Sheridan Smith role as Cilla Black up for International Emmy

Cilla Black (Sheridan Smith) worked as a cloakroom attendant at the Cavern Club on her road to fame

Actress Sheridan Smith has been nominated for an international Emmy for her portrayal of Cilla Black in a three-part ITV drama.

The show, which was broadcast before Black's death earlier this year, looked at the star's early career.

Smith's performance was previously nominated for a Bafta and won a National Television Award.

Other British nominees include Rafe Spall, for his role in the Christmas episode of Black Mirror.

The dystopian satire, written by Charlie Brooker, focused on a not-too-distant future where an implant allows humans to block other people in a similar way to social media.

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes will also receive the International TV Academy's Founders Award at the gala ceremony in New York on 23 November.

BBC Two is up for the arts and documentary award for Messiah at the Foundling Hospital, which recreated the candlelit premiere of Handel's Messiah in 1750.

Channel 4's My Mad Fat Diary is up for best drama, while Sky's 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy - in which TV presenter Baz Ashmawy set his mum Nancy a number of daredevil challenges - is nominated in the "non-scripted entertainment" category.

The International Emmys honour programming from outside the US, as well as US shows created in languages other than English.

In all, the nominees span 19 countries from Colombia to Turkey and South Korea.

• Full list of nominees:

Arts Programming

Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas (Buenaventura, Don't Leave Me) - Colombia

Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre (The Man Who Saved the Louvre) - France

Messiah at the Foundling Hospital - UK

Trial of Chunhyyang - A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism - South Korea

Best Performance by an Actor

Engin Akyurek in Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love) - Turkey

Emilio de Mello in Psy (Psi) - Brazil

Maarten Heijmans in Ramses - Netherlands

Rafe Spall in Black Mirror / White Christmas - UK

Best Performance by an Actress

Anneke von der Lippe in Oyevitne (Eyewitness) - Norway

Fernanda Montenegro in Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother) - Brazil

Sheridan Smith in Cilla - UK

Best Comedy

Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother) - Brazil

Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca (Don't Do This, Don't Do That) - France

Familia en Venta - Colombia

Puppet Nation ZA - South Africa

Sensitive Skin - Canada

Documentary

Africa's Wild West: Stallions of the Namib Desert - Austria

Antes de que Nos Olviden (Before We Are Forgotten) - Mexico

Growing Up Down's - United Kingdom

Miners Shot Down - South Africa

Drama Series

Engrenages (Spiral) - France

MOZU Season 1 - Night Cry of the MOZU - Japan

My Mad Fat Diary - UK

Psi (Psy) - Brazil

Non-English US Primetime Program

Arrepentidos U.S. - El Infierno de Montoya

El Mejor de los Peores

Narco Tec

La Voz Kids

Non-Scripted Entertainment

50 Ways to Kill your Mammy - UK

Barones de la Cerveza - Argentina

Flying Doctors - Belgium

Master Chef South Africa - South Africa

Telenovela

Ciega a Citas (Date Blind) - Spain

Imperio (Empire) - Brazil

Jikulumessu - Angola

Mulheres (Women) - Portugal

TV Movie/Mini-Series

La Celebracion - Argentina

Common - UK

Soldat Blanc (White Soldier) - France

Storytelling of Hostages - Japan