Netflix boss Ted Sarandos has been awarded one of many UK’s highest honors, receiving a CBE from King Charles.
The streamer’s co-CEO acquired his award – Commander of the British Empire – from British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce on the British Embassy in Washington, alongside fellow leisure business titan Shonda Rhimes, producer of Netflix hit Bridgerton.
Sarandos posted on Instagram his delight at receiving the award, describing the ceremony a ‘lovely ceremony and a day I’ll always remember.”
The UK Embassy additionally reported the occasion on social media, saying Sarandos was recognised for extraordinary companies to inventive industries. The Embassy praised his work: “Underneath his management, the platform has labored with greater than 30,000 British forged and crew and presently has greater than 100 productions energetic within the UK.”
Rhimes acquired her honorary for companies to UK-US relations. The Embassy mentioned: “Ms Rhimes has modified the face of TV storytelling, creating extra roles for feminine actors, folks from numerous cultures, and people with disabilities. In addition to making a number of the longest standing and record-breaking reveals in historical past, she’s launched the profession of many British actors and continues to make important cultural and financial influence to the UK.”
Specifically, they famous, “Bridgerton was not solely one of the watched Netflix reveals of all time however was championed for its numerous casting and trendy twist on regency-era storytelling.
“Alongside its cultural influence, the sequence additionally supported important direct and oblique financial funding to the UK.”
Bridgerton, Rhimes adaptation of the Regency-period romance novels by Julia Quinn, debuted on Netflix on Christmas Day 2020, with its spin-off prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story showing in Could 2023. Each reveals have been monumental international hits for the platform.
