Rodriguez, who plays Ana Vargas on "Smash, " was last on Broadway in "The Addams Family, " originating the role of Wednesday Addams alongside Nathan Lane and BebeNeuwirth.
Competing against them are BebeNeuwirth for her role as Dorothy Parker in "Dash and Lilly, " Anne Bancroft for the CBS movie "Deep In My Heart, " Cicely Tyson for "A Lesson Before Dying, " and Dianne Wiest for "The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn" (CBS).