Aussie Sarah Snook scores first Emmy win

Succession star Sarah Snook wins her first Emmy for her performance as Shiv Roy. Picture by AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Australian actress Sarah Snook has scored her first Emmy for her role in hit show Succession's final season.

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Snook was among four Aussies actors nominated at the rescheduled 75^th Emmy Awards but the only winner, adding to her trophy cabinet after wins at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards for her performance as Shiv Roy.

Her win for outstanding lead actress in a drama series was part of a big night for Succession, which earned best drama series, best actor (Kieran Culkin) and best supporting actor (Matthew Macfadyen).

The Adelaide-born actress thanked her daughter in her acceptance speech, who she was pregnant with while filming.

"It's very easy to act when you're pregnant because you've got hormones raging," Snook said to laughter in the room.

"It was more that the proximity of her life growing inside me gave me the strength to do this and this performance - I love you so much and it's all for you from here on out."

The Emmys were originally slated for September 2023 but were postponed due to the months-long Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes, finally getting under way in Los Angeles, California on January 16 Sydney time.

Elton John became the 19^th person to claim EGOT status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award), after Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium won outstanding variety special (live).

Aussie Murray Bartlett received a nomination for outstanding supporting actor in Welcome To Chippendales, but lost to Paul Walter Hauser for Black Bird.

Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman as Frank and Bill in The Last of Us. Picture by Liane Hentscher/HBO

He was also up for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for The Last of Us but the award went to his on-screen partner Nick Offerman.

Golden Globes winner Elizabeth Debicki who starred as Princess Diana in The Crown lost the outstanding supporting actress category to The White Lotus' Jennifer Coolidge.

Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki at the 75th Emmy Awards. Picture by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

While Anna Torv, who played Tess in HBO hit The Last Of Us, was nominated for outstanding guest actress in a drama series also lost to a cast mate, Storm Reid.

The 75^th Emmy Awards are live on streaming service Binge at 12pm AEDT on January 16.