Elisabeth Moss Earns First Emmy Award For Outstanding Lead Actress

She won for work in “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Elisabeth Moss at Emmys | Mark Davis/CBS

Elisabeth Moss received several Emmy nominations for “Mad Men,” but she never took home the prize.

This year, she received an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nod for her work in “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

She won that award.

Moss beat out Claire Foy, Viola Davis, Keri Russell, Evan Rachel Wood, and Robin Wright to secure her first Emmy.

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