2023 American television series
The Last of Us Genre Created by Based on The Last of Us Naughty Dog [ a] Showrunners Craig Mazin Neil Druckmann Written by Starring Theme music composer Gustavo Santaolalla Composers Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 16 Production Executive producers Craig Mazin Neil Druckmann Carolyn Strauss Rose Lam Evan Wells Carter Swan Asad Qizilbash Jacqueline Lesko Cecil O'Connor Halley Gross Producers Greg Spence Cecil O'Connor Allen Marshall Palmer Julie Herrin Leeann Stonebreaker Production location Canada Cinematography Ksenia Sereda Eben Bolter Christine A. Maier Nadim Carlsen Catherine Goldschmidt Editors Timothy A. Good Mark Hartzell Emily Mendez Cindy Mollo Simon Smith Running time 43–81 minutes Production companies Original release Network HBO Release January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15 ) –
The Last of Us post-apocalyptic drama television series created byCraig Mazin andNeil Druckmann forHBO . Based onthe video game franchise developed byNaughty Dog , the series is set decades after thecollapse of society caused by a massfungal infection that transforms its hosts intozombie -like creatures.The first season , based on 2013'sThe Last of Us Joel (Pedro Pascal ) andEllie (Bella Ramsey ) as they travel across the United States. Inthe second season , based on the first half of 2020'sThe Last of Us Part II Jackson, Wyoming , with Joel's brotherTommy (Gabriel Luna ) and Ellie's friendsDina (Isabela Merced ) andJesse (Young Mazino ). The group travels toSeattle to track downAbby (Kaitlyn Dever ), who is set to be the focus of the third season.
The series followsseveral characters . The first season sought high-profile guest stars, such asAnna Torv as Joel's partnerTess ,Merle Dandridge andMelanie Lynskey asresistance leadersMarlene andKathleen ,Nick Offerman andMurray Bartlett as survivalistsBill and Frank ,Rutina Wesley as Tommy's wifeMaria , andStorm Reid as Ellie's best friendRiley . Wesley returned in the second season, which introducesJeffrey Wright as militia leader Isaac, andSpencer Lord ,Tati Gabrielle ,Ariela Barer , andDanny Ramirez as Abby's friendsOwen ,Nora ,Mel , andManny , respectively.
The first season was filmed inAlberta from July 2021 to June 2022, while the second was filmed inBritish Columbia from February to August 2024. One of themost expensive television series , it is a joint production bySony Pictures Television ,PlayStation Productions , Naughty Dog, the Mighty Mint, and Word Games. Druckmann, who wrote and co-directed the games, assisted Mazin with scriptwriting for the first season's nine episodes, joined byHalley Gross , who co-wrotePart II , for the second season's seven.The score was composed byGustavo Santaolalla , who composed for the games, andDavid Fleming .
The Last of Us premiered on January 15, 2023. Acrosslinear channels andHBO Max , the series premiere was watched by almost 40 million viewers within two months; the series averaged almost 32 million viewers per episode by May, and it became HBO's most watched debut season. The second season premiered on April 13, 2025, and averaged almost 37 million viewers within two months. A third season is expected to air in 2027. The series has received acclaim from critics, who praised the performances, writing, production design, direction, and score; several called it the best adaptation of a video game.It won several accolades , including ninePrimetime Emmy Awards .
