Anna Sawai makes history with Emmys to find for ‘Shōgun’
“You showed me stoicism and that’s how I changed into ready to impart Mariko.”
Anna Sawai, necessary individual of FX’s Shōgun, made history on the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, turning into the first Asian performer to to find the Emmy for Handiest Lead Actress in a Drama Assortment.
Nominated for her feature as noble and translator Lady Toda Mariko within the myth ancient fiction series, Sawai changed into up in opposition to Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon forThe Morning Level to, Maya Erskine for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Imelda Staunton for The Crown, and Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age.
Sawai delivered an emotional acceptance speech, thanking Shōgun necessary individual and producer Hiroyuki Sanada, who moreover made history winning Handiest Lead Actor in a Drama Assortment, for “persevering with to begin doorways for of us delight in me.” She moreover thanked her co-necessary individual Cosmo Jarvis and the Shōgun solid and crew, and completed her speech thanking her mother, who changed into within the target market: “Mom, I delight in you. You are the motive I’m here. You showed me stoicism and that’s how I changed into ready to impart Mariko. Right here is to the total girls who ask nothing and proceed to be an instance for everyone.”
In conjunction with Sawai and Sanada’s awards, Shōgun picked up four extra awards at Sunday evening’s Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Assortment and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Assortment. Along side its wins from the 76th Ingenious Arts Emmys that brings Shōgun‘s total up to 18 (an Emmys file).
For extra memorable Emmys moments — including Hiroyuki Sanada’s acceptance speech — and a plump list of winners, Mashable’s bought you covered.
Shannon Connellan is Mashable’s UK Editor primarily primarily primarily based in London, beforehand Mashable’s Australia Editor, however emotionally, she lives within the Creel Home. A Tomatometer-accredited critic, Shannon writes about the whole lot (however no longer anything) all over leisure, tech, social correct, science, and culture.
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