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Emmys’ Historic Diversity: Majority of this Year’s Acting Winners Are Black

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the youngest person to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award, is also only the second Black actress to claim the title after Viola Davis for “How to Get Away With Murder.” Rudolph’s two wins this year marked the first of her career.Overall, the winners represent a significantly more diverse group than last year, when just two of 19 winners were performers of color.Also Read: Emmys 2020: The Complete Winners ListThe year prior, four Black actors — Tiffany Haddish, Samira Wiley, Ron Cephas Jones and Katt Williams — swept the guest acting categories, while nonwhite winners on the main broadcast were limited to just three: Regina King for “Seven Seconds,” Thandie Newton for “Westworld” and Darren Criss for “American Crime.

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