Darren Walker has only been on the job as president and CEO of Anonymous Content for five months so the noise that he heard at the company’s New York City office Wednesday morning was something new.
“I walked into yelps and screams and cheers,” Walker tells me. “I felt like I was at a college football game.”
For good reason — Anonymous clients earned 10 Emmy nominations, including lead actress in limited series or movie for Sally Field for her work in Netflix’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures.”
Walker first met the acting icon when she was awarded the National Medal of Arts from Pres. Obama in 2015. “We just started this conversation, and we have been in this dialog for all these years. It’s deeply personal,” Walker said. “After my partner died, Sally was amazing. Four years later, I called her when I went on my first date. So to see her name then to turn up here on the list of clients with Emmy nomination…She had already sent me an email.”
In addition to Field, another notable Emmy nominee is Mathew Rhys, who picked up two for his work on “The Beast Within Me” and “Widow’s Bay.” It’s the first time in more than 30 years that an actor got lead noms the same year in both limited series/movie and comedy. Betty Gilpin also nabbed a nom for “Widow’s Bay.” Sarah Pidgeon was recognized with a nod for her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette in “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn.”
