Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins 5th 'Veep' Emmy, apologizes for Donald Trump
LOS ANGELES -- The second term for Veep is going every bit as well as the first: That's five Emmy campaigns and five wins for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who has swept the Lead Actress in a Comedy category since the HBO show debuted in 2012.
The Emmy also sets a new record for overall wins in the category -- seven -- which for a year Louis-Dreyfus shared with Candace Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore.
But in accepting the award Sunday night, Louis-Dreyfus had an apology to make:
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"I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for the current political climate," Louis-Dreyfus said. "Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics. Our show started out as a political satire but it now feels more like a sobering documentary. So I certainly do promise to re-build that wall ... and make Mexico pay for it."
As now-President Selina Meyer, @OfficialJLD has five Best Actress trophies. She'd also previously won the award once each for New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) and Seinfeld (1989).
Louis-Dreyfus beat out Laurie Metcalf (Getting On), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer) and Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie).
Though she couldn't resist cracking a joke, Louis-Dreyfus had a moment of sincere emotion at the end of her speech, dedicating her latest win to her late father.
"Lastly I want to dedicate this to my father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday," she said, breaking down in tears. "And I'm so glad that he liked Veep, because his opinion was the one that really mattered. Thank you."
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
