A Melrose Place actor was seen breaking down in tears on Sunday evening at the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
It was Grant Show, who played Jake Hanson on the hit series; he was on the Heather Locklear and Courtney Thorne-Smith series from 1992 until 1997.
The waterworks started when his wife Katherine LaNasa took home an Emmy for her acting on The Pitt.
The blonde was in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
The actress gave a shout out to her spouse when she was on stage: ‘Thank you to my beautiful husband Grant Show for helping me always with everything.’
A Melrose Place actor was seen breaking down in tears on Sunday evening at the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards
It was Grant Show, who played Jake Hanson on the hit series; he was on the Heather Locklear and Courtney Thorne-Smith series from 1992 until 1997
The lovebirds wed in 2012.
Show played Jake Hanson on Melrose Place, which he played from 1992 to 1997. His costars were Daphne Zuniga and Heather Locklear.
From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.
LaNasa seemed thrilled with her win.
‘Oh my goodness, I am so proud and honored to receive this award from the Academy,’ she said in her speech. ‘My whole career I wanted to work for [producer] John Wells and he elevates everything.’
She also recognized ‘the incomparable Noah Wyle,’ LaNasa said.
Nominees also included Patricia Arquette (Severance), Carrie Coon (The White Lotus), Julianne Nicholson (Paradise), Parker Posey (The White Lotus), Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus) and Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus).
LaNasa plays charge nurse Dana Evans on The Pitt which is set at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
This was LaNasa’s first Emmy nomination.
‘It’s crazy. You stay on the sidelines for so much of your career, you don’t really ever expect to be one of the nominees,’ LaNasa explained to People. ‘To be one is really just delightful. I feel like I got a ticket to ride and I’m happy about it.’
The waterworks started when his wife Katherine LaNasa took home an Emmy for her acting on The Pitt. The blonde was in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
The actress gave a shout out to her spouse when she was on stage: ‘Thank you to my beautiful husband Grant Show for helping me always with everything’
(L-R) Show, LaNasa, and David Zaslav attend the HBO Max Primetime Emmy Awards Afterparty at San Vicente Bungalows
(top) Doug Savant, Thomas Calabro, Marcia Cross, Jack Wagner, (bot) Kristin Davis, Andrew Shue, Heather Locklear, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, Josie Bissett, Grant Show, Laura Leighton
Show has been working for decades.
His first major role was on the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope, in which he played Rick Hyde from 1984–1987.
He dated fellow Ryan’s Hope actor Yasmine Bleeth.
Then he was cast as Jake Hanson on a few episodes of the popular series Beverly Hills, 90210 in order to spin off the character as the lead in his next series Melrose Place. He also played Jake in a guest appearance in the pilot of the Melrose spin-off Models Inc.
His other TV credits are Blessed Assurance with Cicely Tyson, Between Love and Honor with Robert Loggia, and Homeland Security with Tom Skerritt as well as Point Pleasant in 2005.
He made a guest appearance for three episodes in HBO’s acclaimed series Six Feet Under in 2002, and in 2006 he guest-starred on two episodes of the ABC Family show Beautiful People, alongside former Melrose Place co-star Daphne Zuniga.
In 2007, Show appeared in three episodes of the FX show Dirt, and was in Swingtown, Private Practice, Accidentally on Purpose, and Big Love.
