Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae has become the first Asian star to win the Emmy award for best male actor in a drama.
The South Korean won for playing the main role of the increasingly desperate Seong Gi-hun in the hit Netflix show.
The show’s creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, won the best drama series director prize, also the first Asian to do so.
Zendaya won best drama actress for a second time for playing teenage drug addict Rue in Euphoria, following her win in 2020.
“Anyone who has loved a Rue or feels like they are a Rue – I want you to know I’m so grateful for your stories, and I carry them with me, and I carry them with her,” she said on stage.
