16 Jan 2024

In pictures: The Emmys 2024

4:24 pm on 16 January 2024
US actress Issa Rae arrives for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)

Photo: ROBYN BECK

Another week, another Hollywood awards extravaganza. Today it's the 75th Emmy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles.

If you're thinking, 'but weren't these supposed to have happened last year?', you're right.

The Emmys were supposed to take place last September but they were postponed due to the now-resolved writers' and actors' strikes.

Succession, The Last of Us and The White Lotus lead the nominations for this year's Emmy TV awards.

Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey nominated twice: for Outstanding Actress in a drama series for her role as Shauna in Yellowjackets, and for Outstanding Guest Actress in a series for playing Kathleen Coghlan in The Last Of Us.

She couldn't make the awards night as she has Covid-19.

Fresh from starring in a traffic-stopping Calvin Klein underwear campaign, Jeremy Allen White picked up the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as chef Carmy Berzatto in The Bear.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: Jeremy Allen White attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Jeremy Allen White, winner of Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Photo: Neilson Barnard

US drag queen and television personality RuPaul Charles arrives for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

RuPaul, star host of RuPaul's Drag Race, on the red carpet with friends. Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN

Slay! RuPaul's Drag Race won Outstanding Reality Competition Show.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: (L-R) Nicole Ansari-Cox and Brian Cox attend the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.   Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Frazer Harrison / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Succession star Brian Cox (nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series) dances with wife Nicole Ansari-Cox on the red carpet. Photo: FRAZER HARRISON

US actor Kieran Culkin and his wife Jazz Charton arrive for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)

Jazz Charton looks like she's just been watching her husband, Kieran Culkin, as Roman Roy in Succession. He's nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP

Would you take your gran to an awards ceremony? What about if she was Priscilla Presley? Actor Riley Keough (who you may also know as Elvis' granddaughter), is nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series, Movie, or Anthology for her turn in Daisy Jones & the Six.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: (L-R) Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley attend the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley. Photo: Frazer Harrison

Claire Danes is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Movie, or Anthology for her role in Fleischman Is In Trouble. This is her eighth nomination (she's previously won three Emmys).

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: Claire Danes attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.   Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Frazer Harrison / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Claire Danes adopts a Barbie shade. Photo: FRAZER HARRISON

You might think Wednesday star Jenna Ortega is wearing a very beautiful birdcage, but it's actually Dior haute couture.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: Jenna Ortega attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.   Neilson Barnard/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Neilson Barnard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Jenna Ortega arrives at the 75th Emmy Awards. Photo: NEILSON BARNARD

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's actor Issa Rae (President Barbie, in Barbie). Rae is wearing a feathered and crystal-embellished champagne Pamela Roland gown.

US actress Issa Rae arrives for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Robyn BECK / AFP)

Issa Rae - feathered queen, not Big Bird. Photo: ROBYN BECK

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