“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder has won her first Emmy, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy at the Sunday ceremony. She closed her speech with a shout out to the Philadelphia Eagles, and the first overtly political moment of the ceremony, saying “Go Birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine.”
Einbinder plays Ava Daniels in the HBO Max series, a comedy writer whose career is at a crossroads when she’s hired by legendary comedian Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) to spruce up and modernize her material. In the show’s Season 4, Deborah has successfully grabbed her dream of hosting a late night talk show host, and Einbinder has engineered her way into the gig of head writer.
Einbinder beat out last year’s winner Liza Colón-Zayas (as Tina Marrero on “The Bear”) for the win, as well as fellow nominees Catherine O’Hara (as Patty Leigh on “The Studio”) Kathryn Hahn (as Maya Mason on “The Studio”), Jenelle James (as Ava Coleman on “Abbott Elementary”), Sheryl Lee Ralph (as Barbara Howard on “Abbott Elementary”) and Jessica Williams (as Gaby Evans on “Shrinking”).
Einbinder was also nominated in 2021, 2022 and 2024 in the supporting actress in a comedy category. Earlier this year, she won the Critics Choice Award for supporting actress in a comedy series. She’s additionally been nominated three times at the Golden Globes.
In 2021, Einbinder landed on Variety‘s 10 Comics to Watch list. And last year, she headlined the HBO Max standup special “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go,” her first televised comedy special. She’s next set to star in the film “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” with Gillian Anderson, from Mubi, Plan B and director Jane Schoenbrun.
Nate Bargatze is the host of the 77th Emmy Awards, which is produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment. The kudocast aired Sunday evening on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
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