Niecy Nash-Betts 'Would Like to Thank Me' in Emmys Acceptance Speech: 'I'm a Winner Baby!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Niecy Nash-Betts at the 2023 Emmys.Photo:FOX

FOX

Niecy Nash-Bettsgave a special shout-out to herself at the 75th annualPrimetime Emmy Awards.

“Thank you to the most high for this divine moment,” she shared. “Thank you Ryan Murphy for seeing me Evan Peters, I love you. Netflix, every single person who voted for me, thank you. And my better half who picked me up when I was gutted from this work. Thank you. And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me.”

“For believing in me and doing what they said I could not,” she continued. “And I want to say to myself in front of all you beautiful people, “Go on girl with your bad self. You did that!”

Niecy Nash-Betts on “Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”.Courtesy Of Netflix

Cleveland was the real-life neighbor of serial killerJeffrey Dahmer, and played a major role in identifying the community tragedy.

Dahmerreceived some criticism for highlighting the real-life players in the horrific story but still broke Netflix’s viewing records, surpassing 1 billion viewing hours on the streaming service in just 60 days.

Annaleigh Ashford in Welcome to Chippendales.Erin Simkin/Hulu

Erin Simkin/Hulu

Ashford was also nominated for her role as Irene Banerjee in Hulu’sWelcome to Chippendales.The nomination marked her first at the Emmys. In the 2022 drama, the 38-year-old actress played the woman who eventually became the owner of the Chippendales franchise.

Though she’s become well known for the screen, Ashford is also a stage star who just wrapped her run as Mrs. Lovett in the Broadway production ofSweeney Todd.

Maria Bello in Beef.Andrew Cooper/Netflix

Andrew Cooper/Netflix

Bello, 56, was nominated for her first Emmy for the role of Jordan Forester in Netflix’s hit dramaBeef.

“I only wanted to work with people that I like, and I trust, and it’s great writing and a great group of people. Boom,” she added. “I read a lot of things, but as soon as I read [Lee Sun Jin’s] writing — such a genius — I fell in love with it.”

Claire Danes in Fleishman Is in Trouble.Linda Kallerus/FX

Linda Kallerus/FX

“It is stunning when you do arrive at a deeper understanding of who and why she is the way she is,” Danes, 44, toldThe Hollywood Reporterabout he character. “It’s very effective. You suddenly feel complicit in some kind of overwhelming bias system of thinking about women in a particular way, and it’s really jarring.”

Juliette Lewis in Welcome to Chippendales.Erin Simkin/Hulu

Lewis’s 2023 nod for portraying Denise Coughlan inWelcome to Chippendalesmarks her second Emmy nomination.

Camila Morrone in Daisy Jones & The Six.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video

Morrone’s first Emmy nomination was for the role of band Camila Alvarez in Prime Video’sDaisy Jones & The Six.

Merritt Weaver in Tiny Beautiful Things.Jessica Brooks/Hulu

Jessica Brooks/Hulu

Weaver’s fourth Emmy nomination was for her role asTiny Beautiful Things’Frankie Pierce, the mother of lead character Clare (Kathryn Hahn)’s mother. The role in the Hulu series took a certain type of courage for Weaver, 43, who portrayed a family tragedy and close familial bond. “I remember kind of having to steady myself and fortify myself in the face of that kind of energy and love,” she toldVariety.

Of the role, and the show’s conclusion, she said, “It is beautiful, and my honest experience of it was one of not really doing a good job, and of choosing and practicing and failing gracefully.”

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