The ABC series Mystery Road: Origin and the Netflix series Heartbreak High were the big winners at the 12th AACTA Awards.
Mystery Road: Origin won a total of seven awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actress In A Drama (Tuuli Narkle) and Best Lead Actor In A Drama (Mark Coles Smith).
Heartbreak High, a re-imagining of the 1990s series of the same name, won five awards including Audience Choice Awards for Best TV Series, Best Actor (Bryn Chapman Parish) and Best Actress (Chloe Hayden).
ABC also collected awards for Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, Old People’s Home for Teenagers, Gardening Australia, Bluey, You Can’t Ask That, Miriam Margolyes Australia Unmasked and Savage River. Hard Quiz host Tom Gleeson won the award for Best Comedy Performer.
SBS had a win with A Beginner’s Guide to Grief.
Network Ten‘s MasterChef Australia won Best Reality Program, while The Masked Singer Australia judge Abbie Chatfield won the Audience Choice Award for Best TV Personality.
The Nine Network won awards for Lego Masters Australia and Women’s Footy.
The Seven Network‘s coverage of the 2022 AFL Grand Final won the Audience Choice Award for Best Sports Commentary Team.
The Foxtel mini-series The Twelve won two awards.
The Reg Grundy Award for original ideas for an unscripted television show was a two-way tie between Rachel Kayrooz’s Facing The Fear and Jayden James and George Harrington’s concept Mr Wolf.
The awards were presented over two events: the AACTA Industry Awards, hosted by Rove McManus, were held as an in-room event at The Hordern in Sydney’s “Entertainment Quarter” on Monday; followed by the 2022 AACTA Awards Ceremony with Amanda Keller on Wednesday night.
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AACTA Award for Best Drama Series
Mystery Road: Origin
Bunya Productions / ABC
AACTA Award for Best Miniseries
The Twelve
Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia & Easy Tiger Productions / Binge, Foxtel
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Program
Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell
ITV Studios Australia / ABC
AACTA Award for Best Entertainment Program
LEGO® Masters Australia
Endemol Shine Australia / Nine Network
AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program
Old People’s Home for Teenagers
Endemol Shine Australia / ABC
AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program
Gardening Australia
ABC
AACTA Award for Best Reality Program
MasterChef Australia
Endemol Shine Australia / Network 10
AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program
Miriam Margolyes Australia Unmasked
Southern Pictures / ABC
AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program
Bluey
Ludo Studio / ABC
AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special
Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy
All Things Comedy & Netflix / Netflix
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama presented by Foxtel
Tuuli Narkle
Mystery Road: Origin
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by Foxtel
Mark Coles Smith
Mystery Road: Origin
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer
Tom Gleeson
Hard Quiz
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
Brooke Satchwell
The Twelve
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Thomas Weatherall
Heartbreak High
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy
Mystery Road: Origin – Episode 3
Dylan River
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television
Heartbreak High – Episode 1: Map Bitch
Hannah Carroll Chapman
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
You Can’t Ask That – Episode 1
Kirk Docker
AACTA Award For Best Cinematography in Television
Mystery Road: Origin – Episode 3
Tyson Perkins
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television
Heartbreak High – Episode 1: Map Bitch
Rita Carmody
AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television
Mystery Road: Origin – Episode 3
Nicholas Holmes
AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television
The Tourist – Episode 1
Scott Bird
AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television
Savage River – Episode 1
Bryony Marks
AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television
Mystery Road: Origin – Episode 3
Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Trevor Hope, Dylan Barfield
The Trailblazer Award
Chris Hemsworth
Reg Grundy Award
Rachel Kayrooz
Facing The Fear
Jayden James & George Harrington
Mr Wolf
AACTA Award for Best Digital Series or Channel
A Beginner’s Guide to Grief
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best TV Series
Heartbreak High
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best Actor
Bryn Chapman Parish
Heartbreak High
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best Actress
Chloe Hayden
Heartbreak High
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best TV Personality
Abbie Chatfield
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best Sports Program
Women’s Footy
Nine
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Best Sports Commentary Team
2022 AFL Grand Final
Seven
