{"id":81237,"date":"2016-09-19T00:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T04:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=81237"},"modified":"2016-09-19T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:13:10","slug":"canadian-tatiana-maslany-wins-emmy-best-lead-actress-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/09\/19\/canadian-tatiana-maslany-wins-emmy-best-lead-actress-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Tatiana Maslany wins Emmy for best lead actress in a drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tatiana Maslany walks the Emmy’s red carpet (Photo: Emmy\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An admittedly shocked Tatiana Maslany took home the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama on Sunday for her multiple roles in the sci-fi series \u201cOrphan Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI should have had this written down,\u201d said the 30-year-old Regina native, who plays several clones with different personalities and accents on the show, after receiving her trophy from fellow Canadian Kiefer Sutherland.<\/p>\n

Maslany thanked the show’s creators for \u201cthis incredible dream job\u201d during her acceptance speech\u2014delivered while frantically scrolling through her phone \u2014 and also said she felt \u201cso lucky to be on a show that puts women at the centre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Backstage, Maslany \u2014 who was considered an underdog against stars from \u201cHouse of Cards,\u201d \u201cEmpire,\u201d \u201cHomeland,\u201d \u201cHow to Get Away with Murder\u201d and \u201cThe Americans\u201d \u2014 told reporters she wasn’t expecting to go home a winner.<\/p>\n

She also said it is \u201ca real point of pride\u201d that \u201cOrphan Black\u201d is held up as a series with strong and diverse female characters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response after the first season was so much positivity in terms of representation and the way that young girls were seeing themselves portrayed on screen,\u201d Maslany said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the LGBT community as well really reached out and supported us. So it’s been a really connecting thing in terms of the fans and has become something we feel responsible for, continuing to tell those stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it’s also a joy. There’s an immense joy in getting to tell womens’ stories that we don’t normally see.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the second Emmy nomination for Maslany, often regarded as one of the hardest-working women in TV for playing a multitude of characters on the Toronto-shot show, which airs on Space and BBC America.<\/p>\n

The sci-fi thriller, which also netted Maslany a Golden Globe nomination in 2014 and three Canadian Screen Award wins, recently aired its fourth season and the next season will be its final one.<\/p>\n

Fans \u2014 including some fellow TV and film stars \u2014 flooded Twitter Sunday night with messages of congratulations for Maslany.<\/p>\n

Best actress Oscar winner Brie Larson used a crying emoji to punctuate her congratulatory tweet and Henry Winkler wrote: \u201cYou deserve every inch of that statue. I was so happy to meet you even for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Emmy win comes after a big year in which Maslany not only had to play new clones, she also took on several other projects \u2014 from \u201cBoJack Horseman\u201d to \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d and the film \u201cTwo Lovers and a Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt really creatively stimulated this year,\u201d said Maslany in an interview in July after her nomination was announced. \u201cThe two movies I got to do over the hiatus before the fourth season were really near and dear to my heart and just reignited my excitement about acting and gave me a new perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to work with amazing actors and directors and that stuff just opens your mind. So as tired as I was, I guess I felt really rejuvenated and ready to play more in ‘Orphan Black.\u201d’<\/p>\n

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