Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph are Emmy award winners, baby! 😍
was cast instead at Brunson’s insistence that the show “needed a queen” to play Barbara, and Ralph was the perfect fit. She was right.Brunson also won an Emmy of her own for Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series — once again, making Emmys history as the second Black woman and the third Black person to take home the trophy — but the epic moment for the Hollywood newbie was unfortunately overshadowed by theof late night host and category presenter, Jimmy Kimmel.
But not even the shenanigans of an unfunny white man could take away from the glory of Brunson’s big moment. The actress, who we first met and fell in love with viajust a few years back, is now an Emmy winner, and for a show that is dedicated to shining a light on the pressing matter of education reform.