Maggie Smith accepts Jimmy Kimmel's challenge to collect her Emmy in the lost and found

Maggie Smith.
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Following the direction of Jimmy Kimmel, Dame Maggie Smith is happy to collect her Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series from the lost and found, she just needs to know where exactly it is.

Downton Abbey's Smith, 81, was unable to attend the 2016 Emmys on Sunday night, and since she wasn't there for her wins in 2011 and 2012 either, host Kimmel gave her plenty of grief. "When Maggie Smith hears she's nominated for an Emmy, she has the same reaction the rest of us have when we get those 20 percent off Bed Bath & Beyond coupons in the mail. Right in the garbage," he quipped. After her win was announced, Kimmel ran onstage and sternly announced: "No, no, no. We're not mailing this to her. Maggie, if you want this, it will be in the lost and found."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.