On Saturday, the 31-year-old star won the outstanding actor in a drama series award for his role as the Duke of Hastings in the Netflix show; Bridgerton. He beat the likes of Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country), Keith David (Greenleaf) and Nico Annan (P-Valley).

In his virtual acceptance speech, Rege said; "This absolutely goes out to all the incredible people on our team who made something so unique. It is the highest honour to represent us in the fullness of our beauty, of our glamour, of our splendour, of our royalty, of our romance, of our love."

"It is the highest honour to represent that and to represent the people I do represent and I will do my absolute to be worthy of that," he added.The British Zimbabwean star said; "The last few months have been wonderful on a number of levels; in terms of gaining a wider audience and seeing how many people the show has connected with.""And seeing what an emotional connection people have formed with the work we have put out, which is everything you ever want as an artist", he added.

Snubbed from the Golden Globe nominations

Despite being snubbed entirely from Golden Globe nominations; Bridgerton scored two Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for the upcoming ceremony, which takes place on April 4.

The series itself was nominated for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series; while Page was nominated for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series.Bridgerton is streaming now on Netflix.