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Britain leads International Emmys with 7 nominations

Richard Jenkins (right) and presenter Lady Gaga leave the stage after he accepted the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “Olive Kitteridge” at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles

Charles J. Gans (The Jakarta Post)
New York, United States
Mon, October 5, 2015

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Britain leads International Emmys with 7 nominations Richard Jenkins (right) and presenter Lady Gaga leave the stage after he accepted the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “Olive Kitteridge” at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (right) and presenter Lady Gaga leave the stage after he accepted the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for “Olive Kitteridge” at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello)

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span class="inline inline-center">Richard Jenkins (right) and presenter Lady Gaga leave the stage after he accepted the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a movie for '€œOlive Kitteridge'€ at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Britain has garnered a leading seven International Emmy nominations, including best actress and actor nods for Sheridan Smith and Rafe Spall.

Smith is nominated for her role in "Cilla" about the rise to fame of British pop singer and TV personality Cilla Black, who died in August in Spain.

Spall's nomination comes for his role opposite Jon Hamm in the techno-thriller "White Christmas," the holiday special of the anthology series "Black Mirror."

Brazil received five nominations, including two apiece for "Doce de Mae"(best comedy and actress Fernanda Montenegro) and "Psi"(best drama and actor Emilio de Mello).

A total of 40 nominees from 19 countries in 10 categories were announced Monday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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