Quinta Brunson stole the spotlight at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday.
The 34-year-old writer-actress looked incredible in her plunging white dress as she arrived at the Shrine Auditorium for an evening celebrating black excellence in film, TV, music and literature.
Wearing a figure-hugging number with delicate art deco details, the Abbott Elementary creator looked like she stepped off the cover of a magazine.
She let her natural beauty take center stage, wore no accessories and opted for minimal makeup.
The star had a lot to celebrate at the 55th annual gala when she took home the trophy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her hit show Abbott Elementary.
Quinta Brunson stole the spotlight at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday
The 34-year-old writer-actress looked incredible in her plunging white dress as she arrived at the Shrine Auditorium for an evening celebrating black excellence in film, TV, music and literature.
However, it wasn’t the last time she took the stage to accept an award that night, as the series also won for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Other big winners included The Color Purple, which scooped the Ensemble Cast award, along with the Breakthrough Creative award for director Blitz Bazawule and the Outstanding Soundtrack award.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story was named Outstanding Drama Series, while Ava DuVernay won for directing Origin.
Sherri Shepherd won for Outstanding Talk Host, while The Jennifer Hudson Show won Outstanding Talk Show.
Other winners included Ayo Edebiri of The Bear, Chloe Bailey, Keith Powers, Phylicia Rashad and Don Cheadle.
Earlier this month, Quinta teased “big changes” in the new season of Abbot Elementary.
The award-winning star shared Good morning America“Season three is so exciting for me,” but revealed that due to the recent WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the season was “shortened” to just 14 episodes.
“I really wanted to make sure they were all a blast because we only have a limited time with our audience.”
Wearing a figure-hugging number with delicate art deco details, the Abbott Elementary creator looked like she stepped off the cover of a magazine
She let her natural beauty take center stage, wore no accessories and opted for minimal makeup
The star had a lot to celebrate at the 55th annual gala when she took home the trophy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her hit show Abbott Elementary.
“But of course it forced the writers and the cast, who want to deliver incredible performances for every episode,” Quinta added.
“I think there are some big changes this season that were always going to be there for the third season, but because we had a shorter episode count it was even more important to me to give the audience something exciting to return to. ‘
“But not too exciting,” she explained. “You’ll still see your trusted favorite teachers in Philadelphia and on TV. But I think there will be nice surprises!’
While also on GMA, Quinta talked about her recent Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Notably, she made history by being “the first Black woman in more than 40 years to win Best Actress in a Comedy Series.”
‘I only knew that afterwards. Obviously I was just emotional when I won,” she revealed, adding after going backstage: “That information was given to me and it made me emotional all over again.”
During her Big Apple tour, Quinta saw a show on Broadway called Merrily We Roll along – which stars her good friend and Harry Potter alum, Daniel Radcliffe.
She got the chance to also go backstage to visit some of the cast members, including Radcliffe, and shared a photo of the moment on her Instagram Stories last month.
However, it wasn’t the last time she took the stage to accept an award that night, as the series also won for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Series regulars Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti and Emmy Award winner Sheryl Lee Ralph all return to the teacher’s lounge
In the text added to the bottom of the image, Brunson typed: “Best cast, best acting. Go to Merrily We Roll along if you can!’
During an interview with Entertainment weekly Published on Monday, the writer revealed her desire to have Daniel at Abbott Elementary as Mr. Johnson – played by William Stanford Davis.
‘I love Daniel Radcliffe. He is a very good, sweet guy and a friend of mine. For some reason in the (writers) room we were like, “What if Daniel Radcliffe was Mr. Johnson’s son?”
“And there’s no rhyme or reason. It’s so stupid. And not like Daniel Radcliffe, because someone, Daniel Radcliffe (himself) is Mr. Johnson’s son,” she explained.
Brunson and Radcliffe are no strangers to collaboration, having starred alongside each other in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) and the show called Miracle Workers.