Rachel Griffiths at the Emmys
With all the buzz around Sally Field’s Emmy win and controversial speech, let it also be noted that Rachel Griffiths was at the ceremony, too, and looking fabulous.
At least she was during Fox’s red-carpet show, which is about the only time I saw her. She didn’t present an award (as Sally did, with Patrick Dempsey) or get singled out by Ryan Seacrest (as Sally did, as he awkwardly summed up her career with “from Gidget to the Flying Nun to Brothers & Sisters.“)
And sadly, she didn’t win either. The victor in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series was Katherine Heigl (that’s hie-gull, and don’t forget it), who would not even have been my choice from nominees for that show.
But on the red carpet, with the evening ahead, she took the interviewer’s questions in stride and seemed ready to have a pretty good time. She didn’t give much for her own prospects of winning, but thought that “Sally’s got a really good chance.” She talked about how excited she was about the show going back on the air, and that there’s growing support for Brothers & Sisters, judging by the Gelson’s scale — “how many women at Gelson’s stop me and say they like the show.” She said that her dress that makes her feel “naughty,” and her huge diamond-crusted bracelet (left) made her feel that she needed her own SWAT team. And she remarked that both she and Sally felt their nominations represent the hard work of the whole ensemble. “A year ago, naysayers said our show would be the first big expensive flop, but we’re still here and our audience is still growing.”
With luck, next year that whole ensemble will be at the Emmys, for acting awards and a Best Drama nod.
Brothers and Sisters, ABC, Rachel Griffiths, Sally Field, Emmy awards
September 17th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Rachel looked absolutely stunning! I was very happy to see her on the red carpet and whenever they panned around to Sally in the audience. Rachel and Sally couldn’t have asked for better seats!
September 17th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
Sally is an illiterate idiot. Will not watch “HER” show now.
September 19th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I normally adore the Fug girls ( http://gofugyourself.typepad.com ) but I was sad to see they fugged Rachel! I’m not sure if it was her expression in the picture they weren’t happy with, but I thought she did look amazing.