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There is a new batch of visitor actor and actress royalty on the town!

On Sunday, Sept. 8, 4 actors earned trophies on the 2024 Artistic Arts Emmys for his or her visitor roles of their respective comedy and drama sequence.

From successful their first-ever Emmy to trying again on their days promoting “yogurt that makes you s— for seven years,” see who received the celebrated awards — and what they stated afterwards.

Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Sequence: Néstor Carbonell

Carbonell received the primary visitor actor trophy of the night for his position as Vasco Rodrigues in FX’s Shōgun. The historic drama sequence, primarily based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel of the identical identify, follows two bold males from completely different corners of the world and their unlikely alliance as one fends off his opponents who plot to overthrow him.

After taking the stage, the Misplaced alum, 56, instantly thanked his spouse Shannon. “Shannon is an actress who labored for 25 years on this business in movie and tv and theater, and when our second son was born, she stepped away from it in favor of full-time motherhood in order that I might pursue what I like to do,” he stated. “I share this with you, honey.”

Carbonell additionally thanked his supervisor, agent, and the workforce behind Shōgun. “You are all right here. You are all love. Thanks on your unbelievable skills,” he stated, later including, “I like the workforce sport of this and I am so glad we get to be right here collectively. Thanks all a lot. I admire it.”

Within the press room, Carbonell additional expressed his gratitude for the celebrated award, calling the second “full circle.”

“That is overwhelming. You’re employed as an actor for so long as I’ve, and the position is a present… some years are good and a few years you are simply attempting to piece collectively,” he stated. “And I do know we’re going by means of a tough time collectively on this business and so that you depend your blessings when you find yourself working. However to get one thing like this, it is not one thing I take into consideration, however it’s notably significant to me as a result of my first job in tv was as a visitor star on Legislation & Order. And it is just a little full circle at the moment as a result of as quickly as I end giving out or presenting these three awards, I’ve to hop on a aircraft — I get to hop on a aircraft to complete directing an episode of Legislation & Order. Alex Corridor is protecting me for the primary shot the morning, however so that’s extremely significant to me and really full circle. Thanks.”

Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Sequence: Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel took dwelling the visitor actress award for her position in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, by which she performs Bev, a spy working for a rival firm of John Smith (Donald Glover). The Prime Video sequence is a remake of exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s 2005 action-comedy of the identical identify.

Coel was not in attendance to obtain her award on Sept. 8, so Carbonell, who was presenting the class, accepted the trophy on her behalf.

Excellent Visitor Actor in a Comedy Sequence: Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal received excellent visitor actor in a comedy sequence for his position in The Bear. The actor performs Mikey Berzatto, the brother of Carmen (Jeremy Allen White) and Sugar (Abby Elliot) and son of Donna Berzatto (Jamie Lee Curtis), within the FX/Hulu sequence.

The 47-year-old actor earned a nomination for his position in episode 6 of season 2, titled “Fishes,” which documented the chaotic vacation gathering of the Berzatto household.

He was not current on the Sept. 8 awards ceremony, however the award marks his first-ever Emmys win.

Excellent Visitor Actress in a Comedy Sequence: Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis wowed audiences as Donna Berzatto in The Bear, and earned the excellent visitor actress in a comedy sequence award because of this. Her character is the mom of Carmen, Sugar and Mikey. She struggles with alcoholism and what seems to be Borderline Persona Dysfunction — one thing that’s fairly clear within the “Fishes” episode whereas Donna is getting ready Christmas Eve dinner.

Taking the stage after her identify was introduced, Curtis, 65, instructed the group, “You understand there’s a saying, ‘Damage folks, harm folks,’ however I additionally assume you may add to that and say, ‘Helped folks assist folks,’ and I feel that’s the story of The Bear.”

“It is astonishing that I received this chance at this level in my life,” she continued, earlier than calling the present’s forged and crew “the elements of this lovely, lovely, lovely piece of tv … that I am privileged to be in.”

Curtis later expressed her gratitude within the press room, telling reporters that she felt like “the luckiest lady on the planet” after successful the celebrated award. She additionally seemed again on her time starring in Activia yogurt commercials and joked about how far she had come since.

“I have been an actor since I used to be 19. I am 65,” she stated. “I’ve bought yogurt that makes you s— for seven years. And I simply by no means thought in my life that I might get to do work at this degree of depth and complexity and intelligence. And it is simply been the fun of my artistic life these final couple of years that I get these alternatives. So I am humble and extremely grateful.”

When requested about attaining EGOT standing at some point, Curtis disregarded the chance – at the very least for now.

“Effectively, I can not sing in any respect, and I’ve by no means been on stage, really. I’ve by no means performed a play, and so I can not think about,” she responded. “I do not keep up that late… I do not know if any of you ever paid consideration to something I’ve stated, however at my age, about live shows being so late and why cannot Bruce Springsteen do a frickin’ matinee?”

“So I’m simply unsure I might achieve this nicely within the theater because you go to mattress so late,” she quipped. “However you understand what? I by no means thought any of this was going to be potential in my life in any respect.”

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The 2024 Artistic Arts Emmys will air Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on FXX, and may also be streamed on Hulu from Sept. 15 by means of Oct. 9.