(andPOP) - Actress Katherine Heigl has taken herself out of the running for this year's 60th Annual Emmy Awards.
Heigl who plays Izzie, on the hit show “Grey’s Anatomy” said that she didn’t feel that her character got the kind of material that warranted an Emmy nomination.
Heigl won an Emmy last year for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
“I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials." Said Heigl to the Los Angeles Times Gold Derby blog.
The nominations for this years Emmy’s will be announced June 17th.
