“I said, ‘About what?’ And she says, ‘I can’t be the first person to reach you?’”īut now that the news has sunk in and a near-unmanageable amount of luggage has been packed accordingly-Smith-Cameron tells me she has to jet off to Europe straight after the ceremony-the first-time nominee is going all-out for the night’s fit with a vivid cranberry Carolina Herrera gown, matching clutch (embellished with a golden “Bans off Our Bodies” pin), and David Yurman jewelry. “That made it doubly flattering for me.”Īnd ironically, she says, it makes the stakes of the night feel a lot more relaxing: “It’s thrilling to have a nomination and be pretty sure you’re not going to win-an odd relief! You can just enjoy everything!” I ask how Smith-Cameron originally found out about the nomination over the summer apparently, she’d been vacationing on a remote Canadian island bereft of both Wifi and reliable cell service when exactly one call managed to reach her: “All of a sudden, the phone rang, and it was my friend Maria, and she’s like, Congratulations!,” Smith-Cameron laughs. “ Sarah Snook is in my category, and she’s got a much bigger job to do in the show,” Smith-Cameron reminds me. “I’m just saying I was surprised.” Despite her veteran career in theater and three-year turn as fan favorite Gerri Kellman in HBO’s Succession, her nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for this year still caught her off guard, particularly, as she notes, for such a stacked playing field. Smith-Cameron assures me over the phone while literally heading to catch her flight to LA ahead of Monday night’s Emmy Awards.
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