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Emmys Celebrate Diversity With Historic Wins

Emmys celebrate diversity with five of the 12 acting Emmys handed out Monday night going to nonwhite performers.

The first two awards of the night made history with wins for The Bear ’s Ayo Edebiri and Abbot Elementary ’s Quinta Brunson, marking the first time that the supporting and lead comedy actress Emmys have both gone to Black women in the same year. Edebiri is the third Black woman to take home the trophy in the supporting actress category, after Jackée Harry for 227 in 1987 and Sheryl Lee Ralph for Abbott Elementary in 2022. Beef creator Lee Sung Jin took home the awards for outstanding limited series, directing and writing, becoming the first Asian to win all three categories in the same year.

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