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The simplest rule that I made for this list of Great TV Performances of 2019 was that it wouldn't include anybody from any show that made my overall Top 10. That means no Phoebe Waller-Bridge, no Jharrel Jerome, no Jeremy Strong or Regina King or Natasha Lyonne or Pamela Adlon. All are wonderful. And all are honored within the confines of my Top 10. I also dodged a few "obvious" performances like Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon and Bill Hader in Barry. Does the world benefit from repeating how great they are again? Fine. They're great!

I still cheated here. A lot. There are three shared listings in cases where I simply didn't want to choose between deserving co-stars. There's also one random director, whose contributions to one of my favorite shows wasn't going to be celebrate-able in any other end-of-year capacity.

Some worthy additional mentions would include: Kirsten Dunst (On Becoming a God in Central Florida), Ana Fabrega (Los Espookys), Erin Doherty and Josh O'Connor (The Crown), Michael Sheen (The Good Fight), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Joey King (The Act) and, of course, Baby Yoda (The Mandalorian).