Katherine Heigl wants to get an Emmy this year. Katherine decided to leave her name in the running for this year’s best actress category, since her material was beefed up. Beefed up to get her kicked off the show! Katherine was rumored to have made Shonda Rhimes, the writer, mad with that stunt last year.

More pictures of Katherine after the jump…

This year they must have made up, because Katherine had better roles. If you like the drama and almost dying all the time. From Entertainment Weekly:

After a firestorm of controversy erupted around her decision to remove herself from Emmy consideration last go-’round, the Grey’s Anatomy heroine has reentered the gold derby this year, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Natch, cynics will snark that the 2007 Best Supporting Actress winner is back in the race because of the tensions that allegedly sprung up between her and series creator Shonda Rhimes after she took herself out of the running.

Do you think Katherine has a chance of winning this time? Will her actor friends vote for her or ignore her because of last year’s stunt?