Bella Ramsey received their second Emmy nomination Tuesday morning, making history as the first non-binary performer to earn more than one nod from the Television Academy.
Ramsey is one of five nominees in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for their performance as Ellie in Season 2 of HBO‘s The Last of Us. They were also nominated for the same role at the 75th Emmy Awards.
The Last of Us scored 16 nominations at the upcoming 77th Emmy Awards, bringing the series’ total to 40 nods across two seasons. The series won eight golden statuettes in 2024.
Based on Naughty Dog’s award-winning video game, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Season 2 picks up five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.
