Maya Rudolph Wins No. 6 Emmy of Her Career, Angela Bassett Wins Her First Emmy in Creative Arts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maya Rudolph won her sixth profession title Emma On Saturday night, she took home the trophy for Best Character Voice Acting for her work on Big Mouth on the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, while Angela Bassett won her first award for narrating the National Geographic show Queens.

A former and future “Saturday Night Live” star, Rudolph is nominated for 3 consecutive Emmy Awards. Her voiceover work as Hormone Monstress in the Netflix animated series “Big Mouth” earned her 4 Emmy Awards.

“I’m really proud to be a part of this show,” she said. “It humanizes being human.”

She became moved as she spoke in regards to the privilege she has of with the ability to do what she loves in life.

“I’m crying because I’m going through menopause,” Rudolph said.

She won the primary of the two-day Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which honor artistic and technical achievements in television and are a precursor to the foremost award (*6*)Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by Dan and Eugene Levywhich is able to air on September 15 at 8:00 PM ET on ABC.

Bassett apparently took home the award for Best Narrator, a category that is frequently star-studded but in which the winner, like last 12 months’s Barack Obama, rarely appears.

“Oh my god, wow, my first Emmy,” Bassett said with emotion. “I couldn’t be more excited and grateful.”

Bassett said backstage that she was drawn to the wildlife documentary project because of its all-female production team, a rarity in the medium.

“It just touched my heart,” she said. “So I said yes.”

Bassett has been nominated for an Oscar twice and received an honorary Oscar earlier this 12 months.

Other winners included the recently retired Pat Sajakwho won the award for Best Game Show Host for his final season on “Wheel of Fortune.” It was his fourth win in the category and first since 1998.

“Saturday Night Live” found success in the craft categories, winning six awards, including those for makeup and production design.

Rudolph won two Emmys as a solid member and was nominated for 2 more for her work hosting the sketch institute last season. The Emmys can be presented Sunday.

She will return in the autumn to play the vice chairman. Kamala Harris on the fiftieth season of “SNL” just a few weeks before the election.

“I feel like I’m somehow connected to an amazing time in this country and an excitement I haven’t felt in a long time,” she said backstage Saturday.

She can be nominated on the foremost Emmy Awards for best actress in a comedy for her Apple TV+ series “Loot.” Her probabilities of winning the award are slim, with Jean Smart for “Hacks” and Ayo Edebiri for “Bear” which takes first place in the comedy category with 23 nominations.

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Ron Howard’s documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” won 4 times, while “Welcome to Wrexham” won thrice, including best unstructured reality show. “Shark Tank” won best structured reality show. In an awards crossover, the Oscars telecast won 4 Emmys, including best live special.

Dick Van Dykewho turns 99 next month, could have stolen the show when “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years Of Magic” won for best pre-recorded variety program.

Van Dyke did a brief dance and announced “this hurts” later. As the winners were played offstage, he said, “I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to my memorial. I don’t have a date yet, but I don’t feel great.”

Van Dyke became the oldest person to win an Emmy for a daytime television show when he accepted the award in June for his appearance on “Days of Our Lives.”

The highest nominated in all the season, “Shogun” scored a victory of sorts Saturday when the team that creates the post-show footage won an Emmy. The FX series itself is nominated for 25 Emmys. Seventeen of those can be presented Sunday, with the series specializing in scripted television.

Many big names, including Oscar winners, will compete in the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday Jamie Lee Curtis AND Da’Vine Joy Randolph and nominated for an Oscar Ryan Gosling.