One of this year's comedy all-stars won a 2024 Emmy. On Sunday, Sept. 15, The Bear actor Liza Colón-Zayas received her first Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series.
She joked, "Thank you for lowering the microphone for me." "Thank you to my husband David Zayas for telling me to write a speech. I didn't think it was feasible.
How could I have imagined being with Meryl Streep, Carol Burnett, Janelle, and Sheryl Lee Ralph? I revere you all and love you deeply. Thank you, mamí. Family and grandchildren, thank you.
You gave me a new life with this show. To all Latinas looking at me, stay believing and vote. Vote for your rights "ended her address.
In the hit FX series about a Chicago restaurant and its diverse kitchen crew, Colón-Zayas, 52, plays Tina Marrero, who rises in Chef Carmy White's kitchen.
She told Variety that her first Emmy nomination justified her decades-long career.
The world day, 'We see you,' and I will say, 'Here are my peers.' Carol Burnett raised me. Queen Meryl Streep. Also Sheryl Lee Ralph. Being around those women is unmatched."
Colón-Zayas was nominated with Abbott Elementary actors Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph, Palm Royale's Carol Burnett, Hacks' Hannah Einbinder, and Only Murders in the Building's Meryl Streep.