Cristin Milioti just won her first Emmy Award for HBO’s “The Penguin” and her performance as Sofia Falcone (Gigante). A year after the limited series first made waves, this is just the latest in a series of accolades that Milioti has received for her work in “The Penguin,” including a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and Critics Choice Award win.
Milioti was escorted to the stage by costar Colin Farrell, and got a standing ovation from “The White Lotus” star Natasha Rothwell.
“It’s very hard to make sense of being alive right now in this world, so I’m deeply grateful for the bright spots,” Milioti said in her acceptance speech (scribbled on the back of therapy notes from earlier in the week). “Getting to inhabit this woman was a bright spot for me, despite it being very grisly. Playing her felt like flying.”
While “The Penguin” begins…
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