Hacks star Hannah Einbinder landed her first Emmy win after four nominations on Sunday, taking home outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her performance as comedy writer Ava Daniels.
“Thinking out loud here, I was just really committed to the personal narrative that I had that it was actually cooler to continue to lose,” Einbinder said onstage at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards during her acceptance speech. “This is cool too! This is also punk rock.”
Einbinder’s fellow nominees were Abbott Elementary‘s Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph, The Studio‘s Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara, Jessica Williams for Shrinking, and Liza Colón-Zayas for The Bear. During her speech, the actor thanked her Emmy-winning Hacks colleague Jean Smart and series creators Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky “for changing my life in every conceivable way,” as well as the cast and crew.
To close, Einbinder shouted out her go-to NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles. But she also gained audible applause for her final statement showing support for Palestine and condemning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has been enforcing the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies and mass deportations.
“I just want to say, finally, go Birds, f*** ICE, and free Palestine.”
Einbinder was among 4,500 entertainment industry figures, including Olivia Colman, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mark Ruffalo, Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Ayo Edebiri, Josh O’Connor, and thousands more, who signed an open letter published on Wednesday, pledging “not to screen films, appear at or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions — including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters and production companies — that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.”
Paramount, which owns Emmys broadcaster CBS, condemned the pledge. Einbinder’s speech was reportedly bleeped in the live broadcast. The video, which has been shared by various media outlets and users on X, TikTok, and YouTube, is clocking up the views.
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