Logie Awards 2017: ‘Offspring’ star Asher Keddie going up against Jessica Marais for Best Actress; Event’s complete details here

The Logie Awards 2017 is coming up this weekend in Australia. It is going to be a tough battle not only for the Golden Logie trophy but also for the Best Actress award.

“Offspring” lead star Asher Keddie will go up against “Love Child” and “The Wrong Girl” actress Jessica Marais. If Keddie takes home the trophy this year, it will be her eighth win from the most prestigious award-giving body in Australia. Keddie had won the Logie Awards’ Most Popular Actress for five consecutive years since 2011. She had three Gold Logie nominations, winning the award in 2013, and the Most Outstanding Actress recognition in 2014 as well.

As for Marais, she is breaking new ground as the only female nominee in the Gold Logie category this year for portraying two roles across two TV networks. She portrays midwife Joan Millar on “Love Child” and breakfast TV producer Lily Woodward on “The Wrong Girl.” This is her first Gold nomination. Marais had won the Logie for Most Popular New Female Talent and the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent in 2009.

Her competitions for the Best Personality on Australian TV award this year are Grant Denyer, Peter Helliar, Rodger Corser, Samuel Johnson and Waleed Aly. She is also nominated in Logie Award 2017’s Best Actress and Most Outstanding Actress in a Series.

The Logie Awards 2017 ceremony will happen on Sunday at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne. It will be telecast live on Aussie's Channel Nine at 7 p.m. Red carpet arrivals will stream live on 9Now starting at 4 p.m. James Blunt, Casey Donovan and Jessica Mauboy are set to perform at the awards show. Check out the complete list of nominees here courtesy of TV Week.

VIEWER VOTED

TV Week Gold Logie (Best Personality On Australian TV)

• Grant Denyer (All Star Family Feud/Family Feud/The Great Australian Spelling Bee) (Ten)

• Jessica Marais (Love Child/The Wrong Girl) (Nine Network/Network Ten)

• Peter Helliar (The Project) (Network Ten)

• Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor/The Doctor Blake Mysteries) (Nine Network/ABC)

• Samuel Johnson (Molly) (Channel Seven)

• Waleed Aly (The Project) (Network Ten)

Best Actor

• Craig McLachlan (Deep Water/The Doctor Blake Mysteries/The Wrong Girl) (SBS/ABC/Network Ten)

• Erik Thomson (800 Words) (Channel Seven)

• Richard Roxburgh (Rake) (ABC)

• Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor/The Doctor Blake Mysteries) (Nine Network/ABC)

• Samuel Johnson (Molly) (Channel Seven)

Best Actress

• Asher Keddie (Offspring) (Network Ten)

• Deborah Mailman (Cleverman/Jack Irish/Offspring/Wolf Creek) (ABC/Network Ten/Stan)

• Jessica Marais (Love Child/The Wrong Girl) (Nine Network/Network Ten)

• Jessica Mauboy (The Secret Daughter) (Channel Seven)

• Marta Dusseldorp (A Place To Call Home/Jack Irish/Janet King) (Foxtel — Showcase/ABC)

Best Presenter

• Amanda Keller (The Living Room) (Network Ten)

• Carrie Bickmore (The Project) (Network Ten)

• Grant Denyer (All Star Family Feud/Family Feud/The Great Australian Spelling Bee) (Ten)

• Sarah Harris (Shark Tank/Studio 10) (Network Ten)

• Waleed Aly (The Project) (Network Ten)

Best New Talent

• Hayley Magnus (The Wrong Girl) (Network Ten)

• Penny McNamee (Home And Away) (Channel Seven)

• Rob Collins (Cleverman/The Wrong Girl) (ABC/Network Ten)

• Shalom Brune-Franklin (Doctor Doctor) (Nine Network)

• Tiarnie Coupland (Love Child) (Nine Network)

Best Drama Program

• 800 Words (Channel Seven)

• Doctor Doctor (Nine Network)

• Home And Away (Channel Seven)

• Molly (Channel Seven)

• Offspring (Network Ten)

• Wentworth (Foxtel — Showcase)

Best Entertainment Program

• Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC)

• Family Feud (Network Ten)

• Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)

• The Voice Australia (Nine Network)

• Upper Middle Bogan (ABC)

Best New Panel or Current Affairs Program

• Four Corners (ABC)

• Studio 10 (Network Ten)

• Sunrise (Channel Seven)

• The Project (Network Ten)

• Today (Nine Network)

Best Reality Program

• Australian Survivor (Network Ten)

• I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! (Network Ten)

• MasterChef Australia (Network Ten)

• My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven)

• The Block (Nine Network)

Best Sports Program

• In Rio Today (Channel Seven)

• Monday Night With Matty Johns (Foxtel — FOX SPORTS)

