This year’s 74th Emmy Awards Ceremony had a total of five talented Black actors, writers, and artists with achievements in various categories.
Quinta Brunson, lead actress and writer of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary”, won the award for best Writing for a Comedy Series. This was Brunson’s first Emmy win which made her only the second Black woman to receive the award in all of Emmy’s history. “Abbott Elementary” is one of many shows that Brunson has starred in, including Issa Rae’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and “Quinta vs. Everything” which aired on BuzzFeedVideo in 2017. A previous winner of the best Writing for a Comedy Series award is Lena Waithe, who won as a co-writer of “Master of None” in 2017, and Larry Wilmore, whom Brunson cheerfully thanked in her acceptance speech. As Brunson expressed her gratitude for those who helped her before and throughout the production of her show, she said, “I do want to thank Larry Wilmore for teaching me how to write television as well as he did.” Wilmore accepted the award in 2002 as a writer for “The Bernie Mac Show” and is also a three-time Emmy nominee.
Along with Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary”, “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Girls” earned the Pop icon her first Emmy for best Competition Program. The show, which first aired in March of this year on Amazon Prime Video, follows Lizzo’s journey toward finding plus-size dancers to accompany her on a world tour. Throughout her joyful and emotional speech, Lizzo expressed her childhood dream of seeing more diverse representation in the media and stated, “When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me. If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I’d be like, ‘You gon’ see that person, but…it gon’ have to be you.” Lizzo joins RuPaul Charles, producer and host of VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, as a fellow Black winner in the Competition Program category.
More of last night’s winners were Zendaya, Jerrod Carmichael, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Zendaya won her second Emmy as Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Rue in HBO’s “Euphoria”.
Carmichael became a first-time Emmy nominee and winner after receiving the award for best Writing for a Variety Special for “Rothaniel” which began airing on HBO in April of 2022.
Sheryl Lee Ralph won as best Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Barbara Howard in “Abbott Elementary”.
blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona was in the press room, and asked Ralph about her historic achievement:
Following are the winners of the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards:
Drama Series:
“Succession” (HBO)
Comedy Series:
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Competition Program:
“Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
Limited or Anthology Series:
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
Variety Talk Series:
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO)
Variety Sketch Series:
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Lead Actor In A Drama Series:
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game” (Netflix)
Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO)
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:
Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO)
Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:
Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” (Hulu)
Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:
Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout” (ABC)
Writing for a Comedy Series:
Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Writing for A Drama Series:
Jesse Armstrong, “Succession” (HBO)
Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Writing for a Variety Special:
Jerrod Carmichael, “Rothaniel” (HBO)
Directing for a Comedy Series:
MJ Delaney, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Directing for a Drama Series:
Hwang Dong-hyuk, “Squid Game” (Netflix)
Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:
Mike White, “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Matthew Macfayden, “Succession” (HBO)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Julia Garner, “Ozark” (Netflix)
Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Jennifer Coolidge, “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Related Links: https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2022/07/the-2022-emmy-awards-list-of-nominees/
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