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Alex Borstein Dedicates Her Emmy to Powerful Women: "Step Out of Line, Ladies"

23/09/2019 - 01:57 AM

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Alex Borstein accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' onstage during the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theatre on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

We already know Alex Borstein deserves all the accolades for her role as as Susie Myerson on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel [1], but damn do her Emmys speeches deserve their own wins. The actress won outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series [2] for the second year in a row, and though she started off by joking about upsetting viewers with her braless appearance at last year's Emmys [3], she wrapped up her speech with a rousing call for action.

The Emmy winner dedicated her award to "the strength of a woman," thanking show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, as well as the other women on the Mrs. Maisel cast before she went on to thanking her mother and her grandmother. "My grandmother was in line to be shot into a pit and she turned to a guard and said, "What happens if I step out of line?" He said, "I don't have the heart to shoot you, but someone will." And she stepped out of line," she revealed. "For that I am here and my children are here. So step out of line, ladies. Step out of line." Watch her speech ahead, and then check out the rest of the night's winners [4].

"STEP OUT OF LINE LADIES" - alex borstein.. that's how you do an acceptance speech! pic.twitter.com/1ysV8xFl36 [5]

— diondra (@filmyth) September 23, 2019 [6]


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