As she accepted her award the 55-year-old, who plays a fictional POTUS on her hit show, touched on the state of America’s presidential race.
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The actress took a jab at Donald Trump during her acceptance speech, saying, “I’d like to apologize for the current political climate”.
The American fought back tears as she collected the outstanding lead actress in a comedy series award.
Anticipation is high for Season 7, and when asked what we can expect from the penultimate year of the show, Weiss wryly said, “it will be bigger, and it will be better, and it will also be worse, but mostly better”.
Hail to the chief, again: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is officially an eight-time Emmy award victor, having snagged her latest statuette for her work on HBO’s Veep.
She then quipped, “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it”.
It is now officially impossible to beat Julia Louis Dreyfus at the comedy game! She revealed onstage that her father died two days prior to the Los Angeles award show. She won her first Emmy in 1996 for playing Elaine Benis on Seinfeld.
Jeffrey Tambor took home best lead actor in a comedy series for the second time for his role as a transgender woman in “Transparent”. “I’d like to thank [producer] Frank Rich, who helped me trick Dave”, she said on stage at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater, appearing to shake even during the amusing moments.
Malek, 35, took home his first career Emmy for best dramatic actor for his role as socially awkward computer hacker Elliot Alderson, who goes to work for an anarchist in the U.S. series “Mr. Robot”.
Meanwhile, Tony Hale has won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy twice, first in 2013 and again in 2015.
Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel consulted Bush for advice on running his own Emmy campaign in the late-night talk show category.
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Louie Anderson was honored as best supporting actor in a comedy series for his portrayal of a loving but tough mom in “Baskets”.
