Angela Bassett Wins Her First Emmy
Angela Bassett attends 2024 Disney Upfront at Jacob Javits Center in New York on May 14, 2024.
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By: Joshua Martin
Nearly four decades into her career, the legendary actress Angela Bassett finally received her first Emmy Award. She was presented the award this past weekend (Sept. 7) during the Creative Arts Emmys, where she took home the trophy for outstanding narration on National Geographic’s nature documentary “Queen.”
The multi-talented thespian opened up to the press about what this particular distinction means to her.
“We don’t work for these, but we receive them for all the hard work that we do,” Bassett said. “Of course, it’s not work that you do alone, even though it’s for narration. There’s a whole team that pursued me and believed in me, fought for me, and worked with me to tell this amazing story of females in the wild kingdom, led by an all-female production team, a first in wildlife documentary filmmaking. So that was pretty inspiring to me in and of itself. ”
Bassett, who has earned nine career Emmy nominations, also expressed her surprise at winning one of the big four awards at the event.
“This is one of the big ones, and that doesn’t usually happen. Whenever you’re acknowledged, I’m just, you know, a girl who just wanted to act. My mentors were way out ahead of me. I just looked to them and got inspiration and hope and, and I just put my focus, my energy and my love to try to make it happen in my life and for my life. ”
Still in awe, the 66-year-old took to Instagram to express her feelings on securing her first Emmy.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled and more grateful. Thank you, each and every one of you.”
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