Beyoncé wins first Emmy for her Beyoncé Bowl Netflix special, earns two additional nominations including one against Jay-Z

67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show - Source: Getty
67th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Show - Source: Getty

Winners of the juried categories for the 77th Emmy Awards have been announced, and Beyoncé is among the lucky awardees. On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, the Television Academy announced the first winners of the juried categories, including Costume, Animation, Motion Design, and Media Programming.

Beyoncé won her first Emmy as a costume designer under the Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming category, for her popular Beyoncé Bowl, the Netflix Christmas Game Day halftime show.

She also has two additional nominations under Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special Emmy with Alex Rudzinski and Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category. In this category, she is up against her husband, Jay-Z.


More details on Beyoncé’s Primetime Emmy Award

The 77th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards is set to officially celebrate outstanding artistic and technical achievements in American television. The ceremony, which considers programs aired from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, will occur on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in L.A.

Beyonce "The Formation World Tour" - Pasadena - Source: Getty
Beyonce "The Formation World Tour" - Pasadena - Source: Getty

The first round of winners of the juried category will be presented with their awards on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Check out the full list of juried awardees below.

To be presented on Saturday, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation-

Background Design:

Arcane • The Dirt Under Your Nails • Netflix • A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix

Bruno Couchinho, Background Designer

Color:

Arcane • The Message Hidden Within the Pattern • Netflix • A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix

Faustine Dumontier, Colorscript and Color Keys Artist

Character Animation:

Love, Death + Robots • 400 Boys • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix

Daryl Graham, 2D Animation Supervisor

Character Design:

Love, Death + Robots • 400 Boys • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix

Robert Valley, Character Design

Production Design:

Love, Death + Robots • How Zeke Got Religion • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix

Gigi Cavenago, Art Director

Storyboard:

Love, Death + Robots • How Zeke Got Religion • Netflix • Blur Studio for Netflix

Edgar Martins, Storyboard Artist

Outstanding Motion Design:

Octopus! • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Jigsaw Productions, Wells Street Films

Minkyung Chung, Designer

Michaela Olsen, Creative Director

Hayley Morris, Art Director

Julie Gratz, Art Director

Anthony Galante, Cinematographer

Sabrina Chaney, Compositor

To be presented Sunday, Sept. 7:

Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming:

White Rabbit • Shibuya.Film • Shibuya

Maciej Kuciara, Director/Writer/Production Designer

Emily Yang, Director/Writer

Shibuya

Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming:

Beyoncé Bowl • Netflix • Jesse Collins Entertainment and Parkwood Entertainment for Netflix

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Costume Designer

Shiona Turini, Costume Designer

Erica Rice, Assistant Costume Designer

Molly Peters, Assistant Costume Designer

Chelsea Staebell, Costume Supervisor

Timothy White, Head of Workroom


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Edited by Sarah Nazamuddin Harniswala