Australia's Nicole Kidman, Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush are all nominated for 2017 Primetime Emmy awards, while their television series will also face off in the same award category.
Kidman is up for the Limited Series actress Emmy for her role in Big Little Lies, a television adaption of the novel by Australia's Liane Moriarty. Her co- star Reese Witherspoon is also in the running.
Similarly, Rush has been nominated for the Limited Series Actor award, for his role as Albert Einstein in Genius.
Davis received a nomination for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for her role in Feud: Bette and Joan.
All three of the Australian actors' projects - Genius, Big Little Lies and Feud: Bette and Joan are also in competition for a gong in the Best Limited Series category.
Kidman's Big Little Lies is up for 16 Emmys all up.
HBO's Westworld and NBC's Saturday Night Live tied for the most nominations for the 2017 Emmy Awards, earning the most with 22 each.
Other leading nominees announced on Thursday in Los Angeles include Feud: Bette and Joan and Stranger Things with 18 nominations; Veep with 17 bids, and Fargo with 16 nominations.
The Emmys will be handed out a September 17 ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by Stephen Colbert.
Best actor, limited series or Tv movie
Riz Ahmed The Night Of
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Robert De Niro The Wizard of Lies
Ewan McGregor Fargo
Geoffrey Rush Genius
John Turturro The Night Of
Best actress, limited series or Tv movie
Carrie Coon Fargo
Felicity Huffman American Crime
Nicole Kidman Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange Feud: Better and Joan
Susan Sarandon Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon Big Little Lies
Best drama series
Better Call Saul AMC
The Crown Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
House of Cards Netflix
Stranger Things Netflix
This Is Us NBC
Westworld HBO
Best comedy series
Atlanta FX
black-ish ABC
Master of None Netflix
Modern Family ABC
Silicon Valley HBO
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix
Veep HBO
Best limited series
Big Little Lies HBO
Fargo FX
Feud: Bette and Joan FX
Genius National Geographic
The Night Of HBO
Best actor, drama
Sterling K. Brown This is Us
Anthony Hopkins Westworld
Bob Odenkirk Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys The Americans
Liev Schreiber Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey House of Cards
Milo Ventimiglia This is Us
Best actress, drama
Viola Davis How To Get Away With Murder
Claire Foy The Crown
Elisabeth Moss The Handmaid's Tale
Keri Russell The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood Westworld
Robin Wright House of Cards
Reuters
