Taraji Gets Emmy Nod For Empire!

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Taraji P. Henson has been nominated for a 2015 Emmy for Best Lead Actress In A Drama Series!!!

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Twitter was poised to GO OFF if she didn’t receive a nomination for her role as Cookie Lyon.

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Other nominees:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson, Blackish
Louis CK, Louis
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Kyle Chander, Bloodline
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfys, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Comedy Series

Louis
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is the New Black

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Ricky Gervais, Derek
David Oyelowo, Nighingale
Mary Rylance, Wolf Hall

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Emma Thomspon, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand, Olive Kittteridge
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Honorable Woman

Outstanding Limited Series

American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
Olive Kitteridge
The Honorable Woman
Wolf Hall

Outstanding Reality-Competitive Program

Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
The Amazing Race
The Voice
Top Chef

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Show with David Letterman
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart