Mishael Morgan Recalls Late Father’s Advice After Historic Best Actress Emmys Win (Exclusive)

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star Mishael Morgan grew emotional after making history at the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, largely in part to her win but also because her late father came to mind.The 35-year-old actress became the first Black woman to win an Emmy in the Best Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series: Actress category on Friday, and she told ET's Deidre Behar she was «still in shock» and in «disbelief» even after clearly hearing her name called.«I knew it, I felt it and I was still at a level of disbelief,» she said after winning her first Emmy.Morgan, who plays Amanda Sinclair on the long-running CBS soap opera, had previously been nominated for two Emmys in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category but came up short.

But not this year, and after scoring the win Morgan couldn't help but think about her late father, Michael.«I just keep thinking like, 'Dad, we did it,'» said an emotional Morgan. «When I was growing up he would always say that you have to be 10 times better.

But now, I want to create a world where you don’t have to be 10 times better. Where we can all be just as great and celebrated for it.

And girls that look like me and girls that don’t look like me, all different colors of the rainbow now can know that that glass ceilings is broken.