Kate O’Flynn takes home her first Emmy Award for ‘Widow’s Bay’
Kate O’Flynn is an Emmy winner. The British actress won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, 2026. She won this golden statuette for her role as Patricia Moyer in the Apple TV series ‘Widow’s Bay.’ This was her first-ever Emmy nomination and win. She beat a star-studded competition that included her co-star Dale Dickey, who was nominated for the same category. Also nominated were ‘Hacks’ duo Hannah Einbinder and Meg Stalter, ‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Janelle James, ‘Shrinking’s’ Jessica Williams, and Michelle Pfeiffer for ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles.’
In ‘Widow’s Bay,’ O’Flynn portrays Patricia. She is a socially awkward chief assistant to Matthew Rhys’ Mayor Tom Loftis. Created by Katie Dippold and directed by Hiro Murai, the series follows Tom’s efforts to turn a haunted island in New England into a tourist destination, with the supernatural threats growing with each episode. In her acceptance speech, O’Flynn credited writer-producer Katie Dippold and director Hiro Murai for “trusting this Lancashire lass” to bring “a sassy broad like Patricia” to life and said thanks to Apple TV “for saying yes,” per Deadline.
The actress’ colleagues have also expressed their support for her. Ahead of the Primetime Emmys, co-star Dale Dickey told Variety that she was campaigning furiously for O’Flynn to win in her category and promised to carry her train up the stairs if she won. ‘Widow’s Bay’ has had a fruitful Emmy season so far, having entered the fray with 19 nominations and eight wins at the Creative Arts Emmys, according to Deadline. With O’Flynn’s win, the series has now racked up nine Emmys.
This success is expected to translate into a big Season 2 for the show, which series creator Katie Dippold has already begun working on, per Deadline. Rhys, who was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, told E! News that the writers were still in the “blue sky” stage for the second season and that the cast had yet to be briefed on where it was headed.
