Jessica Gunning received the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Anthology or Television Movie for her role in Baby reindeer at the 2024 Emmys.
“I honestly feel like I’m going to wake up any minute, the whole thing was a dream,” she began her acceptance speech. “I’m so incredibly proud to be part of it Baby reindeer. I would like to thank everyone who made this possible for me.”
Gunning also took a moment to praise the show’s creator and star, Richard Gadd.
“My greatest thanks go to Mr Richard Gadd. I have tried so many times to put into words what the work on Baby reindeer means to me, and I fail every time. So I’m going to sing,” she joked, before adding, “I’m going to keep it simple and just say thank you for trusting me to be your Martha. I will never, ever forget her or you or this. So thank you.”
She was against Ripleyby Dakota Fanning, Under the bridgeby Lily Gladstone, Baby reindeer‘s Nava Mau, Chemistry lessons‘s Aja Naomi King, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans“Diane Lane and True Detective: Nightland‘s Kali Rice.
The win is the first for the hit Netflix series on Sunday.
The 2024 Emmys will be the second to be held this year. The 2023 Emmys were postponed due to the strikes of both the screenwriters and actors last year.
The presenters of this year’s biggest night on television include Kristen Wiig, Viola Davis, Lily Gladstone, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Matt Bomer, Colin Farrell, Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel, Greta Lee, John Leguizamo, George Lopez, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jean Smart.
This year’s nominees were led by FX’s The bear (with 23 nominations, a comedy series record), Hulu’s Only murders in the building (21), HBO/Max’s True Detective: Nightland (19) and Netflix’s The Crown (18).
Netflix led all nominations with 107 total nominations, followed by FX with 93, HBO with 91 and Apple TV+ with 72. Disney as a whole, which includes projects from FX, ABC, Hulu and Disney+, achieved a personal best this year with 183 Emmy nominations.
The 76th Annual Emmy Awards, co-hosted by father-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, will broadcast live from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET.
