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Heigl passes on Emmy – Metro US

Heigl passes on Emmy

Katherine Heigl won’t be chewing her manicure at this year’s Emmy ceremony: She says she didn’t seek a nomination because Grey’s Anatomy failed to deliver the goods for an award-worthy performance.

Heigl, who was honoured as best supporting actress in a drama last year for the ABC series, declined to put her name in consideration for a bid, a spokeswoman for the actress said Wednesday.

“I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization” decided against competing, Heigl said in a written statement from her publicist, Melissa Kates.

“In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials,” added Heigl. She plays Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy, which slipped in the ratings this past season but remained a top 10 show.

An after-hours message left with a publicist for Grey’s Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes was not immediately returned Wednesday night.

Heigl, who shot to box-office success last summer with the comedy Knocked Up, has established herself as one of Hollywood’s rare voices of candor.

In a Vanity Fair magazine interview published in January, she called the hit film “a little sexist” and said that it painted women as “shrews, as humourless and uptight,” while the male characters were lovable and goofy.