The 75th Emmy Awards celebrated a diverse group of winners—including a record number of actors of color—in an awards ceremony on Monday night laden with nostalgia for classic television and several historic wins.
Niecy Nash Betts, Marla Gibbs and Quinta Brunson at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the ... [+]
Actors of color won five of the 12 acting awards presented on Monday night—tying a record set in 1991—in one of the most diverse ceremonies in the award’s history, just two years after it was called out for lack of representation with the #EmmysSoWhite campaign.
“Beef” star Ali Wong won the prize for Best Actress in a Limited Series to become the first woman of Asian descent to win a lead actress Emmy.
“Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson became only the second Black woman after “The Jeffersons” star Isabel Sanford to win Best Actress in a Comedy and with “The Bear” star Ayo Edebiri winning Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy—the 2023 Emmy’s was the first time both comedy actress categories were won by Black women.
Music legend Elton John became the newest member of the vaunted EGOT club—performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony—his “Farewell From Dodger Stadium” won the Best Live Variety Special award.
Friends star Matthew Perry—who died last year—was remembered in the show’s Memoriam segment, with Charlie Puth and the singing duo The War and Treaty performing the “Friends” theme song.
Other viral moments from the show included “The Bear” lead actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach planting a kiss on co-star and executive producer Matty Matherson’s mouth in the middle of his acceptance speech and Christina Applegate—who’s been diagnosed with MS—getting a standing ovation as she appeared on stage.