“Baby Reindeer” takes fourth place at the Emmy Awards, including a miniseries

LOS ANGELES — The dark and quirky Netflix production “Baby Reindeer” won the award for best actor and best screenplay for the series’ creator and star, Richard Gadd, and Jessica Gunning, who plays his tormentor, won best supporting actress.

Accepting the award for best miniseries, Gadd urged television makers to take risks.

“The one constant for any success in television is good storytelling,” he said. “Good storytelling that speaks to our times. So take risks, push boundaries. Explore the uncomfortable. Dare to fail to achieve.”

“Baby Reindeer” is based on a one-man stage show in which Gadd describes sexual abuse and other emotional problems.

Accepting the award, he said, “No matter how bad it gets, it always gets better.”

The Associated Press typically does not name people who report sexual abuse unless they publicly confess to it, as Gadd did.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.