--- title: Keri Russell at the Emmys 2018 Is Your New Reaction Meme description: The star of 'The Americans' didn't end up taking home awards at the 2018 Emmys — but did leave the internet with the gift of a reaction meme canonical: https://time.com/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-18T13:31:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:55.949Z og:title: Keri Russell at the Emmys Is Your New Favorite Reaction Meme og:description: The 'Americans' star didn't take home awards — but did give the internet a gift og:url: https://time.com/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e36754c1b0a4cc6/69893a85bc6cfcbed43e6f91/keri-russell-emmys-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: 70th Emmy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Keri Russell at the Emmys Is Your New Favorite Reaction Meme twitter:description: The 'Americans' star didn't take home awards — but did give the internet a gift twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e36754c1b0a4cc6/69893a85bc6cfcbed43e6f91/keri-russell-emmys-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Keri Russell at the Emmys Is Your New Favorite Casual Reaction Meme > Sponsored content. 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Matt Winkelmeyer—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 18, 2018 1:31 PM UTC Monday night’s [70th Primetime Emmy Awards](http://time.com/5399016/emmys-2018-recap/) may have been disappointing for actress [Keri Russell](http://time.com/5336933/emmy-snubs-surprises/): despite her nomination as Outstanding Actress in the sixth and final season of drama series [_The Americans_](http://time.com/5215045/the-americans-season-6-review/), Russell went home empty-handed. But she still left a parting shot that will secure her spot in the hearts of fans, in the form of an instantly-iconic reaction gif that has the internet thanking Russell for her contributions to the dramatic arts. It all went down when her co-star on the show and partner in real life, [Matthew Rhys,](http://time.com/4401047/emmy-nominations-2016-ignore/item/best-actor-in-a-drama-matthew-rhys-the-americans-fx/) was onstage accepting his trophy for Outstanding Actor. He was following a sweet and particularly eventful previous acceptance speech, in which winning Oscars director Glenn Weiss [proposed onstage](http://time.com/5399057/proposal-emmys-2018/) to his girlfriend Jan Svendsen (and was, thankfully, able to leave the stage with a fiancée). Apparently, Russell and Rhys’s romance isn’t meant for the Emmys, however. “She said, ‘If you propose to me, I will punch you clean in the mouth,’” Rhys joked onstage about Russell’s opinion on the matter. In response, the cameras panned to Russell — who had the perfectly nonchalant “So what?” reaction to Rhys’s words. (He also dedicated his award to “to the woman who truly got me this award, who just stands in front of me every day and puts up with me,” adding a sweet touch to his joking proposal remark.) But it may be Russell’s response that will last forever in the hearts of diehard _Americans_ fans, proving to be the perfect “mood” reaction whenever you need to just shrug something off. > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1041873118367690753) > [](https://twitter.com/shawnxmadden/status/1041876081211363328) > [](https://twitter.com/gretchhansen/status/1041872691072925696) > [](https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/1041873021881860096) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/"},"headline":"Keri Russell at the Emmys Is Your New Favorite Casual Reaction Meme","datePublished":"2018-09-18T13:31:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:55.949Z","description":"The star of 'The Americans' didn't end up taking home awards at the 2018 Emmys — but did leave the internet with the gift of a reaction meme","url":"https://time.com/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Emmys 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e36754c1b0a4cc6/69893a85bc6cfcbed43e6f91/keri-russell-emmys-2018.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/blt9e36754c1b0a4cc6/69893a85bc6cfcbed43e6f91/keri-russell-emmys-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"70th Emmy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"70th Emmy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Matt Winkelmeyer—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/5399402/keri-russell-emmys-2018-meme/","name":"Keri Russell at the Emmys Is Your New Favorite Casual Reaction Meme"}}]}] ```