By LILA SEIDMAN | Reporter
Julia Louis-Dreyfus became the most awarded lead comedy actress in Emmy history on Sunday.
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Stunning at 55, the Huntington resident accepted her fifth consecutive (and sixth-ever) award for her portrayal of Selina Meyer in the sharp political satire “Veep”—an honor only approached by Mary Tyler Moore and Candice Bergen, with whom she previously shared the record.
Louis-Dreyfus kicked off her acceptance speech with a splash of characteristic wit, explaining she’d like to “personally apologize for the current political climate.”
“I think that ‘Veep’ has torn down the wall between comedy and politics,” she deadpanned. “Our show started out as a political satire, but it now feels more like a sobering documentary. So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”
Pivoting seamlessly from Trump jokes to the poignant, she dedicated the win to her father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday, Sept. 16.
“I’m so glad that he liked ‘Veep’ because his opinion was the one that really mattered,” she said, overcome with emotion.
Her father, a billionaire, was the son of a
Jewish-French resistance fighter, a poet and an advocate for voting rights. He served as the chairman of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services and studied law at Duke
University.
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