Smile for the camera! The Emmy Awards focus on the honoring TV’s best, but for many fans it’s an excuse to see the best-dressed stars and the selfies they take.
As TV lovers prepare to see if their favorite show takes home the trophy each year, Hollywood’s biggest names are getting all dressed up and working on their acceptance speeches. Some stars keep their fans in the dark, while others take them behind-the scenes from beginning to end.
When Amy Schumer attended the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015, she kicked off her social media coverage with a snap of her room service order.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake opted to stick their tongues out at the camera before heading to the show in 2018.
“Just a buncha professional mature adults en route to the Emm-ahhhhhhs (see what I did there 👅) #emmys,” Biel captioned her goofy pre-Emmys photo.
As frequent winners at the Emmys, the cast of Veep has had many memorable in-show selfies over the years — they’re not the only costars who’ve slayed the showtime reunion game.
Tony Hale posed with Anna Chlumsky and Matt Walsh in 2017 joked about being “losers”After winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award, they lost their solo categories.
Two years later, the Game of Thrones cast — including Alfie Allen, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey and more — took the most star-studded awards show selfie since Ellen DeGeneres’ 2014 Oscars photo.
“Emmys was a blast. So lovely to win best drama… feels sad as this really was the goodbye to Thrones for me,” Allen wrote alongside the GOT reunion pic. “[I]I am going to miss Thrones and working with my friends. They are all amazing.”
The Emmys were held remotely in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, but some celebrities still managed to sneak in a few low-key selfies. Reese Witherspoon Kerry WashingtonFor example, they watched the show together at a socially distant viewing party.
Although the show aired in September, the Emmy-nominated miniseries was still produced by the duo. Little Fires Everywhere, chose New Year’s Eve for their party’s theme in an attempt to put 2020 behind them for good. They even made a fake countdown to midnight.
“You can do that?” asked host Jimmy Kimmel. “You can just end the year?” Witherspoon replied, “Well, yeah, of course — I mean, we’re Emmy-nominated television producers.”
Scroll down to see Emmys past and take a look at the best selfies taken by celebs present.
