Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Claire Danes (Homeland), January Jones (Mad Men), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Mireille Enos (The Killing) and Emmy Rossum (Shameless) on The Hollywood Reporter Emmy Roundtable

Ask a drama series actress to name the toughest part of her job, and inevitably the conversation turns to motherhood and the pressure of “doing it all.” But this year’s contenders are candid about much more: nudity, terrible auditions and “inhuman” hours were mentioned by the six women in our Emmy-season kickoff roundtable panel: Claire Danes, 33 (Showtime’sHomeland), Mireille Enos, 36(AMC’sThe Killing),January Jones, 34 (AMC’sMad Men), Julianna Margulies, 45 (CBS’The Good Wife), Emmy Rossum, 25 (Showtime’s Shameless), and Kyra Sedgwick, 46 (TNT’s The Closer).
The season’s top contenders Claire Danes, Mireille Enos, January Jones, Julianna Margulies, Emmy Rossum and Kyra Sedgwick talk to THR about bad auditions, breastfeeding on set and their views on nudity in THR’s Emmy roundtable. The actresses were photographed April 30 at Perch in downtown Los Angeles.