Liza Colón-Zayas 1st Latina To Win Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy

Liza Colón-Zayas, acceptance speech “To all the Latinas who are looking at me, keep believing and vote,” Colón-Zayas said in her acceptance speech at the 2024 Emmys. “Vote for your rights.”

Colón-Zayas, who won for her role as Tina on The Bear, also acknowledged the cast of the FX comedy, saying “thank you for giving me new life with this show,” before adding, “And to all the Latinas who are looking at me, keep believing and vote. Vote for your rights.” This is Colón-Zayas’s first Emmy nomination and first win. At the Emmy Performer Nominee Celebration Friday, The Bear star talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the prospect of her making history at the 2024 Emmys. “It’s epic,” she started. “The women who are in the same category with me, I love and admire them so much so either way I win to be considered their peers. And then if it happens, it’s epic for women and people who look like me. I’ve done something.”

Source: Hollywoodreporter