Nicole Kidman took home her first Emmy win after three nominations for her convincing portrayal of a woman hiding an abusive relationship on Big Little Lies.
She started her thank you speech by telling fellow nominee Reese Witherspoon, “Reese I share this with you”.
Her thank yous extended to fellow cast members and Liane Moriarty for “entrusting us with her book”, but it was her dedication to husband Keith and her daughters that had the room welling up.
WATCH: Nicole Kidman kisses onscreen husband Alexander Skarsgård on the lips.
“I’m also a wife and a mother to my Sunny and Faith,” she said, thanking them for their support while she filmed the series through tears.
“I want my little girls to have this on their shelf so they can say, ‘every time my mama didn’t put me to bed it was because of this, so at least I got something.”
She also thanked the academy for awarding a role about domestic violence.
“Sometimes we get to do something bigger, and we shone a light on domestic abuse,” she said.
“It is an insidious disease it is filled with shame and secrecy.
“By you acknowledging me with this award you are shining a light on it even more so thank you, thank you, thank you, I bow down to you.”
Alexander Skarsgård also won an Emmy for his chilling portrayal of Celeste’s abusive husband Perry.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Best Actress – Comedy
Meanwhile, Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home the gold status for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, surprising absolutely nobody.
As much as I would love to claim the Nostradamus title for predicting her win, it was inevitable. Even before this year, the Seinfeld alum had already received the most nominations of any actress in Emmys history as well as the most wins of any actress in Emmys history.
Next season will be Veep’s last, so looks like 2019 will be the year any other comedic leading actress will get a look in.
WATCH: Julia roasts Trump without mentioning his name.
The star revealed the show had binned a story line for impeachment because “we were worried someone else might get to it first.”
She walked offstage but didn’t make it very far, joining her cast mates to celebrate Veep winning Best Comedy.
The win for the show seemed to be a cherry on top, with showrunner David Mandel saying: “I was honestly just happy she won.”
He went on to thank the other comedy shows for their inspiration, slyly adding in “The Trump Administration and his family,” because honestly, it would be rude to not acknowledge the amount of story lines they inspire on the show.
Elisabeth Moss, Best Actress – Drama
The actress finally took home an Emmy for her restrained simmering and anguished portrayal of Offred after seven nominations for her work on Mad Men and Top of the Lake.
“To my mother, you are brave and strong and smart and taught me that you can be kind,” she said before the audio cut off. We don’t want to spread rumours, but it looked like she followed it with “and a f-ing badass”.
Like Julia, she didn’t make it far before coming back on stage to celebrate The Handmaid’s Tale winning the coveted Best Drama Series.
Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel on which the series is based, joined the cast and crew on stage as they accepted the award – one of 13 they were nominated for.
“We’d like to thank Margaret Atwood for creating this world for all of us,” showrunner Bruce Miller said.
“You guys supported us when we wanted to terrible things to Rory Gilmore.”
Once he received the wrap up, he finished with a call to action.
“Go home, get to work – we have a lot of things to fight for.”
