True Blood Nominated For The Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award nominations are out this morning and True Blood has been nominated in several categories!  True Blood has been nominated for Best Television Series - Drama and Anna Paquin for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series -Drama.  Also in other exciting news Anna Paquin has also been nominated for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie for her portrayal in "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler." Also Carrie Preston's husband, Michael Emerson has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for LOST. Great news for True Blood fans as we will have the opportunity to see the cast of True Blood hopefully standing up on stage accepting the award for Best TV Drama and Anna sweeping the awards in her categories! Here is a run down of True Blood's nominations and their competition:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

• Big Love (HBO)

• Dexter (Showtime)

• House (Fox)

• Mad Men (AMC)

• TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

• Glenn Close - Damages

• January Jones- Med Men

• Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

• Anna Paquin- TRUE BLOOD

• Kyra Sedgwick- The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe

• Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens

• Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens

• Anna Paquin - The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

• Sigourney Weaver - Prayers For Bobby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Michael Emerson - LOST

• Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother

• William Hurt - Damages

• John Lithgow - Dexter

• Jeremy Piven - Entourage

SOURCE: Golden Globes (Photo credit: NBC Universal, Inc. via about.com)

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