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Betty Gilpin, who played Liberty Bell on Netflix's GLOW was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series the 2019 Emmy Awards.
GLOW also received nominations for the following categories:
*Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy or Variety Program.
*Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic).
*Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series.
*Outstanding Period Costumes.
These nominations would be for GLOW's second season.
GLOW, based on the 1980s Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling troupe and TV series, scored two Emmy wins back in September. GLOW's Stunt Coordinator Shauna Duggins won the Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program, becoming the first woman in history to score the accolade since it was instituted in 2002. The series also captured the Emmy for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less). The series was nominated for seven other Emmys as well.
GLOW tells the fictional story of Ruth Wilder (Brie) a struggling actress in Los Angeles who finds one last chance for stardom when she’s hired to become one of the stars of GLOW, a fledgling women's wrestling series. Unfortunately, Ruth must compete with her former best friend Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), a former soap actress. Meanwhile, world-weary washed-up film director Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron) has to create, train and maintain this eclectic troupe of women while trying to get the series off the ground. The first season of the series, a fictional period piece set in the 1980s based on the original David McLane Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling promotion, was named the Best TV series of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly.
Promotional material for the series notes that season three will "follow the ladies of GLOW as they take the Vegas strip by storm. Now headliners at the Fan-Tan Hotel and Casino, the women quickly realize Sin City is much more grind than glitter. Ever the team cheerleader, Ruth's passion for the show begins to take a backseat to her growingly complicated personal life. Debbie is making headway as a producer, but continues to be consumed with guilt over the distance between her and her son. As their residency wears on, the lines blur between performance and reality, and the cast find themselves struggling with their own identities both in and outside of the ring."
The first season of GLOW, a fictional period piece set in the 1980s based on the original David McLane Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling promotion, was named the Best TV series of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly.
Among those featured in the cast are AEW's Kia "Awesome Kong" Stevens, who consistently steals her scenes as Tamme Dawson aka The Welfare Queen and delivered an amazing performance in the fourth episode of Season Two. That episode was named by Entertainment Weekly as the best TV episode of any series in 2018.
GLOW scored two Emmy wins back in September 2018. GLOW's Stunt Coordinator Shauna Duggins won the Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program, becoming the first woman in history to score the accolade since it was instituted in 2002. The series also captured the Emmy for Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less). The series was nominated for seven other Emmys as well.
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