Sarah Pidgeon has received her first Emmy nomination for playing Carolyn Bessette in FX’s anthology series Love Story, following a rapid rise in her profile since the programme debuted in February. The recognition highlights both the show’s commercial success and Pidgeon’s emergence as a leading television actor, alongside new fashion-industry opportunities.

Love Story dramatises the relationship between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, who died with Carolyn’s sister Lauren in a 1999 plane crash. The series became Hulu and Disney+’s most-watched limited series, logging more than 65 million streamed hours worldwide; Pidgeon was nominated alongside Claire Danes, Sally Field, Carey Mulligan and Sarah Snook.