Key winners of Emmy Awards
Here are some prominent celebrities from different areas of industry who won Emmy Awards.
Lee Jung-jae of Squid Game is the first Asian star to receive the Emmy award for best male actor in a drama.
The South Korean won for portraying Seong Gi-hun, the title character in the popular Netflix series, in his increasingly desperate state.
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show’s creator and the first Asian to do so, took home the award for best drama series director.
Ted Lasso took up the award for best comedy series for another consecutive year, succession won for best drama for a second consecutive year.
Alongside Zendaya, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Keaton, Julia Garner, and Jean Smart, British actors Matthew Macfadyen and Brett Goldstein were among the other acting honorees at the year’s most prestigious presentation for the US television business.
In a category recently dominated by RuPaul’s Drag Race, singer Lizzo received her first Emmy for “Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” for best reality competition.
Following her victory in 2020, Zendaya won again for best drama actor for her role as Rue in the dark teen tale Euphoria.
Jason Sudeikis, who plays the titular football coach in the movie Ted Lasso, won best leading comic actor, building on his triumph in 2021.
Fellow In the Machiavellian drama Succession, about a family battling for control of a media empire, Brit Macfadyen earned the best supporting drama actor award for his performance of ambitious outsider Tom Wambsgans. It was a “bonkers gift of a role,” he remarked.
In his victory speech for best drama series, British writer Jesse Armstrong made fun of the monarchy after winning the writing award for Succession for the third consecutive year. “It’s a big week for successions – new King in the UK, this for us. Evidently a bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles,” he said.
White Lotus was also awarded for best writing, best directing, best supporting actor for Murray Bartlett, and best supporting actress for Jennifer Coolidge.
Key winners of Emmy Awards
Seyfried won the award for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or anthology for her portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout, which is based on the true tale of the disgraced biotech entrepreneur.
Sheryl Lee Ralph‘s win for best supporting actress in a comedy brought Abbott Elementary, a well-liked debut mockumentary set in a US elementary school, some success as well. The first black actress to win in this category since 1987, she portrays the strict teacher named Barbara Howard.
