Emmy Nominee Shelley Hennig!
Days_Allison: How did you find out?
Shelley_Hennig: I woke up to this phone call, telling me I was nominated, and I seriously thought someone was playing a joke on me! And I was thinking, this is a really mean joke. I guess because I was really sleepy and not awake yet, I was so confused. And Kyley our publicist called to tell me that it was true!
Days_Allison: And what was your reaction?
Shelley_Hennig: I'm one of those people that things never really hit me. I've been on the show three years now and all of a sudden I'm going "oh, wow. I booked a soap right out of school." Or while I was still in school. And I'm still here. What?! So things just kind of come up every now and then. It may take a year or something. I'm not expecting a win, but to be nominated was a huge deal. I know how challenging it is and I know how many great actors there are in the category. I'm just proud of that and I'll always feel honored for that.
Days_Allison: What episode did you submit? ?
Shelley_Hennig: Where Philip gets shot. It got the most buzz, so I thought, that's easy. I'll just submit that one. I thought about some of the morgue stuff, actually. The Philip gets shot was the most obvious one and I like to kind of take a gamble. Which is maybe why I haven't been nominated before! This is the first year where I submitted the obvious one. Maybe I figured it all out! I don't know!
I was thinking about the morgue stuff because it was my best challenging acting. It was "smart" acting. My morgue stuff was really good. I was really proud of that work. But then I thought, I don't want to take it there. But it was really challenging. It was some really difficult stuff to pull off. But so was the Philip gets shot one, just because it was my gut. I was sharing the most real emotions I could ever share with people. So that's why I'm really proud of that work.
Days_Allison: And who was the first person you told?
Shelley_Hennig: My boyfriend. But, he was exhausted. Of course he was happy. Like "oh, I'm so happy for you. You'll never know how happy I am for you. Okay, I'll see you in an hour!" 
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