A key player on “Yellowjackets” has opted to sit out Emmy season. Nonbinary actor Liv Hewson, who plays the scarred teenage goalkeeper Van Palmer on Showtime’s hit drama, won’t be submitting themse…
“There’s not a place for me in the acting categories,” Hewson says. “It would be inaccurate for me to submit myself as an actress. It neither makes sense for me to be lumped in with the boys. It’s quite straightforward and not that loaded. I can’t submit myself for this because there’s no space for me.”
LGBTQ activists and allies have advocated for gender-neutral acting categories at major awards ceremonies like the Oscars and the Golden Globes. In 2017, “Billions” star Asia Kate Dillon, the first nonbinary performer to play a nonbinary character on a major TV show, asked the TV Academy to clarify its gender classifications.
“We’re not going to start awarding best female and male director, or female or male cinematographer,” they continue. “Because we all understand that implicitly would be insulting. You can keep things as they are right now — I just won’t be participating.” The dilemma puts nonbinary actors in a place where they must make an uncomfortable choice. Hewson has made theirs, whereas J. Harrison Ghee, a nonbinary actor on Fox’s anthology crime series “Accused,”Emmy consideration. Meanwhile, they will be vying for a Tony nom for lead actor for the revival of “Some Like It Hot.”
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