The big winner of the Emmy Awards: Netflix "The Crown" Israel today

2021-09-20T03:23:44.141Z

"The Crown" has won seven awards, including "The Best Drama Series" for its fourth season • "Ted Lasso" has won four awards, including the title of "Best Comedy Series"

Netflix's drama series "The Crown" about the British royal family is the big winner at the 73rd Emmy Awards ceremony held on the night between Sunday and Monday in Los Angeles.

"The Crown" has won seven awards overall for its fourth season drama series, which went on to unfold dramas at Buckingham Palace led by Queen Elizabeth II, surrounding the difficulties in the marriage of Regent Prince Charles and Princess Diana, as well as political turmoil during Margaret Thatch's years Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Oscar winner Olivia Coleman won Emmy for Lead Actress for the role of Queen and thanked the team for her time in the series, as next season her older actress Imelda Stonten will step into her shoes, as the Queen in her later years.

Another successful series from the global streaming giant, "Queen Gambit" won my Emmy the best mini-series and also took the director's award, in addition to nine wins in the pre-technical category ceremony held last week.

In the winning speech, the producers thanked the viewers who recommended their friends to watch the series and thus made it such a big success story, as well as the star Anya Taylor-Joy who "brought the sexiness back to chess".

In the lead actress category in the mini-series Kate Winslet won on HBO's 'Secrets of Easttown' and in the lead actor category won Ewan McGregor on 'Halston' in which he played the late fashion designer.

Thanks to Gambit and The Crown, Netflix can boast 10 wins, more than the rest of the US broadcasters, followed by HBO with six wins and three more wins from its independent streaming service HBO Max.

Gillian Anderson, remembered from "Bags in the Dark" won Emmy for supporting actress for the role of Margaret Thatcher, Josh O'Connor won for Emmy for Leading Actress for the role of Charles and Tobias Menzis who played Prince Philip won for supporting actor.

The entire crew of the series received the awards from a special broadcast station in London, as they were unable to reach the US due to Corona restrictions.

The "Ted Laso" comedy series by streaming service Apple TV Plus, starring Jason Sodeikis as an American football coach who coaches a football team in England, has won four awards overall for the best comedy series and for Sodeikis in the main actor category in comedy.

Gene Smart, who celebrated her 70th birthday a week ago and is remembered from the "Designs" and "Fargo" series, won Emmy a lead actress in a comedy about "Hacks" and dedicated the win to her husband of 34 years, actor Richard Gilland, who died suddenly six months ago when she Was in the last week of filming the series.

The popular reality show "Rupol's Drag Race" won the award for Best Reality-Competition Show for the fourth time in a row, making Rupol Charles history as the most decorated non-white winner in Emmy history with 11 statuettes in total, as the show's producer and thanks to six years he won Continuously in the facilitator category.

"Saturday Night Live" won an Emmy for the sketch show for the 12th time and "Last Week with John Oliver" won an award for the show for the sixth year in a row, and in both categories the winners shared the honor of comedian Norm McDonald who passed away last week.

The award was presented to 71-year-old actress, director and choreographer Debbie Allen, who is known to many as a dance teacher from "Glory" and who over the years has directed episodes in series such as "Another World" and "Grey's Anatomy."

The biggest disappointment is the dystopian drama "The Story of a Slave", which despite 21 nominations in total for its fourth season (including in the preliminary ceremony for the technical categories) came out completely empty-handed this year.

The ceremony was moderated by comedian Cedric the Entertainer ("New in the Neighborhood"), who opened the evening with a musical segment and later also appeared in pre-filmed sketches.

The ceremony took place in a special compound under Corona restrictions and in the presence of a small crowd, who were required to arrive vaccinated and tested twice before the ceremony, and during the commercial breaks all guests were asked to wear masks.

The edited and translated Emmy 2021 ceremony will be broadcast tonight at 9:30 PM on yes TV COMEDY, and on STINGTV.