Emmy Awards 2025
Join us in celebrating the Film Fatales members who have been nominated for Primetime and Daytime Emmy Awards. When underrepresented filmmakers win mainstream recognition, it not only impacts their careers for the better, but the careers of everyone in the community.
These Film Fatales members are highlighting untold stories, creating art showcasing marginalized experiences, and using science and history to explore the world around us. They are also showing the world that it’s time for a wider variety of stories to be told and diverse perspectives bring value to the conversations that they’re in.
Black Barbie: A Documentary directed by Lagueria Davis
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program
Our documentary celebrates the momentous impact three Black women at Mattel had on the evolution of the Barbie brand as we know it. Through these charismatic insiders’ stories, the documentary tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be in 1980, examining the importance of representation and how dolls can be crucial to the formation of identity and imagination.
Outstanding Lifestyle Program
Outstanding Single Camera Editing
Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design
Delve into the digestive system with this lighthearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall well-being.
Social Studies directed by Lauren Greenfield
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, this ambitious social experiment features a diverse group of LA teens who open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood. From battling bullying, grappling with beauty standards, coping with comparison pressures and racism, exploring sexuality, and making life-altering decisions, their compelling and relatable experiences take us on a raw, visceral and urgent journey through the challenges of growing up in the digital era.
Sirens directed by Nicole Kassell
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes
Devon, a sharp-witted but troubled young woman, becomes increasingly alarmed by her sister Simone’s unsettling entanglement with her new employer, the enigmatic and controlling billionaire Michaela Kell. Over the course of one explosive weekend, simmering tensions around class, power, and loyalty come to a head in a darkly comedic unraveling of sisterhood and control.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives produced by Andrea Metz
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
The scandalous world of a group of Mormon mom influencers implodes when they get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines. Now, their sisterhood is shook to its core. Faith, friendship and reputations are all on the line.
Zero Day directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series of Movie
Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
A former U.S. President is called out of retirement to find the source of a deadly cyberattack, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies.
According to The Economic Times, “The 2025 figures mark the lowest representation for actors of color in five years, falling short of the 2022 peak when 42 of 108 nominees (39 per cent) were people of color, representing the highest percentage in Emmy history. The current numbers also trail 2020’s 37 nominees of color.”
Drama writing lacks gender representation among the six nominated series. However, for the first time in Emmy history, at least one woman participated in each comedy writing nomination. It is also noteworthy that the “Outstanding directing for limited series/TV movie” Category included four women this year, and three of five nominated limited series feature woman writers.
Let’s take this time to celebrate our wins as we point our faces to the wind and work for more equality in the industry. Keep striving, Fatales.