Cast and characters [ edit ] Pedro Pascal asJoel Miller (seasons 1–2), a hardened middle-aged survivor who is tormented by the trauma of his past.[ 6] [ 8] [ 6] hard of hearing in one ear and his knees ache when he stands.[ 9] Bella Ramsey asEllie , a teenage girl who displays defiance and anger but has a private need for kinship and belonging.[ 7] puns .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] immune to theCordyceps vaccine .[ 7] [ 13] Gabriel Luna as Tommy (season 2; guest season 1), Joel's younger brother, who maintainsidealism in hoping for a better world.[ 14] commune with his wife, Maria, inJackson, Wyoming .[ 15] [ 16] Isabela Merced as Dina (season 2), Ellie's girlfriend. She is Jesse's ex, and pregnant with his child. She is a freewheeling spirit with a loyalty towards Ellie, which is challenged by the world's brutality.[ 17] Young Mazino as Jesse (season 2), Dina's ex and an important member of Jackson whose selflessness sometimes comes at a cost.[ 18] [ 19] Kaitlyn Dever asAbby (season 3; recurring season 2),[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] Anna Torv as Tess (season 1), a hardened survivor and Joel's partner.[ 25] [ 26] Rutina Wesley as Maria (season 2; guest season 1), a co-leader of Jackson.[ 27] [ 28] [ 16] assistant district attorney , Maria is calm and merciful.[ 27] [ 29] Robert John Burke as Seth (season 2), a former police officer who runs a bar in Jackson.[ 30] [ 31] traditional values , helps Ellie and Dina after drunkenly insulting them.[ 32] [ 33] [ 34] Spencer Lord as Owen (season 2), a WLF member and a former Firefly who witnessed Joel's massacre in Salt Lake City.[ 35] [ 36] Tati Gabrielle as Nora (season 2), a former Firefly.[ 35] [ 36] Ariela Barer as Mel (season 2), a former Firefly and Owen's girlfriend.[ 35] [ 36] [ 37] Danny Ramirez (season 2) andJorge Lendeborg Jr. (season 3) as Manny, a WLF member and a former Firefly.[ 35] [ 38] [ 36] [ 39] Catherine O'Hara as Gail (season 2), Joel's therapist and Eugene's wife.[ 40] [ 41] [ 42] Nico Parker as Sarah, Joel's 14-year-old daughter.[ 43] [ 44] [ 45] John Hannah as Dr. Neuman, anepidemiologist who issues a warning about the threat offungi during a talk show in 1968.[ 46] Merle Dandridge as Marlene, the head of the Fireflies, aresistance movement hoping to gain freedom from the military. Dandridge reprises her role fromthe video games .[ 47] Christopher Heyerdahl as Dr. Schoenheiss, an epidemiologist on the 1968 talk show who is skeptical of Neuman's warning.[ 48] Brendan Fletcher as Robert, a thug andblack market arms dealer in theBoston Quarantine Zone.[ 49] [ 50] Christine Hakim as Ratna Pertiwi, amycology professor who advises the Indonesian government to bombJakarta to slow the spread of the infection,[ 51] [ 52] [ 53] Nick Offerman as Bill, amisanthropic survivalist.[ 54] [ 55] Murray Bartlett as Frank, a survivalist living in an isolated town with Bill.[ 56] [ 57] Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell, who is hiding from a revolutionary movement inKansas City .[ 58] [ 59] Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan, the leader of arevolutionary movement in Kansas City.[ 60] [ 61] [ 62] Keivonn Montreal Woodard as Sam, a deaf, artistic eight-year-old child who is hiding with his brother Henry.[ 58] [ 63] [ 64] [ 65] Jeffrey Pierce as Perry, a revolutionary rebel in a quarantine zone and former military member, who is Kathleen'ssecond-in-command .[ 56] [ 66] [ 67] [ 56] John Getz as Edelstein, a Kansas City doctor who protects Henry and Sam from Kathleen and the rebels.[ 68] [ 69] Graham Greene as Marlon, aNative American hunter who has lived with his wife Florence in the wilderness of Wyoming since before the pandemic.[ 58] [ 70] [ 70] Elaine Miles as Florence, who lives with her husband Marlon.[ 58] [ 70] Storm Reid as Riley Abel, an orphaned girl who is Ellie's best friend atmilitary school in post-apocalyptic Boston.[ 71] [ 72] fascists .[ 73] Scott Shepherd as David, a preacher who leads a struggling community.