Selena Gomez Earns First Acting Emmy Nomination, Becomes Most Nominated Latina Producer For ‘Only Murders In The Building’

Selena Gomez has become the most Emmy-nominated Latina producer nominated under the “Best Comedy Series” category for her contributions as EP on Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building . Additionally, Gomez received her first acting Emmy nomination this morning for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Mabel.

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Gomez was previously nominated twice for a group Emmy Award (2022-2023) in the Outstanding Comedy Series category for Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building as an executive producer. Alongside Gomez, Martin Short, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal also EP.

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Created by John Hoffman and Steve Martin, Only Murders In The Building follows Charles (Martin), Oliver (Short) & Mabel (Gomez), three strangers who share an obsession with true crime. Each season, the trio is tasked with unraveling the mysteries behind a new murder.

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In Season 4, the trio will wrestle with the shocking events at the end of Season 3 surrounding Charles’ stunt double and friend Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch). Questioning whether Sazz or Charles was the intended victim, the trio’s investigation leads them to Los Angeles where a Hollywood studio is readying a film about the Only Murders podcast. As the amateur sleuths race back to New York, they embark on an even more epic journey — traversing their building’s courtyard to delve into the twisted lives of the Arconia’s West Tower residents.

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As I pointed out last year, there were also historical breakthroughs for Latino thespians including Wednesday ‘s Jenna Ortega (Lead Actress Comedy Series), becoming the third Latina to ever be nominated in the category after Rita Moreno in 1983 for ABC’s 9 to 5 and America Ferrera for Ugly Betty in 2007. Ortega is also the second youngest nominee in Lead Comedy Actress at 20 after Patty Duke, who was 17 in 1964 for The Patty Duke Show .

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