Meghann Fahy earns Golden Globe nomination after 'White Lotus' finale

The last day caused a whirlwind of emotions for fans of Meghann Fahy. Just hours after the 32-year-old actor delivered another rousing performance in the Season 2 finale of "The White Lotus," she was dropped from the 2023 Golden Globe nominations announced on Dec. 12. Although the HBO show ended up earning four total nods – three for supporting cast members Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza and F. Murray Abraham and a fourth for the show as a whole – Fahy's snub particularly stings after her final arc as Daphne Sullivan.

In the second season of "The White Lotus", Fahy portrays the wife of Aperol Spritz, PDA, food eater, "Ted Lasso" to fund his brother Cameron (Theo James). On the surface, Daphne is a wealthy, airy housewife who's unaffected by the woes of the world — so much so that she can't even remember if she voted in the last election — but take off those Pucci bikinis and these floral summer dresses, and she is much more complex. Fahy brings these complexities to life with great care, wrapping emotion with her line and facial expressions.

We start to see glimmers of Daphne's depth in episode three when she takes Harper (Plaza) to Noto, where they stay in a spacious palace she sneakily rents for the night. She and Harper have a heart-to-heart where she admits Cameron cheated on her and shares her coping mechanism: doing whatever she wants. "I'm not a victim," she says matter-of-factly as she lounges on a plush couch. Two episodes later, she hints that she mirrored Cameron's infidelity by potentially having a child with her attractive fitness trainer.

In the seventh and final episode, we see Daphne's bubbly facade momentarily reappear during Fahy's most notable scene of the season. When Ethan (Will Sharpe) approaches her with concerns that Harper and Cameron have encountered, his eyes silently display a dizzying array of emotions within seconds – shock, grief, disappointment, desire for repayment – before she finally says, "I don't think you...

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Meghann Fahy earns Golden Globe nomination after 'White Lotus' finale

Meghann Fahy as Daphne in 'The White Lotus' season two.

The last day caused a whirlwind of emotions for fans of Meghann Fahy. Just hours after the 32-year-old actor delivered another rousing performance in the Season 2 finale of "The White Lotus," she was dropped from the 2023 Golden Globe nominations announced on Dec. 12. Although the HBO show ended up earning four total nods – three for supporting cast members Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza and F. Murray Abraham and a fourth for the show as a whole – Fahy's snub particularly stings after her final arc as Daphne Sullivan.

In the second season of "The White Lotus", Fahy portrays the wife of Aperol Spritz, PDA, food eater, "Ted Lasso" to fund his brother Cameron (Theo James). On the surface, Daphne is a wealthy, airy housewife who's unaffected by the woes of the world — so much so that she can't even remember if she voted in the last election — but take off those Pucci bikinis and these floral summer dresses, and she is much more complex. Fahy brings these complexities to life with great care, wrapping emotion with her line and facial expressions.

We start to see glimmers of Daphne's depth in episode three when she takes Harper (Plaza) to Noto, where they stay in a spacious palace she sneakily rents for the night. She and Harper have a heart-to-heart where she admits Cameron cheated on her and shares her coping mechanism: doing whatever she wants. "I'm not a victim," she says matter-of-factly as she lounges on a plush couch. Two episodes later, she hints that she mirrored Cameron's infidelity by potentially having a child with her attractive fitness trainer.

In the seventh and final episode, we see Daphne's bubbly facade momentarily reappear during Fahy's most notable scene of the season. When Ethan (Will Sharpe) approaches her with concerns that Harper and Cameron have encountered, his eyes silently display a dizzying array of emotions within seconds – shock, grief, disappointment, desire for repayment – before she finally says, "I don't think you...