Maya Rudolph will be laughing throughout the awards season.
The 49-year-old “Saturday Night Live” student made history at Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday when she won two awards in the same categories she won last year and became the third black woman to win. two years in a row.
The entertainer won a statuette of Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearances on “SNL” last season and was named Best Voiceover of characters for her work on the animated comedy “Big Mouth.”
“It simply came to our notice then. I feel honored to be a part of something like that, “Rudolph told reporters, according to Deadline.” I think this Emmy is very appropriate because it’s for something that feels like a personal success … I feel very honored to be part of a legacy as the third woman of color to achieve this. “
“This one feels particularly sweet and like a huge personal achievement just because‘ Saturday Night Live ’is really something I dreamed of as a kid and loved as a kid and watched my parents watch me grow up, and then it became a part of my life, ”said Rudolph, who was a member of the“ SNL ”cast from 2000 to 2007 and has been making cameos like, among other characters, Vice President Kamala Harris on the show recently.
The “Bridesmaids” star added to the long-running sketch: “It has such a special place in my heart, and it’s the first place where I really found my people working and created a family of workers. .And I feel very proud of that [the award is] for something I like so much. It’s wild to love something and then be recognized for it. This is even better than you imagine, because I think when you love something so much, that’s the reward. So it’s nice when people recognize something that’s already happy. “
Last year she won in the same category for her portrayal of Harris, and this year she was recognized for her role as a host, in an episode that included Rudolph playing Beyoncé eating spicy wings.
“American Crime” star Regina King and “Orange Is the New Black” actress Uzo Aduba are the other two black women who marked Emmys for her work two years in a row. King won in 2015 and 2016, while Aduba won in 2014 and 2015.