--- ---  # Kate McKinnon Thanks Ellen DeGeneres and Hillary Clinton in Emmy Speech ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. The SNL actress took home Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 19, 2016 12:56 AM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 19, 2016 12:56 AM UTC Political impressions are [_Saturday Night Live’s_ ](http://time.com/4065217/hillary-clinton-kate-mckinnon/)bread and butter, especially during election years—and [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4347460/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres-impressions/) has converted her [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/3900583/kate-mckinnon-hillary-clinton/) impression to Emmys gold. In her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, McKinnon thanked _SNL_ producer Lorne Michaels and other members of the cast and crew before giving shout outs to two of the women she famously impersonates: “Thank you, [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/4235254/kate-mckinnon-ellen-degeneres/),” she said, “thank you Hillary Clinton.” After much laughter and applause from the audience, she repeated, “Thank you Hillary Clinton.” ### Emmys 2016: See Celebrities on the Red Carpet  Priyanka Chopra arrives at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. Steve Granitz—Getty Images  Sofia Vergara arrives at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images  Emily Ratajkowski arrives at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. 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Steve Granitz—Getty Images McKinnon also thanked her family and mentioned her late father, who she said “made me start watching _SNL_ when I was 12, so thank you, and I miss you, Pop.” Emmys 2016: Kate McKinnon Thanks Hillary Clinton in Speech ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/"},"headline":"Kate McKinnon Thanks Ellen DeGeneres and Hillary Clinton in Emmy Speech","datePublished":"2016-09-19T00:56:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:06.127Z","description":"The SNL actress took home Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series","url":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2742fe5011b73284/6988a68d0a4a22273b9cb4f1/kate-mckinnon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2742fe5011b73284/6988a68d0a4a22273b9cb4f1/kate-mckinnon-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kate-mckinnon-facebook","caption":"Kate McKinnon accepts Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live during the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, 2016 in Los Angeles.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/","name":"Kate McKinnon Thanks Ellen DeGeneres and Hillary Clinton in Emmy Speech"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The SNL actress took home Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4498749/kate-mckinnon-emmys-hillary-clinton-ellen-degeneres/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```