• The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network)

• The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network)

• Wide World Of Sports (Nine Network)

Best Lifestyle Program

• Better Homes And Gardens (Channel Seven)

• Gardening Australia (ABC)

• Luke Warm Sex (ABC)

• Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel — Lifestyle)

• The Living Room (Network Ten)

Best Factual Program

• Australian Story (ABC)

• Bondi Rescue (Network Ten)

• Bondi Vet (Network Ten)

• Gogglebox Australi a (Foxtel — Lifestyle/Network Ten)

• Todd Sampson’s Body Hack (Network Ten)

PEER VOTED

Most Outstanding Drama Series

• A Place To Call Home (Foxtel — Showcase)

• Cleverman (ABC)

• Rake (ABC)

• The Code (ABC)

• Wentworth (Foxtel — Showcase)

Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie

• Barracuda (ABC)

• Deep Water (SBS)

• Molly (Channel Seven)

• Secret City (Foxtel — Showcase)

• The Kettering Incident (Foxtel — Showcase)

Most Outstanding Actor

• Henry Nixon (Fergus McFadden, The Kettering Incident, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Noah Taylor (Nick Manning, Deep Water, SBS)

• Richard Roxburgh (Cleaver Greene, Rake, ABC)

• Rodger Corser (Hugh Knight, Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)

• Samuel Johnson (Ian “Molly” Meldrum, Molly, Channel Seven)

Most Outstanding Actress

• Anna Torv (Harriet Dunkley, Secret City, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Danielle Cormack (Bea Smith, Wentworth, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Elizabeth Debicki (Anna Macy, The Kettering Incident, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Jessica Marais (Joan Millar, Love Child, Nine Network)

• Marta Dusseldorp (Janet King, Janet King, ABC)

• Yael Stone (Tori Lustigman, Deep Water, SBS)

Most Outstanding Supporting Actor

• Ben Oxenbould (Chris Toohey, Deep Water, SBS)

• Damon Herriman (Kim Gordon, Secret City, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Matt Nable (Coach Frank Torma, Barracuda, ABC)

• Rick Donald (Woody, 800 Words, Channel Seven)

• Ryan Johnson (Matt Knight, Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)

Most Outstanding Supporting Actress

• Debra Lawrence (Mum, Please Like Me, ABC)

• Deborah Mailman (Bernadette, Wolf Creek, Stan)

• Jenni Baird (Regina Bligh, A Place To Call Home, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Nicole da Silva (Franky Doyle, Wentworth, Foxtel — Showcase)

• Victoria Haralabidou (Stephanie Kelly, Barracuda, ABC)

Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer

• Elias Anton (Danny Kelly, Barracuda, ABC)

• Geraldine Hakewill (Chelsea Babbage, Wanted, Channel Seven)

• Hunter Page-Lochard (Koen West, Cleverman, ABC)

• Rob Collins (Waruu West, Cleverman, ABC)

• Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Eliza Grayson, The Kettering Incident, Foxtel — Showcase)

Most Outstanding Entertainment Program

• Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC)

• Gruen (ABC)

• Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)

• The Voice Australia (Nine Network)

• The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (ABC)

Most Outstanding Comedy Program

• Black Comedy (ABC)

• Please Like Me (ABC)

• Rosehaven (ABC)

• Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC)

• Upper Middle Bogan (ABC)

Most Outstanding Children Program

• Beat Bugs (Channel Seven)

• Bottersnikes & Gumbles (Channel Seven)

• Little Lunch: The Nightmare Before Graduation (ABC ME)

• Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising (ABC ME)

• Tomorrow When The War Began (ABC ME)

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

• 2016 NRL Grand Final (Wide World Of Sports, Nine Network)

• 2016 Supercars Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (Network Ten)

• 2016 AFL Grand Final (Channel Seven)

• Cricket: KFC Big Bash League (Network Ten)

• Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Channel Seven)

Most Outstanding News Coverage

• “Bankstown Hospital” (Nine News, Nine Network)

• “Federal Election 2016” (Seven News, Channel Seven)

• “Inside Syria” (SBS World News, SBS)

• “S.A. Waste Dump” (NITV News, NITV)

• “Sky News Election Coverage 2016” (Sky News, Sky News/Foxtel)

Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report

• “Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All…” (Seven News Investigates, Channel Seven)

• “Australia’s Shame” (Four Corners, ABC)

• “George Pell Investigation” (7.30, ABC)

• “Good Cop, Bad Cop” (60 Minutes, Nine Network)

• “Money For Nothing” (Four Corners, ABC)

Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

• Conviction (ABC)

• Deep Water: The Real Story (SBS)

• Gogglebox Australia (Foxtel — Lifestyle/Network Ten)

• Keeping Australia Alive (ABC)

• Todd Sampson’s Body Hack (Network Ten)

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