Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Primetime Emmy Award for her role in Chernobyl .
Hildur has gained international recognition due to her film and television scores , including for the action thriller film Sicario : Day of the Soldado ( 2018 ) , the HBO drama miniseries Chernobyl ( 2019 ) , for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Grammy Award nomination , and the psychological thriller film Joker ( 2019 ) , that earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score , becoming the first solo woman to win in this category.