Photos: 2012 Emmy nominees

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(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between the 2012 Emmy nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series. ***TOP LEFT IMAGE*** Edie Falco attends the "Clybourne Park" Broadway opening night at Walter Kerr Theatre on April 19, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images) ***TOP 2nd LEFT IMAGE*** Actress Tina Fey arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center February 26, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) ***TOP 2nd RIGHT IMAGE*** Actress Zooey Deschanel arrives at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on February 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) ***TOP RIGHT IMAGE*** Actress/creator/executive producer Lena Dunham attends the HBO with The Cinema Society host the New York premiere of HBO's "Girls" at the School of Visual Arts Theater on April 4, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) ***BOTTOM LEFT IMAGE*** A detail of the Emmy Award statue during the arrivals at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on September 16, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ***BOTTOM 2nd LEFT IMAGE*** Actress Melissa McCarthy arrives at the 84th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton hotel on February 6, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) ***BOTTOM 2nd RIGHT IMAGE*** Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus attends Heal The Bay's Bring Back The Beach Fundraiser on May 17, 2012 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) ***BOTTOM RIGHTIMAGE*** BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 06: Actress Amy Poehler arrives to The Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest Honoring "Parks and Recreation" at Saban Theatre on March 6, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)