The 2018 Emmy Awards, held yesterday, September 17th at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles leaving quite a number of movie makers and sctors excited as they played dress up while others received awards for their hardwork and dedication n various categories
One of the many actors who didn’t go back home with empty hands include the famous Hollywood actress, Regina King as she won the Emmys Best Actress as a lead actress in a limited series.
The clearly shocked Regina Kingtook to the stage to receive her Award for the movie Seven Seconds, trying to catch her breathe as she reacted sying;
“Really?”
“OMG, Say word?! Oh, my god. Okay, so I dropped lipstick on my dress and I was down there trying to get it out,”
She went on to thank her friends, peers, Netflix:
“This is amazing, I want to curse…and “Thank you, Jesus.”
King was honored for her portrayal of Latrice Butler, a Jersey City mother whose son is killed by the police in Veena Sud’s Netflix drama, Seven Seconds.
This was King’s fourth Emmy nomination and third win, her first for lead actress, following supporting actress wins for American Crime in 2015 and 2016.
Topical in its examination of police brutality and American race relations, Seven Seconds is a project that will always have great meaning for King for what it so poignantly relates about deep-seated societal issues.
“I feel like it’s something that will never leave me, just because the narrative still exists in our country,” she earlier told Deadline’s Dominic Patten following an AwardsLine screening of the series. “It’s not just a narrative. It’s a fact; it’s actually happening,”
King also described the weight of responsibility she felt in taking on the role of Latrice, placing a spotlight on a pain that is very real for so many.
“It was my job as an artist to honor [that] pain,” she explained to Patten. “When opportunities like this come up, I feel like it’s the perfect union for your philanthropy and your artistry to marry.”
