Viola Davis Emmy Awards

Emmys 2017: Priyanka Chopra joins a list of presenters also including television and Hollywood names like Nicole Kidman, Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Scott and Melissa McCarthy

"Sticky is like, when I was doing a movie and I was doing it with my Afro and this Caucasian woman had her fingers in my hair. She said 'I'm going to make it really pretty' and so she put some white goo in it, the goo only white people would use," she said.

"My husband was like, 'I didn't know where you were going with that thing.' I think the most surprising thing is the impact it's made on people's lives. That it wasn't just, 'Oh, you made a really good speech.' It really is, it meant a lot in people's lives and kind of transforming them and shifting them just a little bit"

Jon Hamm, who finally won an Emmy (for Best Actor in a Drama Series) after seven nominations, talked about his mission almost 'impossible'. Actress Viola Davis, star of How To Get Away With Murder re-wrote history by becoming the first black woman to win the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series

Accepting her prize at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, the 50-year-old actress evoked the spirit of African-American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. "In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful, white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can't seem to get there n...

Actress Viola Davis made Emmy history on September 20 when she won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the first black woman to take the honor in the prestigious category. Also Mad Men star Jon Hamm finally took home Best Actor - Drama, after several years of being nominated

Actress Viola Davis made Emmy history on September 20 when she won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the first black woman to take the honor in the prestigious category. Viola won for her starring role in How to Get Away with Murder

Emmys 2017: Priyanka Chopra joins a list of presenters also including television and Hollywood names like Nicole Kidman, Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Scott and Melissa McCarthy

"Sticky is like, when I was doing a movie and I was doing it with my Afro and this Caucasian woman had her fingers in my hair. She said 'I'm going to make it really pretty' and so she put some white goo in it, the goo only white people would use," she said.

"My husband was like, 'I didn't know where you were going with that thing.' I think the most surprising thing is the impact it's made on people's lives. That it wasn't just, 'Oh, you made a really good speech.' It really is, it meant a lot in people's lives and kind of transforming them and shifting them just a little bit"

Jon Hamm, who finally won an Emmy (for Best Actor in a Drama Series) after seven nominations, talked about his mission almost 'impossible'. Actress Viola Davis, star of How To Get Away With Murder re-wrote history by becoming the first black woman to win the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series

Accepting her prize at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, the 50-year-old actress evoked the spirit of African-American freedom fighter Harriet Tubman. "In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful, white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can't seem to get there n...

Actress Viola Davis made Emmy history on September 20 when she won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the first black woman to take the honor in the prestigious category. Also Mad Men star Jon Hamm finally took home Best Actor - Drama, after several years of being nominated

Actress Viola Davis made Emmy history on September 20 when she won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the first black woman to take the honor in the prestigious category. Viola won for her starring role in How to Get Away with Murder