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Shailene Woodley Wins First Emmy for Paradise Guest Role
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In Short: Shailene Woodley received her first Emmy Award for her tragic performance in the Hulu series Paradise, marking the show's first win at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys.
Shailene Woodley won her first Emmy Award for her guest role in the post-apocalyptic series Paradise, earning the show its first Emmy win at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys ceremony held on Sunday, September 5.
Woodley's performance as Annie, a former Graceland tour guide, was praised for its emotional depth, with her character's conclusion being described as one of the most heart-wrenching episodes in television history.
The Hulu series Paradise received seven Emmy nominations this year, including for Outstanding Drama Series, up from four nominations in its first season.
Woodley spoke backstage about her win, saying, 'Annie and I are actually very different, which was fun to play somebody that was very different than who I am.
In the same category, other nominees included Brittany Allen, Tal Anderson, Tina Ivlev, Miriam Shor, and Merritt Wever, but Woodley's powerful performance stood out, marking her first Emmy win.
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- Sabrina Carpenter won her first Primetime Emmy on Saturday (Sept.
- 5), night one of what were formerly known as the Creative Arts Emmys, when The Muppet Show took the award for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded).
- She won a juried Primetime Emmy award in 2015 — outstanding creative achievement in interactive media — original interactive program as artist and executive producer of AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience.
- Woodley was previously nominated in 2017 for her supporting role as Jane in Big Little Lies.
- Though her character dies in the series premiere after exposure to the virus that takes over the post-apocalyptic world, Shor’s powerful performance earned her her first-ever Emmy nomination.
- Speaking to Awards Radar, Shor describes Helen as a role “tailor-made” for her and a dream come true.
- In The Gilded Age, Wever, 46, guest-starred as Monica O’Brien, the estranged sister of Carrie Coon ‘s Bertha Russell.
- Sabrina Carpenter also won her first Emmy Award, taking home the outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) trophy as performer and executive producer on Disney+’s The Muppet Show reboot; Carpenter beat Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour | The Final Show in the category.