Emerald Fennell Wins Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at Oscars 2021!

Emerald Fennell is now an Oscar winner!

The director, writer, and actress won the award for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) at Union Station in Los Angeles.

Emerald won the first award of the evening at the scaled down version of the Oscars due to the pandemic. The crowd is much smaller than usual and only nominees, their guests, and presenters are allowed inside the auditorium. They are allowed to be unmasked when the cameras are rolling.

You can watch Emerald’s acceptance speech, embedded below. Congratulations to Emerald on her Oscar win!