(photo credit: Courtesy of Netflix)
In addition to winning three Globe Globes, the Netflix series Beef won eight Emmy awards! The awards include:
- Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Ali Wong)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Steven Yuen)
- Outstanding Directing for A Limited or Anthology Series or Movie (Lee Sung Jin)
- Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
In addition to winning Emmy awards, Beef won four Critics Choice awards the night before:
- Best Limited Series
- Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Steven Yeun)
- Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Ali Wong)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Maria Bello)
If you asked me 10 years ago whether a TV miniseries with Asian Americans that actually talked about Asian American issues and culture would win eight Emmy awards, I wouldn’t have believed you. Let’s hope excellent work like this keeps emerging.
