Adolescence star Erin Doherty celebrated her first ever Emmy Award by kissing and thanking her girlfriend Sinéad Donnelly.

Doherty, who played child psychologist Briony Ariston in Stephen Graham’s one-take Netflix crime drama Adolescence , took home the accolade for Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series at last night’s (14 September) ceremony.

As award presenters Hunter Schafer and Young Mazino called out Erin Doherty’s name, the actress kissed her partner on the lips, before making her way onto the stage.

The first-time Emmy winner used her acceptance speech to thank Adolescence ’s producers Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for their work on the series, before gushing over Donnelly for making her “the happiest person in the world”.

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