Kate O’Flynn has taken the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, giving Widow’s Bay one of the night’s sharpest wins and its breakout performer a major career milestone.
PopCrave reported the victory on Tuesday, September 15, quoting the result from the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. O’Flynn prevailed for her performance as Patricia in Apple TV’s horror-comedy series, adding a major acting prize to the show’s already formidable awards haul.
The win arrives after O’Flynn entered the race as a first-time Emmy nominee. The Television Academy’s nominations announcement identified her as one of 28 first-time nominees across the performing categories and listed her alongside fellow Widow’s Bay nominees Dale Dickey and Hamish Linklater.
She was also part of a freshman series that collected 19 nominations, the most for any eligible new show this Emmy season. Widow’s Bay competed for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Matthew Rhys received a lead-actor nomination and Stephen Root, Dickey, Linklater and Betty Gilpin were recognized in supporting or guest categories.
Eight awards had already gone to Widow’s Bay at the Creative Arts Emmys, according to the Television Academy’s recap. Those wins covered crafts including casting, production design, sound editing, sound mixing, cinematography, music supervision and music composition, with Gilpin also winning for guest actress in a comedy.
Created by Katie Dippold, the Apple TV series follows a New England island community confronted by eerie, unexplained phenomena. The show’s unusual blend of comedy, horror and mystery helped make it one of the season’s most distinctive Emmy contenders, with O’Flynn’s Patricia emerging as one of its most discussed performances.
O’Flynn’s victory also lands during a particularly competitive comedy race: the Television Academy said HBO Max’s final season of Hacks set a record with 24 nominations, surpassing the previous high of 23. Against that field, Patricia’s Emmy belongs to the new show that arrived with fog, curses and an unusually well-timed breakout.
