Apple TV's Emmy-nominated leading ladies gathered for a panel discussion hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and Apple TV, reflecting on their acclaimed performances across several of the streamer's acclaimed series. The event, "Leading the Narrative: The Women of Apple TV," brought together an unusually large cluster of nominated actresses in a single conversation, highlighting Apple TV's strong showing in this year's Emmy nominations for female-led performances.

The panel, held at Spago in Beverly Hills and moderated by Shrinking writer-producer Ashley Nicole Black, featured Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning from Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rhea Seehorn and Karolina Wydra from Pluribus, Jessica Williams from Shrinking, and Dale Dickey from Widow's Bay. Fanning and Pfeiffer discussed the depth their comedy series affords its characters, while Pfeiffer praised the freedom of playing an eccentric mother role and said she now prefers ensemble projects to solo leads. Seehorn also addressed audience reactions to her character in Pluribus, one of only thirteen people immune to a virus that turns the rest of humanity into a hive mind.