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The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 Netflix miniseries based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis. It was created by Scott Frank ( Logan, Godless) and Allan Scott (also known as the Scottish screenwriter Allan Shiach) and written and directed by Frank. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as an orphan who becomes a chess prodigy during the 1950s and '60s.
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is a web-television drama miniseries on Netflix. The series is based on the novel of the same name, following Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy fueled by addiction. Anya Taylor-Joy stars in the lead role and is directed and developed by Scott Frank.
Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited drama series THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquilizers provided by the state ...
•Anya Taylor-Joy as Elizabeth "Beth" Harmon
•Marielle Heller as Mrs. Alma Wheatley
•Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts
•Moses Ingram as Jolene
•Harry Melling as Harry Beltik
•Bill Camp as Mr Shaibel
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The Queen's Gambit won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, becoming the first show on a streaming service to win the category. The series also won two Golden Globe Awards : Best Limited Series or Television Film and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Taylor-Joy.
AwardDate Of CeremonyCategoryRecipient (s)December 21, 2020Best TV Series of the YearThe Queen's GambitDecember 21, 2020Best Drama TV Series of the YearThe Queen's GambitDecember 21, 2020Best New TV Series of the YearThe Queen's GambitDecember 21, 2020Best Dramatic Performance in a TV Series- Scott Frank
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