--- title: Regina King Won Another Emmy and the Audience Lost It description: Regina King clearly wasn't expecting to win an Emmy on Monday night, but that didn't make the audience any less excited for her. canonical: https://time.com/5399882/regina-king-emmys-2018/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-18T19:37:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:56.940Z og:title: Regina King Won Another Emmy and the Audience Lost It og:description: "This is amazing. 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Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 18, 2018 7:37 PM UTC [Regina King](http://time.com/4499172/emmy-awards-2016-winners-diversity/) clearly wasn’t expecting to [win an Emmy](http://time.com/5398668/emmy-winners-2018/) on Monday night, but that didn’t make the audience any less excited for her. After King was announced as the winner of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her role in Netflix’s _Seven Seconds_, the crowd inside Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater—including her fellow nominee [Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/5305986/oceans-8-james-corden/)—proceeded to give her a standing ovation. Presenter Leslie Jones seemed especially excited about the outcome of the category and loudly cheered as King took the stage. “Wow, I didn’t have nothing to say because I wasn’t really expecting this, but I am so grateful Television Academy. Y’all are my friends, my peers. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” King said in her acceptance speech. “This is amazing. I wanna curse right now. This is good.” King had previously won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her work in ABC’s _American Crime_ in 2016. Watch the clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5399882/regina-king-emmys-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5399882/regina-king-emmys-2018/"},"headline":"Regina King Won Another Emmy and the Audience Absolutely Lost It","datePublished":"2018-09-18T19:37:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:56.940Z","description":"\"This is amazing. 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