Janelle James' 'Abbott Elementary' Emmy chances, by the numbers

As ultra-confident main Ava Coleman, Janelle James has been consistently hilarious implicit the people of “Abbott Elementary.” Season 4’s greater absorption connected Ava could yet bring James an Emmy.

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James has been nominated for drama supporting histrion for each erstwhile “Abbott” play but has not won.

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In 2022, James mislaid to co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph, whose wise, pious kindergarten teacher won implicit voters much swiftly than the self-obsessed Ava.

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Undeniable performances successful “The Bear” — by Ayo Edebiri and Liza Colón-Zayas — meant James did not triumph successful 2023 oregon 2024, either.

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A multihyphenate similar her “Abbott” character, James hasn’t sat astir waiting for the nerds successful the Television Academy to ballot for her. She collected Screen Actors Guild and NAACP Image awards for “Abbott” to spell with assorted vocation nominations, including …

2024

A WGA information arsenic a writer connected Hulu’s “History of the World: Part ll.” A celebrated stand-up comic, James hosted the WGA Awards the twelvemonth before.

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James is the second-most Emmy-nominated performer calved successful the U.S. Virgin Islands aft Kelsey Grammer, a 14-time acting nominee who coincidentally, oregon possibly prophetically …

1994

Lost connected his archetypal 3 tries but won connected his fourth, for his starring relation successful “Frasier.”