Anna Camp Calls Out Emmys Over ‘You’ Snub, Touts “Best Performance”
Oh, fantastic. Another talented actor upset about missing a trophy. According to People magazine, Anna Camp publicly reprimanded the Television Academy after Emmy nominations failed to include her scene-stealing turn in Netflix’s You. Camp, best known for Pitch Perfect and True Blood, slammed the Emmy snub on Instagram, writing “I gave one of the best performances of my life,” and pointedly adding “I guess they didn’t see it that way.”
Camp’s Emmy gripe came mere hours after the Television Academy revealed the 2023 nominee list on July 12. Deadline reports she appeared on You’s fourth season as Dr. Nicky, a no-nonsense therapist whose icy calm and cryptic flourishes sparked an online fan frenzy. Critics and viewers alike flagged her performance as a standout – yet none of the Emmy voters extended her a nomination.
Look, I don’t want to be the one to say it, but here we are with another award show oversight. Camp’s post included a behind-the-scenes photo of her character mid-session, flanked by co-star Penn Badgley. “I went in thinking this was going to be a small gig,” Camp admitted back in an interview with Variety. “Then I poured everything I had into that role.” People magazine quoted her admitting “it was raw, visceral, and challenging,” so her online outburst carried extra weight.
This is what happens when decision-makers let their personal biases overshadow actual merit. Camp further teased that she’d hoped critics from the Critics Choice Awards – which tapped her for a supporting nod earlier this year – might influence the Emmys to follow suit. Nothing doing. No Emmy nomination and no public apology forthcoming from the Academy.
Camp’s fans haven’t held back either. Social media lit up with hashtags like #Camp4Emmy and #EmmysFail, backed by threads on X and Reddit praising her “masterful tension” and “electric on-screen presence.” Deadline notes that those fan campaigns sometimes catch the Academy’s eye – but apparently not this time.
Sure, she’ll keep working – Camp already has commitments to an indie film and a recurring role on a new FX series. But she made it clear that she won’t let the Emmys’ cold shoulder slide without comment. “I’ll remember what I gave,” she wrote, “with or without a gold statue.”
And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, Deadline, Variety
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