Liza Colón-Zayas, a celebrated Off Broadway actress who found a breakout television role as Tina in FX’s “The Bear,” has won her first Emmy.
Tina, the sous chef of restaurant at the center of the show, is a maternal figure in the kitchen and a woman coming to know her own worth. While the show’s most recent season included an episode entirely focused on Tina (and co-starring her husband, David Zayas), this win is for her work in Season 2, in which Tina refines her culinary skills and discovers that what she has thought of as a job may actually be a calling.
The Television Academy chose Colón-Zayas from a decorated group that included a previous winner of the award, Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary”; Ralph’s “Abbott” co-star Janelle James; Hannah Einbinder of “Hacks”; and two screen legends: Meryl Streep, nominated for “Only Murders in the Building,” and Carol Burnett, nominated for her turn in “Palm Royale.”
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