Just before his Netflix special lands

Australian-Malaysian comic Ronny Chieng is to host the International Emmy Award, it has been announced.

The stand-up is a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and is also known for his role in Crazy Rich Asians. Netflix will also release his comedy special in December.

He will front the ceremony in New York on November 25.

Producers today also announced that former model Iman will be presenting the special Directorate Award to CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour. 

 And Actor Conleth Hill, who plays Lord Varys in Game of Thrones will present the Founders Award to the show’s creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Published: 5 Nov 2019