[ 74] [ 75] [ 76] [ 76] Troy Baker as James, David's aide.[ 77] [ 74] [ 78] Ashley Johnson as Anna, Ellie's mother.[ 79] [ 79] [ 78] Noah Lamanna as Kat, Ellie's ex and the only other openly queer member of Jackson.[ 30] [ 80] the video game .[ 80] Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon, the ruthless leader of the WLF and a former high-ranking sergeant for the Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA).[ 81] [ 82] [ 82] Alanna Ubach as Hanrahan, a high-ranking WLF member[ 81] [ 30] Josh Peck as Janowicz, a FEDRA soldier in Seattle under Isaac's command. He jokes with other soldiers about the harassment and abuse of civilians.[ 83] Ben Ahlers as Burton, a loyal and hardened WLF soldier.[ 81] [ 84] [ 81] [ 30] Hettienne Park as Elise Park, a WLF sergeant whose soldier son was infected through spores. The character is original to the series.[ 30] [ 85] Tony Dalton as Javier Miller, Joel and Tommy's father. An original character to the series, he is a police officer with a history of usingviolence to discipline his sons, having been abused even more violently by his own father as a child.[ 86] Joe Pantoliano as Eugene Lynden, Gail's husband who was killed by Joel after being infected.[ 41] [ 30] Clea DuVall as a member of the Seraphites, a religious group based in Seattle[ 38] Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released 1 9 January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15 ) March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12 ) 2 7 April 13, 2025 (2025-04-13 ) May 25, 2025 (2025-05-25 )
No. No. in Title Directed by Written by Original release date U.S. viewers 1 1 "When You're Lost in the Darkness " Craig Mazin Craig Mazin &Neil Druckmann January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15 ) 0.588[ 87] 2 2 "Infected " Neil Druckmann Craig Mazin January 22, 2023 (2023-01-22 ) 0.633[ 88] 3 3 "Long, Long Time " Peter Hoar Craig Mazin January 29, 2023 (2023-01-29 ) 0.747[ 89] 4 4 "Please Hold to My Hand " Jeremy Webb Craig Mazin February 5, 2023 (2023-02-05 ) 0.991[ 90] 5 5 "Endure and Survive " Jeremy Webb Craig Mazin February 12, 2023 (2023-02-12 ) [ c] 0.382[ 92] 6 6 "Kin " Jasmila Žbanić Craig Mazin February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19 ) 0.841[ 93] 7 7 "Left Behind " Liza Johnson Neil Druckmann February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26 ) 1.083[ 94] 8 8 "When We Are in Need " Ali Abbasi Craig Mazin March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05 ) 1.039[ 95] 9 9 "Look for the Light " Ali Abbasi Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12 ) 1.040[ 96]
A film adaptation ofNaughty Dog 's video gameThe Last of Us Neil Druckmann ;[ 105] development hell by 2016[ 106] [ 107] Craig Mazin .[ 107] [ 108] Carolyn Strauss andEvan Wells .[ 104] PlayStation Productions 's first show,[ 104] [ 109] Sony Pictures Television and Naughty Dog.[ 110] greenlit the series in November, adding executive producers Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan and production company Word Games,[ 110] [ 111] [ 14] [ 112] the first season 's ten-episode count was reduced to nine during production.[ 113] [ 114]
On January 27, 2023, less than two weeks after the premiere, HBO renewed the series fora second season .[ 115] The Last of Us: Left Behind [ 116] The Last of Us Part II [ 117] [ 118] [ 119] [ 120] Kate Herron , Nina Lopez-Corrado,Mark Mylod , andStephen Williams were announced as second-season directors alongside Druckmann, Hoar, and Mazin in January 2024.[ 121] [ 122] [ 123]
HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 9, 2025, ahead of the premiere of the second.[ 124] Halley Gross , who co-wrotePart II with Druckmann, joined the second season as a writer and co-executive producer,[ 125] [ 126] [ 127] [ 128] [ 129] [ 130] [ 122] [ 129] [ 118] [ 131] [ 132] [ 133] [ 122]
