Emmy winner Mike White’s return to The White Lotus received a leading 8 nominations at the 2025 Cooler Awards. As expected, the bulk of those nominations materialized in the supporting races. Four supporting actor performances received nominations, and three supporting actress performances merited nominations. In fact, in the supporting actress race, only two series were represented: HBO’s The White Lotus and HBO MAX’s The Pitt.
Several categories saw statistical ties, pushing the number of nominations beyond the minimum of five contenders per category.
On the comedy front, HBO MAX’s Hacks and AppleTV’s Shrinking tied with most nominations at 4 each. Interestingly, Shrinking received recognition for four of its performances, but it failed to receive a nomination for Comedy Series. Also surprising, the much acclaimed The Studio only received two nomination: supporting contenders Ike Barinholtz and Catherine O’Hara.
Netflix dominated the Limited Series races with Adolescence and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story each receiving five nominations. FX’s Dying For Sex followed closely with four nominations.
Final round voting for the 2025 Cooler Awards will kick off on Monday, August 18, here at The Contending. Winners will be announced September 12, two days before the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.
See below for the full list of 2025 Cooler Award nominations.
Drama Series
(ties)
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
(ties)
Diego Luna, Andor
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Jacob Anderson, Interview with the Vampire
Jon Hamm, Your Friends & Neighbors
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
(ties)
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Britt Lower, Severance
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
(ties)
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
Patrick Bell, The Pitt
Patrick Schwarzenegger, The White Lotus
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
‘Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Comedy Series
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Nathan Lane, Mid-Century Modern
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
(ties)
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Jean Smart, Hacks
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Tina Fey, The Four Seasons
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
(ties)
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Walton Goggins, The Righteous Gemstones
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Linda Lavin, Mid-Century Modern
Television Movie
Limited Series
(ties)
Lead Actor in a Limited Series
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Lead Actress in a Limited Series
(ties)
Ari Graynor, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Ellen Pompeo, Good American Family
Lola Petticrew, Say Nothing
Michelle Williams, Dying For Sex
Renée Zellweger, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series
Anthony Boyle, Say Nothing
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Disclaimer
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Rob Delaney, Dying For Sex
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Jenny Slate, Dying For Sex
Julianne Moore, Sirens
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Just what IS IT about the White Lotus that makes people gaga like this? A GMOL, to be sure. (Great Mystery of Life). Somebody Somewhere, The Studio, The Diplomat, Slow Horses and The Last of Us should be in limited series as all of them are 7 episodes or less. Hacks remains overrated, and Jean Smart is the winner and still champeen poster girl for overcompensation (rubber stamping all those wins in awards shows from sea to shining sea the past 3 years to make up for not honoring her on Designing Women as much as they should have).
Now the Emmys have a quandry. Do they finally nominate the woman who has the best chance of upsetting Smart in the fall? Or do they screw her again for the 21st time? (Bell)
I have seen several of these nominees, yay! I am hoping that Jason Isaacs and Aimee Lou Wood score Emmys noms. 🙂 I loved Presumed Innocent and enjoyed what I have seen of The Pitt, Hacks, and Slow Horses.