Anna Friel has been crowned Best Actress at the International Emmy Awards.
The 41-year-old star – who hasn’t won a major award for 22 years – bagged the impressive gong at the glamorous ceremony, held in New York, last night (20.11.17) for her portrayal of Detective Sergeant Marcella Backland in the series ‘Marcella’.
The brunette beauty wasn’t the only person to bring back a trophy for the UK as Sir Kenneth Branagh, 56, scooped Best Actor for his role as Kurt Wallander in the detective drama ‘Wallander’, while Alan Partridge’s ‘Scissored Isle’ was awarded Best Comedy alongside ‘Exodus: Our Journey to Europe’ for Best Documentary.
Although the UK was the predominant winner, Canada walked away with the prize for Best Arts Programming for the music documentary ‘Hip-Hop Evolution’.
The US bagged Best Non-English US Primetime Programme for ‘Sr. Ávila’, while the Best Drama Series award was dished out to Norway’s ‘Mammon II’.
Belgium swiped the Best Non-Scripted Entertainment Show with ‘Sorry Voor Alles’, while Germany’s ‘The Braun Beauty’ got Best Short-Form Series and Turkey’s drama series ‘Kara Sevda’ was crowned Best Telenovela.
And, finally, France concluded the list of winners at this year’s awards show by bagging Best TV Movie/Miniseries for its ‘Ne M’Abandonne Pas’.
The full list of 2017 International Emmy Award winners are as follows;
Best Arts Programming
‘Hip-Hop Evolution’ – The Foundation
Banger Films
Canada
Best Performance by an Actor
Kenneth Branagh – ‘Wallander’
Left Bank Pictures/Yellow Bird/BBC/TKBC
UK
Best Performance by an Actress
Anna Friel – ‘Marcella’
Buccaneer Media/Netflix
UK
Best Comedy
Alan Partridge’s ‘Scissored Isle’
Baby Cow Productions
UK
Best Documentary
‘Exodus: Our Journey to Europe’
KEO Films/BBC 2
UK
Best Drama Series
‘Mammon II’
NRK Drama/SVT/DR/YLE FEM/Nordvision Fund
Norway
Best Non-English US Primetime Programme
‘Sr. Ávila’
HBO Latin America/Lemon Films
US
Best Non-Scripted Entertainment Show
‘Sorry Voor Alles’
VRT/Warner Bros International Television Production België
Belgium
Best Short-Form Series
‘The Braun Beauty’
Polyphon, Berlin
Germany
Best Telenovela
‘Kara Sevda’
Ay Yapım
Turkey
Best TV Movie/Miniseries
‘Ne M’Abandonne Pas’
Scarlett Production/France Télévisions
France