TV veteran Sandra Oh — you know, the beloved actress from Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve — has been nominated for an Emmy 14 times but it took a little known Hulu movie called Quiz Lady for her to finally get a much-deserved attagirl by the TV Academy.
Sadly, Oh wasn’t there to receive her award at the Creative Arts Emmys Sunday for producing Quiz Lady. But her fellow co-star/producer Awkwafina as well as the movie’s writer/producer Jen D’Angelo were astonished to learn backstage that Oh has never won the golden girl — until now.
They were straight-up gobsmacked when a reporter told them. No one had the chance to check in with Oh before collecting the final Emmy of the night.
Apparently, Oh is in Canada so she missed how the film — about a game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts — won the final prize on night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys.
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