Julia Louis-Dreyfus has made Emmy history.
„This is and continues to be the role of a lifetime and an adventure of utter joy,“ she said in her acceptance speech.
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Other nominees included: Pamela Adlon („Better Things“), Jane Fonda („Grace and Frankie“), Allison Janney („Mom“), Ellie Kemper („Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt“), Tracee Ellis Ross („black-ish“), and Lily Tomlin („Grace and Frankie“)
This is Louis-Dreyfus’s seventh win in the category and her eighth Primetime Emmy overall. She previously won for „The New Adventures of Old Christine“ and in the supporting actress in a comedy category for „Seinfeld.“
HBO announced earlier this month that Season 7 of „Veep,“ set to air in 2018, will be the show’s last.
Louis-Dreyfus joked that they had planned a storyline about an impeachment „but we abandoned that because we were worried someone else might get to it first.“
