News Summary

• Her three Emmy nominations this year include another one for Beef as executive producer as well as best voiceover acting for her animated comedy Tuca & Bertie (that win went to Maya Rudolph for Big Mouth)..
• Sandra Oh has been nominated three times in the drama series category, and the haul of nominations for 1981’s Japan-set limited series Shōgun included one for leading lady Yôko Shimada..
• The comedian continued Beef’s awards sweep with television’s highest honor, winning the Emmy for best actress in a limited series..
• “I wouldn’t be standing here without my parents, my amazing parents, my father who I so wish was alive to share this moment with me, my hilarious father who loved me unconditionally and taught me the value of failure,” she said onstage..
• Although Beef is a dark comedy, the role of Amy Lau, a high-strung entrepreneur whose life unravels after a road rage incident, required Wong to plumb depths of vulnerability, loathing, darkness and tenderness..
• The win makes Wong the first woman of Asian descent ever to win an Emmy for a lead role..