Sheridan Smith role as Cilla Black up for International Emmy
5 October 2015
From the section Entertainment & Arts
Actress Sheridan Smith has been nominated for an international Emmy for her portrayal of Cilla Black in a three-part ITV drama.
The show, which was broadcast before Black’s death earlier this year, looked at the star’s early career.
Smith’s performance was previously nominated for a Bafta and won a National Television Award.
Other British nominees include Rafe Spall, for his role in the Christmas episode of Black Mirror.
The dystopian satire, written by Charlie Brooker, focused on a not-too-distant future where an implant allows humans to block other people in a similar way to social media.
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes will also receive the International TV Academy’s Founders Award at the gala ceremony in New York on 23 November.
BBC Two is up for the arts and documentary award for Messiah at the Foundling Hospital, which recreated the candlelit premiere of Handel’s Messiah in 1750.
Channel 4′s My Mad Fat Diary is up for best drama, while Sky’s 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy – in which TV presenter Baz Ashmawy set his mum Nancy a number of daredevil challenges – is nominated in the “non-scripted entertainment” category.
The International Emmys honour programming from outside the US, as well as US shows created in languages other than English.
In all, the nominees span 19 countries from Colombia to Turkey and South Korea.
Full list of nominees:
Arts Programming
Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas (Buenaventura, Don’t Leave Me) – Colombia
Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre (The Man Who Saved the Louvre) – France
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital – UK
Trial of Chunhyyang – A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism – South Korea
Best Performance by an Actor
Engin Akyurek in Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love) – Turkey
Emilio de Mello in Psy (Psi) – Brazil
Maarten Heijmans in Ramses – Netherlands
Rafe Spall in Black Mirror / White Christmas – UK
Best Performance by an Actress
Anneke von der Lippe in Oyevitne (Eyewitness) – Norway
Fernanda Montenegro in Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother) – Brazil
Sheridan Smith in Cilla – UK
Best Comedy
Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother) – Brazil
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca (Don’t Do This, Don’t Do That) – France
Familia en Venta – Colombia
Puppet Nation ZA – South Africa
Sensitive Skin – Canada
Documentary
Africa’s Wild West: Stallions of the Namib Desert – Austria
Antes de que Nos Olviden (Before We Are Forgotten) – Mexico
Growing Up Down’s – United Kingdom
Miners Shot Down – South Africa
Drama Series
Engrenages (Spiral) – France
MOZU Season 1 – Night Cry of the MOZU – Japan
My Mad Fat Diary – UK
Psi (Psy) – Brazil
Non-English US Primetime Program
Arrepentidos U.S. – El Infierno de Montoya
El Mejor de los Peores
Narco Tec
La Voz Kids
Non-Scripted Entertainment
50 Ways to Kill your Mammy – UK
Barones de la Cerveza – Argentina
Flying Doctors – Belgium
Master Chef South Africa – South Africa
Telenovela
Ciega a Citas (Date Blind) – Spain
Imperio (Empire) – Brazil
Jikulumessu – Angola
Mulheres (Women) – Portugal
TV Movie/Mini-Series
La Celebracion – Argentina
Common – UK
Soldat Blanc (White Soldier) – France
Storytelling of Hostages – Japan
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