Shondaland’s giant Netflix hit Bridgerton achieved his first major awards with two SAG awards, the drama series ensemble and a male actor in a drama series for Regé-Jean Page.
It was one of several series that were surprisingly completely excluded from the Golden Globe nominations yesterday, with the SAG awards correcting the oversight.
HBO’s award-winning limited series I may destroy you, whose Globes snub was scrutinized, receives a SAG award for its creator, director and star Michaela Coel in the female actor in a television movie or a limited series.
And Netflix’s Death to me, who was also nowhere to be found on the list of 2021 Golden Globe nominations, after jumping at the Emmys in 2020 with a string of numbers, has three mentions, Ensemble in a comedy series, and two female actors in a comedy series nominations for both of his stars Christina Applegate and Lina Cardellini.
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With his mix of Jane Austen and Gossip girl, Bridgerton has taken pop culture by storm since its debut on December 25th. The adaptation of Julia Quinn’s novel created the temporary drama and romance genres and the breaking of conventions about race while making world stars out of Page and Phoebe Dynevor, enchanting viewers to shatter Netflix’s viewer records, with 82 million households at least part of it in the first four weeks. The success of the series dropped Page in the James Bond conversation.
The SAG Award contributes to a list of critical accolades for Coel’s raw I may destroy you, in which she depicts a woman summarizing the events of a night in which she was sexually assaulted. The series, an honest search for sexual consent, recently won the Best Ensemble cast in a new writing series during the Independent Spirit Awards, although there is no equal category for limited series at the SAG Awards.
Following the two Golden Globe nominations for Emily in Paris, the series’ Deborah Copaken called on the HFPA to watch I may destroy You.
Dark comedy Death to me expanded its SAG Award footprint in season 2 after garnering one nomination for Applegate last year. The three SAG awards reflect similar nominations received for the second season of the program at the Emmys, Outstanding Comedy Series and two lead actresses in a comedy series for Applegate and Cardellini.