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 Chess drama "The Queen's
Gambit" was named best limited series and tied
with "The Crown" for the most wins overall at 11
apiece. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/key-winners-2021-emmy-awards-2021-09-20
The best drama series win for "The Crown" gave
Netflix its biggest prize so far, while Apple
TV+ entered streaming's big league with the best
comedy series win for "Ted Lasso." Neither
Netflix nor Apple TV+ had previously won a best
comedy or best drama series Emmy.
Jason Sudeikis, the star and co-creator of "Ted
Lasso," was named best comedy actor. The show
also brought statuettes for Britons Hannah
Waddingham and Brett Goldstein for their
supporting roles in the tale of a struggling
English soccer team that won over TV fans with
its folksy humor during the dark days of the
coronavirus pandemic.
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"This show is about family. This show's about
mentors and teachers and this show's about
teammates. And I wouldn't be here without those
three things in my life," Sudeikis said on
Sunday.
Despite a nominees list that boasted the
strongest showing in years for people of color,
only a handful emerged as winners.
They included Britain's Michaela Coel, who won
for writing the harrowing sexual assault drama
"I May Destroy You" in which she also starred
and directed; RuPaul, host of the competition
show "RuPaul's Drag Race;" and the cast of hip
hop Broadway musical "Hamilton," which won the
Emmy for variety special after it was filmed for
television.
Dancer, singer and actor Debbie Allen was given
an honorary award celebrating 50 years in show
business. "It’s taken a lot of courage to be the
only woman in the room most of the time," Allen
said.
It was a good night for women, and for Britons.
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 "Write the tale that scares
you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn't
comfortable," said Coel, who dedicated her Emmy
to sexual assault survivors.
Lucia Aniello got a rare directing win for a
woman for the comedy series "Hacks" about a
fading female comedian. She also was one of the
winning co-writers. Britain's Jessica Hobbs took
home a directing Emmy for "The Crown."
"Not a lot of women have won this award so I
feel like I am standing on the shoulders of some
really extraordinary people," Hobbs said.
Seven of the 12 acting awards went to Britons,
including Olivia Colman and Josh O'Connor for
playing Queen Elizabeth and heir to the throne
Prince Charles in a fourth season of "The Crown"
that focused on the unhappy marriage of Charles
and Princess Diana.
"We're all thrilled. I am very proud. I'm very
grateful. We're going to party," said Peter
Morgan, creator of "The Crown," at a gathering
in London for the cast and crew.
An exuberant Kate Winslet won for her role as a
downtrodden detective in limited series "Mare of
Easttown," while Ewan McGregor was a surprise
winner for playing fashion designer "Halston."
Concerns over the Delta variant of the
coronavirus forced Sunday's ceremony to move to
an outdoor tent in downtown Los Angeles, with a
reduced guest list and mandatory vaccinations
and testing but a red carpet that harked back to
pre-pandemic times.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Additional
reporting by Lisa Richwine and Steve Gorman;
Editing by Howard Goller)
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