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Another fresh Emmy winner of best comedy actress?

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If a recent Emmy voting trend holds, forget Tina Fey (’30 Rock’) or Edie Falco (‘Nurse Jackie’) winning the award for lead comedy actress. They’ve already bagged the category in the past. The champ will be one of the other four nominees: Laura Linney (‘The Big C’), Melissa McCarthy (‘Mike and Molly’), Martha Plimpton (‘Raising Hope’) or Amy Poehler (‘Parks and Recreation’).

For the last 10 years, a different winner has claimed the category every time. No one has repeated. Patricia Heaton (‘Everybody Loves Raymond’) began the trend toward solo victors in 2001. Subsequent recipients: Jennifer Aniston (‘Friends’), Debra Messing (‘Will and Grace’), Sarah Jessica Parker (‘Sex and the City’), Felicity Huffman (‘Desperate Housewives’), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’), America Ferrera (‘Ugly Betty’), Fey, Toni Collette (‘United States of Tara’) and Falco.

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-- Tom O’Neil

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