OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jodi Balfour as Jacqueline Kennedy, for (“Dear Mrs. Kennedy”) in “THE CROWN”

Rinko Kikuchi as Akane for (“Akane no Mai”) in “WESTWORLD”

Lena Olin as Annaliese Stilman for (“Episode 6”) in “MINDHUNTER”

Alysia Reiner as Natalie Figueroa for (“Tied to the Tracks”) in “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK”

Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell for (“The Queen’s Justice”) in “GAME OF THRONES”

Marisa Tomei as Mrs. O'Conner for (“Unwomen”) in “THE HANDMAID’S TALE”

AND THE WINNER IS:

DIANA RIGG AS OLENNA TYRELL FOR (“THE QUEEN’S JUSTICE”) IN “GAME OF THRONES”

This is the first win and fourth nomination for Diana Rigg. She was previously nominated for Victoria & Albert (2001), Charles II: The Power and the Passion (2004) & Game of Thrones (2013).

Ever since her introduction in Season three each moment with Olenna Tyrell has been glorious. Most of her screen time was spent judging everything around her and I for one wouldn’t have had it any other way. She’s like fellow Dame Maggie Smiths Dowager Countess but turned up to eleven and more prickly than Smith. While in this most recent season she had limited screen time her send off was one of the highest points of the rather weak season. It has to be one of the greatest exits for a character ever to be shown on television. She was as confident and strong as she’d ever been on the series and in this single scene she shows why even though she’s lost she hasn’t fully because it is her final choice to leave with the last words.