Michelle Stafford won the 2024 Daytime Emmy for Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress, recognized for playing Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless. CBS described it as Stafford’s third Daytime Emmy and her first in 20 years.
What Michelle Stafford won
The win was announced on June 8, 2024, at the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The award was specifically for Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress—not a Primetime Emmy. CBS’s announcement credited Stafford for her portrayal of Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.
Who Stafford competed against
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees in April 2024. Stafford was one of six nominees in the actress category:
- Tamara Braun
- Finola Hughes
- Katherine Kelly Lang
- Annika Noelle
- Cynthia Watros
- Michelle Stafford
The official nomination announcement and the 2024 ceremony program list the category and nominees. They do not publish vote totals or a performance ranking, so the award result alone does not establish how the nominees compared in judging.
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About the 2024 ceremony
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy ceremonies were held June 7 and 8, 2024, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The main ceremony aired on CBS and streamed live and on demand on Paramount+ at the time, according to CBS’s event announcement; that describes the 2024 broadcast, not current streaming availability.
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