Emmy Rossum to get Newport TV honour for Furious
Emmy Rossum will receive the Newport Beach Film Festival's Outstanding Performance in Television Award (Actress) for Furious. The honour was reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Oct. 4. It recognises her leading role in the Hulu drama series.
The tribute is set for Sunday, Oct. 18, on the Mainstage at Fashion Island. It will start at 3 p.m. The afternoon opens with a career-retrospective conversation with Rossum. That interview will be taped for The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, an interview series with performers in the awards race, and the award presentation will follow.
In Furious, Rossum plays an FBI agent tracking a female serial killer. The series is a Hulu drama from Elizabeth Meriwether. Meriwether created the show and leads its creative team. The story centres on Rossum's investigator as the hunt intensifies.
Rossum also works behind the camera as an executive producer, meaning she helps shape creative and business decisions as well as star in the show. She holds that credit through her Composition 8 banner. It is a double role. She carries the story on screen and shares responsibility for it off screen.
That partnership has already been extended. Hulu ordered a second season of Furious before the first season had finished airing. An early renewal of this kind keeps a story alive beyond its first run. It keeps the writers' room, crew and cast together for another chapter.
The Rossum event sits inside the 27th Newport Beach Film Festival. The festival runs Oct. 15-22, 2026, according to the Newport Beach Film Festival. Tickets for the wider festival are now on sale. Its listed supporters include Cadillac, Citizens Private Bank, UCI Health, the Los Angeles Times, Fashion Island and the City of Newport Beach.
Admission to the Rossum session itself is free. You will need an RSVP, meaning a booking made in advance, to secure a seat. Free sessions can fill quickly, so booking ahead is the way in.
For fans, this means a chance to hear how the role was built, straight from the actor. Expect talk of policing a dark case, leading a series, and producing it at the same time. Short version: one afternoon, one career, one prize.
