Jean Smart Wins Back-to-Back Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

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Jean Smart is adding another feather to her cap. For the second consecutive year, the 70-year-old actress took home Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on .

Smart beat out Rachel Brosnahan (), Kaley Cuoco (), Elle Fanning (), Issa Rae () and Quinta Brunson ()«Thank you for a second time honoring this show,» the now five-time winner said while accepting her award onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Smart won last year's Lead Actress Emmy for her performance on the HBO Max series. «As we all know season two of a show is kind of a litmus test,» Smart continued on Monday night, adding that the cast and crew had passed with flying colors. «The crew went above, above, above and beyond,» she said.Smart's win last year came in the wake of the death of her late husband, Richard Gilliland. «He'd be very happy for me,» she told ET on the Emmys' Winners Walk at the time.

The couple, who met as co-stars on , married in 1987. Gilliland died in 2021 at age 71.After debuting to critical acclaim last year,  returned for season 2 on May 12.