South Korean drama Squid Game earned its first Emmy Awards, taking home an acting honor and three other trophies ahead of the battle for Best TV Drama.
Lee You-mi won recognition as a guest drama at Sunday’s Creative Arts Emmy for her role as Ji Young, a young woman forced to compete in a risky quest for wealth after being released from prison on Netflix’s dystopian series.
The actress received the award on the stage of a theater in downtown Los Angeles, uttering a few sentences in Korean before shouting in English: “I’m so happy!”
The awards honored behind-the-scenes artists such as sound engineers, hairdressers and cinematographers, and guest actors.
The lead actor and other prizes will be awarded at a televised red carpet event on September 12.
Squid Game will compete for maximum dramatic accolade, the first non-English language series to be nominated for the award.
Its rivals include Netflix‘s Stranger Things, which won five Creative Arts awards, including music supervision for a season that included Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running Up That Hill.
The HBO Succession media dynasty drama, also in search of the best drama, secured a casting award.