 2018.
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The Emmy Awards are the television industry's top honours in the United States, decided each year by members of the Television Academy who vote on performances submitted for consideration. Normally, a show's production studio or network decides which cast members go forward on its official submission list, and being left off usually means missing out on a nomination altogether.
However, actors also have the option to submit themselves for consideration, without their studio's backing, if they believe their work merits it. This is a less common route and carries no guarantee of success, since self-submitted performances compete against ones actively promoted by networks with far larger campaign budgets.
This year the practice is in the spotlight because of "The Pitt", a medical drama on HBO Max that has emerged as one of the most nominated shows of the season. Two of its guest performers were told they would not be included on the network's formal ballot, yet chose to submit themselves anyway, raising broader questions about how recognition in the industry is decided and who gets a fair shot at it.
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Originally published by Variety as “‘The Pitt’ Stars Brittany Allen and Jeff Kober Scored Emmy Noms After Self-Submitting: ‘A Week Ago I Couldn’t Get a Good Agent’”.