Critics Choice Awards 2023: Niecy Nash garners another win for Dahmer amid backlash from families

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Niecy Nash collected the Critics' Choice award Sunday for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television award for her work in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.Nash, 52, who played the role of Glenda Cleveland in the controversial Netflix hit, donned a shoulderless off-white pearl trim gown to the event at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California.Nash, who played Deputy Raineesha Williams on Reno 911!, opened up about her career path between genres in her acceptance speech following the victory.

The latest: Niecy Nash, 52, collected the Critics' Choice award Sunday for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television award for her work in the Netflix hit Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story'When I decided to become an actor, I saw myself doing drama,' Nash said. 'And the industry was kind but they said, "Stay in your comedy lane." Sometimes people want to leave you where they meet you and I did what I knew to do, I cried.'Nash recalled discussing the situation with her mother, who she thanked along with Netflix Ryan Murphy and Evan Peters.

Nash said that she shared the award with Cleveland, the late neighbor of Dahmer's who had initially alerted police about suspicious activities the serial killer exhibited.In wrapping up her acceptance speech, Nash said, 'In your face' to those who had doubted her.