LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Jeffrey Tambor won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy for his portrayal of a transgender woman in the Amazon series Transparent.
“I am so, so honored,” Tambor said upon collecting his trophy in Los Angeles Sunday night. “I had a teacher who used to say, ‘When you act, you have to act as though your life depends on it.’ And now I’ve been given the opportunity to act because people’s lives depend on it. I’d like to thank Jill Soloway for giving me the privilege and the responsibility of Maura Pfefferman from the Pacific Palisades. I would like to thank this gorgeous cast. Every time and every where you rest your eye, there is genius. I would like to thank my teachers.”
He went on to express his gratitude to his wife Kasia, his agents, his manager and the publciity team at Amazon.
“Not to repeat myself, but to specifically repeat myself, I’d like to dedicate my performane and this award to the transgender community,” Tambor emphasized. “Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your stories. Thank you for your inspiration. Thank you for letting us be part of the change. God bless you.”
Moments later, Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her sixth career Emmy.
“I think it would be appropriate at this moment to quote our political satire Veep. ‘What a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight.’ Oh, no, no no. Donald Trump said that. Yeah, it’s getting trickier and trickier to satarize this stuff,” she quipped, summing up her win as “mind-blowing.”
Louis-Dreyfus’ co-star Tony Hale — who previously shared the screen with Tambor on Arrested Development — picked up the prize for Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his work in Veep, while Allison Janney earned the accolade for Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her performance in Mom.
Emmys host Andy Samberg kicked off the ceremony at the Microsoft Theater with a musical number about the perils of binge-watching too many TV shows.
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