Most Brits will be aware of the Emmys, if at all, as the event that this year generated lots of social media outrage because apparently all the celebrities should have worn masks but didn’t. But few will have any idea who won or who was even nominated: unlike the Golden Globes or the Oscars, they too often seem to feature shows we’ve never heard of on American TV networks with lots of acronyms.
You’ll definitely know this year’s big winner, though: The Crown which triumphed in every drama category, including a best supporting actress for Gillian Anderson for her rather good Margaret Thatcher, a Best Actress in a Drama Series for one Queen (Olivia Colman), and a strange, retrospective nod to a younger version of the Queen, Claire Foy (who won Best Guest Actress in a drama series – even though the last time she was in The Crown was 2019).
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