Judith Light wins first Primetime Emmy for guest role on ‘Poker Face’
LOS ANGELES: American actor Judith Light’s win at her first Primetime Emmy at the 75th annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday night was a turning point in her career, according to People. She won the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role in Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’.
The category also included Ted Lasso standouts Becky Ann Baker, Sarah Niles and Harriet Walter, as well as Quinta Brunson for hosting Saturday Night Live and Taraji P. Henson for Abbott Elementary.
“What a way to start the new year!” Light said during his brief acceptance speech. In addition to thanking her fellow nominees, Light–who won two Daytime Emmys in 1980 and 1981 for outstanding lead actress for her work on the ABC soap opera ‘One Life to Life’–made a memorable poker face. Praised the creators of. The character Irene Smothers, a resident of a retirement home and S. One half of the duo with Epatha Merkerson, which had a taste for murder.
He later told the press, “This win is everything. It’s about this academy accepting me in this way.” “I’ve been in this business a long time, so this is a huge gift. …For so many areas of my life, it means so many different things.”
As People reports, this was Light’s fifth Primetime Emmy nomination, having previously been nominated three times for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Transparent, as well as being nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ugly Betty in 2007. Was.
