Members KateW Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 In the last 35 editions of the Daytime Emmy Awards (1979-2013), only 9 Black actors have won awards and 17 actors have nominations but no wins. Granted, daytime dramas have a much smaller number of actors compared to primetime television, films, and theater, but I was surprised at how low the number of Black winners is. Listed below in date order are all the Black nominees and winners at the Daytime Emmys: 1979: Al Freeman, Jr. (One Life to Live) - winner, Lead Actor 1983: Al Freeman, Jr. (One Life to Live) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Howard Rollins (Another World) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Darnell Williams (All My Children) - winner, Supporting Actor 1985: Darnell Williams (All My Children) - winner, Lead Actor 1986: Al Freeman, Jr. (One Life to Live) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Debbi Morgan (All My Children) - nominee, Younger Actress 1987: Al Freeman, Jr. (One Life to Live) - nominee, Supporting Actor 1988: Tichina Arnold (Ryan's Hope) - nominee, Younger Actress 1989: Debbi Morgan (All My Children) - winner, Supporting Actress 1990: Kristoff St. John (Generations) - nominee, Supporting Actor 1991: James Reynolds (Generations) - nominee, Lead Actor; William Christian (All My Children) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Kristoff St. John (Generations) - nominee, Younger Actor 1992: Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - winner, Younger Actor; Dondre Whitfield (All My Children) - nominee, Younger Actor 1993: Monti Sharp (Guiding Light) - winner, Younger Actor; Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor; Dondre Whitfield (All My Children) - nominee, Younger Actor 1994: Monti Sharp (Guiding Light) - nominee, Younger Actor; Dondre Whitfield (All My Children) - nominee, Younger Actor 1995: Keith Hamilton Cobb (All My Children) - nominee, Supporting Actor 1996: Rosalind Cash (General Hospital) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Victoria Rowell (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Tonya Lee Williams (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Kevin Mambo (Guiding Light) - winner, Younger Actor; Shemar Moore (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor 1997: Victoria Rowell (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Kevin Mambo (Guiding Light) - winner, Younger Actor; Shemar Moore (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor 1998: Victoria Rowell (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Bryant Jones (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor; Kevin Mambo (Guiding Light) - nominee, Younger Actor; Rhonda Ross Kendrick (Another World) - nominee, Younger Actress 1999: Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Jason George (Sunset Beach) - nominee, Younger Actor; Bryant Jones (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor; Sherri Saum (Sunset Beach) - nominee, Younger Actress 2000: Shemar Moore (The Young and the Restless) - winner, Supporting Actor; Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Tonya Lee Williams (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Bryant Jones (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor 2001: Paul Taylor (As the World Turns) - nominee, Younger Actor 2004: James Reynolds (Days of our Lives) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actress 2006: Renee Elise Goldsberry (One Life to Live) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Bryton James (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor; Christel Khalil (The Young and Restless) - nominee, Younger Actress 2007: Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Renee Elise Goldsberry (One Life to Live) - nominee, Supporting Actress; Bryton James (The Young and the Restless) - winner, Younger Actor 2008: Kristoff St. John (The Young and the Restless) - winner, Supporting Actor; Bryton James (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor 2009: Debbi Morgan (All My Children) - nominee, Lead Actress; Bryton James (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor; Cornelius Smith, Jr. (All My Children) - nominee, Younger Actor 2010: Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actress 2011: Debbi Morgan (All My Children) - nominee, Lead Actress 2012: Darnell Williams (All My Children) - nominee, Lead Actor; Debbi Morgan (All My Children) - nominee, Lead Actress; Sean Blakemore (General Hospital) - nominee, Supporting Actor; Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless) - winner, Younger Actress 2013: Bryton James (The Young and the Restless) - nominee, Younger Actor No surprise, Y&R and All My Children are the predominant shows in this list. Of note is that Debbi Morgan is the only actor from this list to have been nominated in all three categories (Younger, Supporting, Lead). The ``Susan Lucci`` of this list is Christel Khalil, in that she had more nominations before winning (3) than any of the other winning actors in this list. The only category without a winner in this list is Lead Actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Debbi was robbed from her final year on AMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Tonya Lee Williams and Victoria Rowell have both been robbed of several nominations and AT LEAST one win between them. How Tonya lost during the Keisha/Nathan/AIDS story is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Tonya lost to Anna Holbrook from AW, who had an amazing reel that year. Terrible story, but she was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 You know why. Tonya Lee Williams was ROBBED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Y&R had 3 of the 5 noms in supporting actress in 1996 (VR, MS, TLW) so I think they cancelled each other out. There are some names I'm surprised are not in this group: Tamara Tunie, Amelia Marshall, Renee Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Not one actress of color has ever won for Leading Actress. In 40 years. Embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Have any even been given the material to submit for lead actress? Daytime should be very embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Is that a serious question? DM especially should have been nominated for that last episode. It focused exclusively on Angie and she acted her heart out showing tons of range with the character as we got to see an insight into a day in her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Okay...1. Really? Surely that isn't all. I do remember Tamara Tunie doing great work on ATWT when Jess was raped by T Marshal Travers. And of course Victoria Rowell and Tonya Lee William on Y&R back in the 90's. But were those considered lead stories? But then Heather Tom won as lead for Katie on B&B and I don't consider her a lead by any stretch. She is very much a supporting player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 I didn't watch CBS during that stuff so I don't know. I can speak for ABC and DM most definetly was lead in the final years on the show, which is why she was rightfully nominated in those categories. Heck they brought it back and she still remained a lead actress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlj Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wasn't AWs Petronia Paley and Rhonda Ross nominated? OLTLs Lillian Hayman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted February 4, 2014 Members Share Posted February 4, 2014 Off Topic: That bullsh't that was Marshall "raping" not only killed any interest in my getting to know ATWT, it still pisses me off 10+ years later. On topic: considering that white actresses have been rewarded for doing / being able to do much less, Blacktresses having the material to win a Best Actress award is irrelevant, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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