Julie Andrews just made history for the second year in a row. The icon is now the oldest actress to win a Primetime Emmy, besting her own record from last year’s awards.
Andrews nabbed another win on Sunday, September 6, at the Creative Arts Emmys. The storied actress won the 2026 award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over for her off-screen performance as Lady Whistledown on Netflix’s hit Bridgerton. This is the second year in a row that the 90-year-old actress has won the award for this role. She was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy in this category in 2023, 2022, and 2021.
Previous wins include a 2005 Outstanding Nonfiction Series Emmy for Broadway: The American Musical and a 1973 award for Outstanding Variety Musical Series (The Julie Andrews Hour).
Andrews rose to fame six decades ago as the title character in the 1964 classic Mary Poppins. The following year (1965) she starred in the now-legendary blockbuster The Sound of Music, solidifying her status as Hollywood royalty.
English actress and singer Julie Andrews, winner of the award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in ‘Mary Poppins’, at the 22nd Golden Globe Awards, USA, 8th February 1965. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)Along with her current Emmy win, Andrews’ career highlights include an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1965 (Mary Poppins), a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Victor/Victoria in 1983), and two Grammy Awards.
Over her career, Andrews continued to delight fans, appearing in The Princess Diaries (2001), The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement (2004), and Tooth Fairy (2010). Along with voicing Lady Whistledown on Bridgerton, Andrews has lent her off-screen talents to beloved animated hits such as Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Despicable Me (2010).
Even though Andrews is still winning awards and enchanting fans around the world, she recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she’s taking a step back from on-screen acting: “I think the absolute truth is that I think I’m really past all that now.”
Andrews continued, explaining, “I’m not completely retired, but it’s a different kind of work that I do these days—books, and I do a lot of recording of podcasts and voiceovers.” She added that while it’s “still lovely to be working on things,” it won’t be on camera.
Andrews’ career is moving in a different direction, but that doesn’t mean fans have seen the last of the 90-year-old. While she didn’t appear at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony (presenter Eric Bauza accepted the award on her behalf), she does have several projects in the works. She recently released ‘Shy’, a children’s book co-written with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, and it is the subject of a new documentary coming to Disney+ in 2027.
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