--- title: Sarah Paulson Engraved Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy description: The 'People v. O.J. Simpso'n actress nabbed an Emmy for her portrayal of Marcia Clark — and had Clark's name engraved on the prize. canonical: https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-19T16:41:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:42.923Z og:title: Sarah Paulson Engraved Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy og:description: The actress paid tribute to the prosecutor behind her Simpson trial character. og:url: https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64cf79233fe798cc/6988a6a2bc6cfc28603de9f7/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Paulson Engraved Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy twitter:description: The actress paid tribute to the prosecutor behind her Simpson trial character. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64cf79233fe798cc/6988a6a2bc6cfc28603de9f7/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Paulson Also Engraved Prosecutor Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy > Sponsored content. 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Actress Sarah Paulson and Prosecutor/author Marcia Clark arrive at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. David Livingston—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 19, 2016 4:41 PM UTC Actress Sarah Paulson is now an Emmy winner, taking home the prize for best actress in a limited series for her portrayal of [lead prosecutor Marcia Clark](http://motto.time.com/4306010/marcia-clark-sexism-blood-defense-interview/?iid=sr-link1) in _The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story._ But Paulson, who [brought Clark as her plus-one](http://time.com/4484666/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys/?iid=sr-link2) to TV’s biggest night in Los Angeles on Sunday and dedicated her Emmy win to Clark in her acceptance speech for the award. Her homage to the real-life woman behind her character didn’t stop there; she even had Clark’s name engraved alongside her own on the iconic trophy. The two women, who walked the red carpet arm in arm, were let into the Emmy Winners’ Circle at the Governor’s Ball after party together for the engraving process, [the _LA Times_ reports.](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-emmys-live-updates-1474260347-htmlstory.html) This isn’t the first time that Paulson has publicly expressed her respect and admiration for Clark; ever since taking on the role, she has made it a point to turn Clark’s oft-demonized story into one that is [both relatable and impressive.](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-feminism) > [](https://twitter.com/villarrealy/status/777728231973670912) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/"},"headline":"Sarah Paulson Also Engraved Prosecutor Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy","datePublished":"2016-09-19T16:41:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:42.923Z","description":"A true tribute","url":"https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64cf79233fe798cc/6988a6a2bc6cfc28603de9f7/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64cf79233fe798cc/6988a6a2bc6cfc28603de9f7/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"David Livingston—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/","name":"Sarah Paulson Also Engraved Prosecutor Marcia Clark's Name on Her New Emmy"}}]}] ```