A version of this story about Kelly Jenrette and Melvin Jackson Jr. first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
They’re this year’s Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, a married couple with his & her Emmy nominations. But Kelly Jenrette and Melvin Jackson Jr. did it with a lot less screen time: She appeared in a single episode of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in two scenes that together total less than two minutes and 10 seconds of airtime, while he played himself (or a version of himself) in a web series, “This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours,” whose six episodes total about 10 minutes.
“I think we were equally surprised,” said Jenrette of their reaction on the morning nominations were announced. “I found out first, and he called me but he didn’t know yet whether he had been nominated.
They’re this year’s Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, a married couple with his & her Emmy nominations. But Kelly Jenrette and Melvin Jackson Jr. did it with a lot less screen time: She appeared in a single episode of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in two scenes that together total less than two minutes and 10 seconds of airtime, while he played himself (or a version of himself) in a web series, “This Eddie Murphy Role Is Mine, Not Yours,” whose six episodes total about 10 minutes.
“I think we were equally surprised,” said Jenrette of their reaction on the morning nominations were announced. “I found out first, and he called me but he didn’t know yet whether he had been nominated.
- 8/21/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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