The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards show airs on Saturday, and we can’t wait to check out the red carpet looks, see if our favorite stars, shows, and miniseries are taking home trophies, and of course, catch what gems will be dropped in those acceptance speeches.
Shockingly (or perhaps not shocking at all), only about 35 Black women have taken home Primetime Emmy Awards in the 73 years the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has been recognizing achievements in acting and production.
This figure goes across both the creative arts and performance awards, as only a small handful of Black women have been recognized in categories such as comedy screenwriting (only one, Winifred Hervey, has won in the category for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work on The Golden Girls in 1987), hairstyling (Sabana Majeed and Charlene Belmond in 2019, Araxi Lindsey in 2020, and Tene Wilder just this year), and documentary filmmaking (Jacqueline Glover, still the only Black woman to win in this category, has taken the honor twice).
As we gear up for a ceremony with a record-breaking number of Black actors in particular nominated – HBO’s now-canceled Lovecraft Country has at least one Black actor nominated in each dramatic acting category this year – take a closer look at the few Black women who have carried us here over the years:
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