The Last of Us is the largest television production to be filmed inAlberta [ 134] [ 135] [ 136] [ 137] CA$182 million for Alberta and creating 1,490 jobs.[ 138] [ 139] CA$100 million —more than $10 million per episode[ 137] [ 140] Game of Thrones ' s first five seasons,[ 9] most expensive television series .[ 141] [ 142] [ 143] [ 144]
Casting for the first season took place virtually throughZoom due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 145] [ 146] [ 6] [ 7] [ 147] : 14:42 Game of Thrones , Pascal and Ramsey had not met before the filming ofThe Last of Us began but found they had instant chemistry, which developed over production.[ 148]
Mazin and Thomas sought high-profile guest stars; Thomas said many of the actors "don't usually do one-episode guest spots".[ 149] [ 150] [ 47] [ 43] [ 56] [ 25] [ 54] [ 71] [ 78] [ 58] [ 60] [ 151] [ 28]
Casting for the second season wasput on hold in May 2023 due to theWriters Guild of America strike ; actors had beenauditioning with scenes fromThe Last of Us Part II due to an absence ofscripts .[ 152] [ 153] [ 153] Abby .[ 144] [ 154] [ 22] [ 18] [ 17] [ 120] [ 36] [ 82] [ 30]
Ramirez departed the series in December 2025 due to scheduling conflicts;[ 39] Jorge Lendeborg Jr. for the third season in February 2026, alongside DuVall's casting.[ 38]
Halley Gross , who co-wroteThe Last of Us Part II writers' room for the second season.[ 4] The Last of Us is apost-apocalyptic drama andthriller .[ 155] [ 156] [ 157] [ 158] writers' room was established for the second season,[ 159] [ 4] [ 160] [ 161] [ 160] [ 162] [ 127] [ 160] [ 129]
The writers avoided making "a zombie show",[ 163] [ 145] [ 164] [ 165] [ 166] [ 167] : 41:25 [ 168] tribalism ,[ 19] [ 169] [ 170] [ 171]
Druckmann wanted the adaptation to "keep the soul" from the games, particularly character relationships.[ 172] [ 173] [ 116] [ 174] [ 175] [ 163] [ 176] mycelium ;[ 163] [ 168]
Ksenia Sereda is the leaddirector of photography , working with multiple directors on the series.[ 42] [ 167] : 37:32 [ 107] [ 177] [ 178] [ 179] [ 180] [ 136] CA$372,000 was spent for a four-day shoot inDowntown Edmonton in October.[ 181] [ 182] [ 183] Canmore in November.[ 184] Okotoks andWaterton Lakes National Park in February 2022,[ 185] [ 186] [ 187] [ 188] [ 189] Olds in May and June,[ 190] [ 191] [ 192] [ 193] additional photography in Kansas City in October.[ 194]
The second season was filmed inBritish Columbia under theworking title Mega Sword ,[ 196] [ 197] [ 198] [ 199] actors' strikes ,[ 200] [ 195] [ 201] Kamloops ,Mission ,Fort Langley , andLangley .[ 202] [ 203] [ 204] Exshaw and alongHighway 1A ,[ 205] Britannia Beach in April, June, and July,[ 206] [ 207] Downtown Eastside andNanaimo in May,[ 208] [ 209] Chinatown ,Downtown Vancouver , andNew Westminster in July,[ 210] [ 211] [ 212] Gastown in August.[ 213] [ 214] [ 215] [ 216]
Filming for the third season is expected to take place in British Columbia from March 2 to November 27, 2026, under the working titleCalm Current .[ 130] [ 217]
Gustavo Santaolalla , who worked on the video games, composed the score for the television series.[ 218] Gustavo Santaolalla andDavid Fleming composed the score for the television series;[ 218] [ 219] [ 220] DNA ".[ 221] [ 222] [ 223] [ 224] [ 225] Soundtrack albums were released for each season.[ 226] [ 227]
Druckmann considered music conducive to the narrative, with characters performing or listening to music contributing toworldbuilding or relationships.[ 228] Long, Long Time " featuresthe song byLinda Ronstadt , which exhibits themes of unfulfilled love and how time heals wounds, echoing Bill and Frank's relationship;[ 229] Please Hold to My Hand " references the lyrics ofHank Williams 's "Alone and Forsaken ";[ 230] : 1:01 Future Days " is named afterthe song byPearl Jam , which features in the games and series;[ 231] : 5:24 Through the Valley " is named afterShawn James 'ssong , of which acover byAshley Johnson is featured in the episode.[ 232] [ 233] [ 234] [ 235] charted .[ 234] [ 236] [ 237]
Design and post-production [ edit ] Several teams worked on the series's set design to make the world look appropriately aged and damaged.
