Provided herein may be a display device and a method of driving the display device. The display device may include pixels including first pixels and second pixels in a pixel area, scan lines coupled with the pixels, and configured to supply scan signals to the pixels, a first emission control line coupled to the first pixels, and configured to supply a first emission control signal to the first pixels, a second emission control line coupled to the second pixels, and configured to supply a second emission control signal to the second pixels, and a display driver configured to supply the first emission control signal to the first emission control line before supplying the second emission control signal to the second emission control line.