Jessica Gunning won her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role as Martha in Netflix's “Baby Reindeer” at the 76th Emmy Awards.
The event, was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 15, celebrated the best in television.
Gunning was nominated against Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Lily Gladstone (Under the Bridge), Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer), Aja Naomi King (Lessons in Chemistry), Diane Lane (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans), and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country).
Gunning gave a heartfelt and emotional acceptance speech, expressing her excitement at the honour.
"Oh my goodness me, blinking heckers, thank you so much. I honestly feel like I am going to wake up any minute now and this whole thing has been a dream,” Gunning said.
"Thank you very, very much indeed. I am so incredibly proud to be part of Baby Reindeer."
She also expressed gratitude to Richard Gadd, the series creator, writer, and lead actor.
"My biggest thanks has to go to Mr Richard Gadd, thank you for trusting me to be your Martha. I will never, ever forget her or you or this, it really means a lot".
Whoo Hoo! Jessica Gunning WINS The Emmy for playing Martha in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. She takes the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series and teared up as she thanked costar & creator Richard Gadd #Emmys pic.twitter.com/E3VRcqDnmM
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Gadd was also honoured during the event, receiving Best Actor in a Limited Series and Best Writing for a Limited Series for his work on “Baby Reindeer”.
The 76th Emmys marked the second ceremony held in 2024, following the 75th edition in January, which had been delayed due to the 2023 writers and actors strikes.
Full List of Emmy Winners
The biggest winners were “Shogun” for Best Drama Series and “Hacks“ for Best Comedy Series.
- Drama Series: Shogun
- Comedy Series: Hacks
- Limited, Anthology Series, or Movie: Baby Reindeer
- Actor in a Drama Series: Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun)
- Actress in a Drama Series: Anna Sawai (Shogun)
- Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
- Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
- Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
- Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart (Hacks)
- Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear)
- Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
- Actor in a Limited Series: Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer)
- Actress in a Limited Series: Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country)
- Supporting Actor in a Limited Series: Lamorne Morris (Fargo)
- Reality Competition Program: The Traitors (Peacock)
- Scripted Variety Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Talk Series: The Daily Show
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