Quinta Brunson stole the spotlight at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday.
The 34-year-old writer-actress looked incredible in her plunging white gown as she arrived at the Shrine Auditorium for an evening honoring Black excellence in film, television, music and literature.
The Abbott Elementary creator donned a form-fitting number with delicate art deco detailing and looked like she stepped off the cover of a magazine.
She let her natural beauty take center stage, wearing few accessories and opting for minimal makeup.
The star had plenty to celebrate at the 55th annual gala as she won the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series trophy 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 gown as she arrived at the Shrine Auditorium for an evening honoring Black excellence in film, television, music and literature
However, it wasn’t the last time she took to 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 secured the Ensemble Cast award along with the Breakthrough Creative award for director Blitz Bazawule and Outstanding Soundtrack.
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 The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, 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 said so 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 each one was packed with a punch because we only have so much time with our audience.’
The Abbott Elementary creator donned a form-fitting number with delicate art deco detailing and looked like she stepped off the cover of a magazine
She let her natural beauty take center stage, wearing few accessories and opting for minimal makeup
The star had plenty to celebrate at the 55th annual gala as she won the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series trophy for her hit show Abbott Elementary
“But it obviously forced the writers and 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 this shortened number of episodes, it was even more important to me to give the audience something exciting to come back to.”
“But not too exciting,” she explained. ‘You will still see your familiar favorite teachers in Philadelphia and on TV. But I think there will be some fun surprises!’
While also on GMA, Quinta talked about her recent Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
In particular, she made history by ‘being the first black woman to win in over 40 years for Best Actress in a Comedy Series’.
‘I only knew after the fact. I was obviously just emotional about winning,’ she revealed, adding that after she went backstage, ‘that information was given to me and it made me emotional again.’
During her Big Apple tour, Quinta caught a show on Broadway called Merrily We Roll Along — which stars her close friend and Harry Potter alum, Daniel Radcliffe.
She also had the chance to go backstage to visit with some of the cast, including Radcliffe, and shared a photo of the moment to her Instagram stories last month.
However, it wasn’t the last time she took to 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 text added at the bottom of the image, Brunson wrote: ‘Best cast, best game. Go see Merrily We Roll Along if you can!’
During an interview with Weekly entertainment published on Monday, the author revealed his desire to have Daniel at Abbott Elementary to portray the son of Mr. Johnson – played by William Stanford Davis.
‘I love Daniel Radcliffe. He is a very good, sweet guy and one of my friends. For some reason in the (writer’s) room, we thought, “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, when someone, like, Daniel Radcliffe (himself) is Mr. Johnson’s son,” she explained.
Brunson and Radcliffe are no strangers to working together and starred alongside each other in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) as well as the show called Miracle Workers.