[ 238] Five art directors and hundreds of technicians worked on the first season,[ 137] [ 145] [ 239] [ 240] fantasy orperiod pieces as the costumes had to be integral to the story without standing out;[ 241] [ 242] [ 243]
Barrie and Sarah Gower, with whom Mazin had worked onChernobyl , created the prosthetics for the infected.[ 244] : 0:31 [ 245] [ 246] visual effects would have lessened their impact.[ 247] : 18:24 Terry Notary wanted the creatures' movements to imitate each other, akin toschools of fish .[ 248] Misty Lee and Phillip Kovats, who had worked on the games,[ d] [ 249]
Timothy A. Good is the series's lead editor,[ 250] [ 251] [ 9] [ 252] [ 253] : 27:35 [ 254] [ 255] [ 256] [ 112] [ 257] [ 258] [ 259] [ 260] [ 9] [ 196] [ 259] DNEG worked on 535 shots for the season over 18 months, primarily focusing on environmental effects; field trips were conducted to gather resources, and the team regularly referenced the video games.[ 261] [ 9] timelapse videos ofCordyceps growth as animation references.[ 248] title sequence to demonstrate the "unrelenting nature" of the fungus.[ 262] [ 263]
Broadcast and home media [ edit ] The first season premiered in the United States on January 15, 2023.[ 114] [ 264] 4K resolution onHBO Max .[ 265] red carpet world premiere inWestwood, Los Angeles , on January 9,[ 266] Budapest andSydney on January 11,[ 267] [ 268] [ 269] Inside the Episode , were released on HBO Max andYouTube following each episode,[ 270] [ 271] Building The Last of Us , featuring interviews with the cast and crew of the series and games.[ 272] [ 273] DVD ,Blu-ray , andUltra HD Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on July 17,[ 274] [ 275] parasitology experts, and theInside the Episode series.[ 276]
The Last of Us is HBO's first original content to have anAmerican Sign Language version, performed byDaniel Durant and directed by Leila Hanaumi; the first season was released onMax on March 31, 2025, and the second season was released alongside each new episode,[ 277] [ 278] Hollywood, Los Angeles , on March 24,[ 279] [ 280] [ 281] [ 282] [ 283] [ 284] [ 285] [ 286] Making of The Last of Us .[ 287]
The third season is expected to air in 2027.[ 132]
To promote the show,Troy Baker ,Ashley Johnson ,Bella Ramsey , andPedro Pascal presented Best Action Game atthe Game Awards in December 2022.[ 288] The Last of Us ' s marketing campaign utilised "breadcrumb content": small teases to maintain engagement.[ 289] [ 289] social listening from 2020 to identify non-gaminginfluencers interested in the series.[ 290] [ 291] the premiere ofHouse of the Dragon [ 292] [ 293] [ 60] [ 294] [ 289]
Pedro Pascal ,Kaitlyn Dever , andGabriel Luna promoting the second season atSXSW [ 167] The first full trailer was released atCCXP in December,[ 151] [ 295] [ 290] the Game Awards 2022 on December 8.[ 288] [ 296] talk shows to promote the series,[ 297] [ 298] [ 299] [ 300] [ 117] [ 8] [ 301] [ 302] a companion podcast [ 303]
For the second season,Sony Pictures Consumer Products partnered with several brands to match the narrative's themes and content.[ 304] [ 305] [ 306] [ 13] Consumer Electronics Show presentation in January 2025,[ 307] [ 278] SXSW in March,[ 308] [ 309] [ 310] [ 311] [ 312] [ 313] [ 314]
The Last of Us has an average approval rating of 94% on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes [ 315] weighted average score of 83/100 onMetacritic , indicating "universal acclaim".[ 316] [ 317] [ 318] [ 319] [ 320] [ 321] GameSpot ' s Mark Delaney called it "the beginning of a new era" for the genre.[ 220] [ 220] [ 322] [ 323] [ 324] [ 323] [ 325] [ 326] [ 327] [ 328] [ 321] [ 329] The Hollywood Reporter ' s Daniel Fienberg felt it elevated the series to a new level,[ 330] Empire ' s John Nugent called it "one of the finest hours of television in recent memory".[ 331] [ 328] [ 331] [ 332]
