Allison Janney, who stars in "The Diplomat," has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.This is her eighth Emmy win as an actor, which makes her one of the most successful performers in Emmy history.She now shares the record for the most Emmys won by any performer with eight wins.
Speaking on stage, Janney said, "This is not what I planned for this category at all.
I'm very surprised and very, very grateful to be here.I thank all the members of the Television Academy.And of course I have to thank Debra Kahn, our writer.So much fun.And Alex Gray, our director, who I adore, and Janice Williams, and the coolest woman on the planet, Keri Russell, who leads us all every day.And Rufus, the entire cast is divine.And I am so grateful and so lucky.And I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart."
On a historic night, "Hacks" star Jean Smart also won her eighth Emmy, tying the record with Janney.
They now join Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the only performers with eight Emmy wins.Janney previously won four Emmys for "The West Wing" (outstanding supporting drama actress in 2000 and 2001, then lead drama actress in 2002 and 2004), two for "Mom" (supporting comedy actress in 2014 and 2015), and one as a guest drama actress on "Masters of Sex" (2014).She has 16 Emmy nominations in total.
Janney beat out a group of talented actors, including Taylor Dearden (as Dr.
Mel King, "The Pitt"), Fiona Dourif (as Dr.Cassie McKay, "The Pitt"), Katherine LaNasa (as Charge Nurse Dana Evans, "The Pitt"), Sepideh Moafi (as Dr.Baran Al-Hashimi, "The Pitt"), Julianne Nicholson (as Sinatra, "Paradise"), and Karolina Wydra (as Zosia, "Pluribus").
In addition to the drama series category and drama lead actress, "The Diplomat" was also nominated for drama series, drama lead actor (Rufus Sewell, as Hal Wyler), drama lead actress (Keri Russell, as Kate Wyler), drama writing, drama casting, and drama guest actor (Bradley Whitford, as First Gentleman Todd Penn).
Janney has also received nominations at the SAG-AFTRA Actor Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Critics’ Choice Awards.
The 78th Emmys are held at the Peacock Theater at L.A.
Live in downtown Los Angeles, and they air on NBC and Peacock."Law & Order SVU" star Mariska Hargitay is the host, and Jesse Collins Entertainment is producing the ceremony.This year’s Emmy nominations were led by HBO Max’s "The Pitt" with 25 nominations, followed by "Hacks" with 24 (the most ever for a comedy).After the first two Emmy ceremonies (now known as "Night 1" and "Night 2"), Apple TV’s "Widow’s Bay" was in the lead with the most wins so far this year, with eight.Apple TV also had 19 wins leading into the final Emmy ceremony, the most of any outlet so far.
No comments:
Post a Comment