Ripley's Andrew Scott wins at Gotham TV Awards in US

On Tuesday evening, Andrew Scott was among the winners at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards in New York City, where he was awarded the Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series for his starring role in the Netflix drama-thriller Ripley.

Scott was not in attendance, Variety reports, to accept his award from New York’s Gotham Film & Media Institute at the famed Cipriano 25.

The latest award joins a mounting pool of widespread acclaim for the Ripley star’s performance in the new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr Ripley.

Other winners include Zine Tseng, who took home the awards for Outstanding Performance in a Drama series for her work on 3 Body Problem.

The star of Colin from Accounts, Harriet Dyer, won Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series. Irish actor Siobhán Cullen was also nominated in the category for her performance in the Netflix series Bodkin, which is set in Ireland.

Mr & Mrs Smith took home the award for Breakthrough Drama Series, Baby Reindeer won Breakthrough Limited Series and Colin From Accounts was awarded Breakthrough Comedy Series.