Television Academy - Emmy Awards

With five nights of socially distanced shows, the Creative Arts Emmys made the best of a very different year.

“What could go right?” joked Jimmy Kimmel at the start of the first virtual Emmys. A lot, it turned out. From an almost-empty arena, the 72nd awards proved the pandemic was no match for ingenuity — and the need for humans to connect.

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As an actress, Kate Mara thrives on tough and troubling roles, like her upcoming lead in A Teacher. As a producer, she’s assuming some control “over the roles I get to play and the people I get to work with.”

Tantoo Cardinal plays her part in changing the perception of Native people.

For her high-school-set series, a showrunner sought directors who could truly see teens — and allow young people to see themselves.