The cast's performances in the first season received widespread acclaim, with critics singling out Pascal and Ramsey's chemistry.[ 319] [ 333] [ 334] [ 326] [ 331] [ 321] [ 322] [ 335] [ 336] [ 328] [ 335] [ 337] [ 338] [ 339] [ 340] [ 341] [ 342] [ 343] [ 344] Complex ' s William Goodman as "career-best".[ 332] IGN ' s Simon Cardy lauded Lamar Johnson's emotional performance in his final scene,[ 345] Total Film ' s Bradley Russell felt the naivety of Woodard's role intensified the narrative.[ 346] The A.V. Club ' s David Cote called Shepherd's performance "masterful in its wry, understated charm".[ 347]
The second season has a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 92% based on 270 reviews,[ 362] [ 363] The Last of Us as the best video game adaptation;[ 348] [ 354] /Film ' s Jeremy Mathai felt it "sets a new standard for every video game adaptation" and lauded the unified creative vision of each production department,[ 364] Collider ' s Ross Bonaime declared it "one of 2025's best seasons of TV".[ 348] Game of Thrones at its best,[ 351] [ 365] [ 366] [ 348] [ 367] [ 23] [ 368] [ 369] [ 370] [ 371] [ 355] [ 371] [ 349] [ 372]
The performances in the second season received acclaim,[ 373] [ 374] [ 375] [ 351] [ 356] [ 376] Rolling Stone ' sAlan Sepinwall found some episodes weaker for their absence.[ 355] [ 352] [ 354] [ 371] [ 377] [ 378] [ 379] [ 348] [ 349] [ 350] [ 365] [ 376] [ 374] [ 348] [ 352] [ 353] [ 349] [ 351] [ 354] [ 355] [ 356] [ 357] [ 380] [ 84] [ 358] [ 381] [ 359] [ 360] [ 361] [ 349] [ 364] [ 368] [ 374] [ 365] [ 382] [ 374] Inverse ' s Valerie Ettenhofer found some interactions "strangely artificial" in contrast to the first season.[ 350]
The premiere episode had 4.7 million viewers in the United States on its first night of availability, includinglinear viewers and streams on HBO Max, making it the second-largest debut for HBO since 2010, behindHouse of the Dragon .[ 383] [ 384] Latin America , the series premiere was the biggest HBO Max debut ever.[ 385] [ 386] [ 387] [ 388] [ 389] [ 390] Game of Thrones ' seighth season , surpassingHouse of the Dragon ' s ten-episode average.[ 391] House of the Dragon ' sfirst-season finale .[ 392] subscription video on demand viewer ratings in Europe, and became the most-watched show on HBO Max in Europe and Latin America.[ 393] [ 394] [ 394] [ 395]
Viewership for the first season surged by 150% in the week preceding the second-season premiere.[ 396] [ 397] [ 398] [ 399] Memorial Day weekend, expecting viewership to grow later based on previous figures. By May, the season averaged almost 37 million global viewers per episode, larger than the first season's 32 million within 90 days. The series overall had received over 90 million total global viewers since the first-season finale.[ 400] [ 401] [ 402] [ 403]
Awards and nominations [ edit ] The Last of Us is the first live-action video game adaptation to receive major awards consideration.[ 404] Primetime Emmy Awards , with a leading eight wins at theCreative Arts Emmy Awards , including for Offerman and Reid.[ 405] Screen Actors Guild Awards (includingBest Actor for Pascal)[ 406] Directors Guild of America Awards [ 407] Writers Guild of America Awards ,[ 408] Producers Guild of America Awards .[ 409] Critics' Choice Television Awards ,[ 410] Golden Globe Awards ,[ 411] TCA Awards ,[ 412] Astra Creative Arts TV Awards with six nominations.[ 413] Saturn Awards .[ 414] MTV Movie & TV Awards with three wins, includingBest Show ,[ 415] People's Choice Awards , including Show of the Year.[ 416] Peabody Award for Entertainment,[ 5] Ruderman Family Foundation for Woodard's role as Sam.[ 417]
The second season was nominated for 17Primetime Emmy Awards , including Pascal and Ramsey's second nominations.[ 418] 25th Golden Trailer Awards with nine nominations for its marketing,[ 419] 5th Critics' Choice Super Awards with six nominations,[ 420] [ 421] 5th Astra TV Awards , including Best Drama Series and nine acting nominees; Merced and Wright won Best Supporting Actress and Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series, respectively.[ 422] NHMC Impact Awards Gala for her roles inThe Last of Us andSuperman [ 423] Gold House 's Gold List in Television.[ 424]
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Series
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Miniseries
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