‘Succession’, ‘Beef’, ‘The Bear’ score big at the delayed Emmy Awards
- Succession’s Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook bag best actor and actress; Beef’s Steven Yeun and Ali Wong are first Asian-Americans to win best actor and actress in limited series
- ‘Abbott Elementary’ star and creator Quinta Brunson becomes the first Black woman in several decades to win best actress in a comedy
Succession won six Emmys including best actress for Sarah Snook (second from left), best actor for Kieran Culkin (third from right), and best supporting actor for Matthew Macfadyen (second from right). Photo: AFPThe Bear and Succession racked up six acting awards each at Monday night’s Emmys, while Quinta Brunson scored an emotional and historic win for Abbott Elementary, and the Netflix series Beef made its own mark with five victories.
The Bear, the FX dramedy about a squabbling family and a struggling restaurant at the centre of the life of a talented chef, won best actor in a comedy for Jeremy Allen White, best supporting actress in a comedy for Ayo Edebiri and best supporting actor in a comedy for Ebon-Moss Bachrach. All three were first-time nominees.
“This is a show about family and found family and real family,” Edebiri said from the stage as she accepted the first trophy of the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Brunson won best actress in a comedy at the Emmy Awards for the show she created, Abbott Elementary, becoming the first Black woman to win the award in more than 40 years and the first from a network show to win it in more than a decade.
“I love making Abbott Elementary so much and I am so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy,” Brunson said during her acceptance on the Fox telecast, fighting back tears. The writer-actor was among the stars with stand-out looks on the Emmys’ silver carpet.
Brunson had won a writing Emmy for Abbott Elementary, her mockumentary about a predominantly Black and chronically underfunded grade school in Philadelphia, but this is her first for acting. Isabel Sanford of The Jeffersons was the only previous Black woman to win the category in 1981.
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Succession won six Emmys including best actor for Kieran Culkin, best actress for Sarah Snook and best supporting actor for Matthew Macfadyen.
Beef won best limited series, while Steven Yeun and Ali Wong became the first Asian-Americans to win in their categories – Yeun for best actor in a limited series and Wong for best actress. Creator Lee Sung won Emmys for writing and directing.
It had eight Emmys overall after three wins at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
The first hour of the show held on Martin Luther King Jr Day saw three Black women win major awards: Brunson, Edebiri and Niecy Nash-Betts, who won best supporting actress in a limited series for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
On the Netflix show, Nash-Betts played a neighbour of the serial killer whose complaints to authorities about his behaviour go unheeded.
“I accept this award on behalf of every Black and brown woman who has gone unheard and over-policed,” she said.
The show was held on the holiday because of a four-month delay over Hollywood’s writers and actors strikes.