Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” received 11 Primetime Emmy Award nominations on Tuesday for its three orphaned Season 2 episodes, but it’s definitely not too early to look at its Emmy prospects next year for Season 3. In the midst of the looming onscreen resistance, the show, which returned on June 5, found a moment to explore Aunt Lydia’s backstory in the eighth episode “Unfit,” which could catapult Ann Dowd all the way into next year’s drama supporting actress lineup and back at the podium.
While Aunt Lydia has been sending chills down our spines since the moment she walked onscreen, she’s never felt like a one-note villain. Whether it’s tears bleeding down her face as she commands the handmaids to stone Janine (Madeline Brewer), or her denouncing the silencing of women to June (Elisabeth Moss), Dowd has always visibly portrayed Lydia’s inner turmoil. Aunt Lydia may...
While Aunt Lydia has been sending chills down our spines since the moment she walked onscreen, she’s never felt like a one-note villain. Whether it’s tears bleeding down her face as she commands the handmaids to stone Janine (Madeline Brewer), or her denouncing the silencing of women to June (Elisabeth Moss), Dowd has always visibly portrayed Lydia’s inner turmoil. Aunt Lydia may...
- 7/18/2019
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
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