Abbott Elementary
2021
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Jan 16, 2024 · Quinta Brunson took home an Emmy on Monday for best actress in a comedy series, becoming the first Black actress to win the category since 1981 when “The Jeffersons” star Isabel Sanford won.
Mar 18, 2024 · With a half-hour mockumentary-style comedy about teachers at a majority-Black public school in Philadelphia, Brunson created an old-fashioned, mainstream hit.
Jan 15, 2024 · Quinta Brunson won best actress in a comedy for her role as the relentlessly optimistic second-grade teacher Janine Teagues on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” making her the first...
Sep 13, 2022 · Even before she stepped over the prone body of presenter Jimmy Kimmel to accept an Emmy award, Quinta Brunson had made history. That's because as creator and star of ABC's hit comedy Abbott ...
Sep 9, 2022 · "Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson could make history at the Emmys on Monday, but she's already made history as the first Black woman to receive three nominations in comedy...
Jan 15, 2024 · TV News. Emmys: Quinta Brunson Is First Black Comedy Lead Actress Winner in More Than 40 Years. The ‘Abbott Elementary’ star is also the first Black actress to win for a show she created and...
Mar 28, 2022 · “The world,” says Quinta Brunson, “is in a crazy place.” To help push against that, to provide a little respite, Brunson “wanted to make a feel-good comedy that was 22 minutes long, that...
