Dublin-born actor Andrew Scott has been nominated for an Emmy award for his leading role in the Netflix mini-series Ripley.
As a producer on Ripley, Scott also received a nomination for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
The Crown and Baby Reindeer were also among the shows recognised with Emmy nominations ahead of the awards ceremony this autumn.
Netflix’s The Crown, a fictionalised drama about the British royal family, received 18 nominations, including outstanding drama series, with Imelda Staunton and Dominic West receiving nods for their roles.
The sixth series, starring Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and West as Prince Charles, was also its last and depicted the events surrounding Diana, Princess of Wales’ death and the fledgling romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Picking up 11 nominations was hit show Baby Reindeer, which follows the character Donny Dunn, played by writer Richard Gadd, as he is stalked by a woman called Martha Scott.
Gadd, who has said the series is inspired by his real-life experiences, received nominations in the outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series category, for his role playing Donny, and another for outstanding writing.
Following the series release a woman called Fiona Harvey came forward claiming to be the woman who inspired the character Martha and filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, gross negligence, and violations of her right of publicity.
Elsewhere, Idris Elba received a nod in the lead actor in a drama series category for his role playing Sam Nelson in Apple TV+ series Hijack as did Gary Oldman for playing Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses.
Leading the nominations this year was hit FX show The Bear with 23 and historical drama series Shogun with 25.
The 76th Emmy awards ceremony will take place on September 15th at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.
