Sandra Ohis getting emotional as she opens up about her history-makingEmmy Awardsnomination.
The actress teared up on the 2018Emmy Awardsred carpet on Monday night as she talked abouther historic nomination for her role in AMC’sKilling Eve. Oh, 47, became thefirst woman of Asian descent to be nominatedfor outstanding actress in a drama, and would be the first to take home the award if she wins.
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Oh said that when she was a kid, these kinds of roles weren’t available for Asian women.
“I remember being 10, about the time I started acting, not knowing why I needed to do what I needed to do, and there wasn’t really anything out there, very very little,” she said.
The formerGrey’s Anatomystaralso hopes that her historic nomination will change things for younger women hoping to make it in Hollywood.
“The disconnect I remember feeling at that young age, that feeling of not belonging — if there was a way to change that, if there’s a way of saying to a young girl that you can do this and be a part of culture in some way, I hope to be a part of that.”
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But when Oh was asked what advice she has for girls hoping to be her when they grow up, she urged them to find their own path.
“No, you be your own girl, you be your own girl and you be brilliant,” she said.
Oh previously said that when she got the script forKilling Eve, she was shocked to see that they wanted her for the starring role.
“In that moment, I did not assume the offer was for Eve,” she said. “I think about that moment a lot. Of just going, how deep have I internalized this? [So] many years of being seen [a certain way], it deeply, deeply, deeply affects us. It’s like, how does racism define your work? Oh my goodness, I didn’t even assume when being offered something that I would be one of the central storytellers. Why? And this is me talking, right?”
source: people.com
