"To find out I was going to be working with [LaNasa] was a dream come true," Ivlev tells Gold Derby. She's "honored and excited" to be in the same Emmy category as Merritt Wever, "someone I've loved for so many years." Katherine LaNasa and Tina Ivlev in 'The Pitt' HBO MaxGold Derby: Congratulations on your Emmy nomination — your first one — for guest-starring on The Pitt. It feels really, really good to know that people are watching and to have my work out there in that kind of way. That was this amazing cherry on top of this experience, because I'm a huge fan of his work.