The winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the75th Primetime Emmy Awardsis…Sarah SnookofSuccession. The actress took to the stage and paid tribute to her daughter, whom she and her husband Dave Lawson welcomed last year, during her speech saying th shoutout “is to someone who won’t understand anything that I’m saying at the moment, but I carried her with me in this last season. And really, it was her who carried me.”
“It’s very easy to act when you’re pregnant because you’ve got hormones raging. It was more that the proximity of her life growing inside me gave me the strength to do this and this performance, and I love you so much. And it’s all for you from here on out. Thank you.”
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Melanie Lynskey, Bella Ramsey & Elisabeth Moss Were Among the Emmy Award Nominees
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Successionstar Sarah Snook has been the clear favorite for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for some time, with Snook having been nominated for the award several times during the HBO series’ run. Much like the show and cast as a whole, Snook has been showered with praise and awards for her performance in Succession, winning two Gloden Globes in 2022 and again this year.
The rest ofthe nominees for this year’s Emmysincluded Melanie Lynskey for the Showtime seriesYellowjackets, Bella Ramsey for the hugely successful video game adaptationThe Last of Us, and Elisabeth Moss for her role as June inThe Handmaid’s Tale.
Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by author Margaret Atwood,The Handmaid’s Taleis set in a dystopian future, and centers on a woman who is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. The show has long surpassed the source novel, and isnow due to enter its sixth seasonafter Hulu officially confirmed renewal of the show. Lead star Elizabeth Moss has received a lot of acclaim for her performance, winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series back in 2017.
The rest of the nominees for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards also included Sharon Horgan for her role as Eva Garvey inBad Sistersand Keri Russell for her role in theNetflix seriesThe Diplomat.
