'Very menopausal' Maya Rudolph tears up on winning 6th Emmy of her career

Maya Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy on Saturday night taking the trophy for best character voiceover for her work on Big Mouth at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards while Angela Bassett won her first for her narration of the National Geographic show QueensRudolph is up for three more Emmys Her voiceover work as the Hormone Monstress on the Netflix animated show Big Mouth has earned her four of her EmmysMaya Rudolph wins 6th Emmy gets emotionalIm really proud to be a part of this show she said It humanizes being human She got emotional when she talked about the privilege that she gets to do what she loves in her life Its making me cry because Im very menopausal Rudolph saidShes an Emmy Winner MayaRudolph Emmys 76thEmmys TelevisionAcademy httpstcosF9MuHvSEa pictwittercomFJmG28WS0Rmdash Television Academy TelevisionAcad September 8 2024She won on the first of the twonight Creative Arts Emmys which honour behindthescenes artistic and technical achievement in television and are a precursor to the main Emmys ceremony hosted by Dan and Eugene Levy that will air at 8 pm EST September 15 on ABCAngela Bassett wins first Emmy awardBassett appeared to collect her trophy for best narrator a category that is usually starstudded but where the winner like Barack Obama last year rarely shows Oh my god wow my first Emmy an emotional Bassett said I couldnt be more thrilled and more grateful Bassett was attracted to the wildlife documentary project because of the allfemaleled production team a rarity in the medium she said backstageIt just touched my heart she said So I said yes Bassett is a twotime Oscar nominee who won an honorary Academy Award earlier this yearView this post on InstagramA post shared by Angela Bassett imangelabassettOther winners included the recently retired Pat Sajak who won best game show host for his final season on Wheel of Fortune It was his fourth time winning the award and first time since 1998Saturday Night Live thrived in the craft categories with six wins including victories for its makeup and production designRudolph won two Emmys when she was a cast member on the show and was nominated for two more for her work as host of the sketch institution last season Those will be awarded SundayShe will be returning this fall to play Vice President Kamala Harris on the 50th season of SNL in the weeks leading up to the election I feel like I am connected somehow to an incredible time in this country and an excitement that I havent felt in a long time she said backstage on SaturdayShe is also nominated at the main Emmys ceremony for Best Actress in a Comedy for her Apple TV series Loot She is a longshot for that award where the favourites are Jean Smart for Hacks and Ayo Edebiri for The Bear which leads all shows in the comedy category with 23 nominationsWinners in 99 categories were announced over Saturday and Sunday night ceremonies at the Peacock Theater at LA The big winner of the weekend was sweeping samurai epic Shgun which shored a whopping 14 wins plus another win for companion movie The Making Of Shgun setting a new record for most Emmy wins in one yearWith inputs from AP