Amanda Seyfried Wins First Emmy, Says Making ‘The Dropout’ Was “The Best Time Of My Life”
deadline.comIn a hard-to-call category, Amanda Seyfried won her first Emmy, for a nuanced portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced biotech entrepreneur and one-time Silicon Valley rock star convicted of criminal fraud.“Thanks for recognizing me among these amazing actors,” said an emotional Seyfried. “This is a really nice feeling!”Deadline’s Emmy Awards Live BlogWorking on Hulu’s The Dropout “was the best time of my life,” she added as she accepted her first Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.The photogenic, brilliant and disquieting founder-CEO of now defunct Theranos promised worshipful investors a revolution in blood testing using just a tiny drop with advanced technology that turned out to be fake.
Seyfried’s Holmes was complex and not entirely unempathetic.Emmy Red Carpet Photos: Best Looks Of 2022And what timing. After a widely followed televised trial, a San Jose jury in January found Holmes guilty of four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy.
Sentencing is later this fall. Holmes faces up to 20 years in prison and hefty fines plus restitution.The Dropout hails from Searchlight Television and 20th Television.Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadline’s Complete CoverageThis was a tough field — “an abundance of heavyweight names playing other heavyweight names,” as per Deadline’s Pete Hammond — including Lily James as Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy; Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story; Julia Garner in Inventing Anna; Margaret Qualley in Maid; and Toni Collette in The Staircase.
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