Sandra Oh says her historic Emmy nomination is 'absolutely so special'

Sandra Oh.
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Sandra Oh celebrated her historic Emmy nomination by bringing her parents to the ceremony Monday evening in Los Angeles.

"I'm just so excited to be able to bring them," she told Today's Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie. Oh is nominated for best lead actress in a drama series for her role in Killing Eve, making her the first Asian woman nominated for a lead actress Emmy. "I've never really been separate from it, my Asian-ness," she told People on the red carpet. "How can you be? But it's absolutely so special. I can feel it. It means something, hopefully, to our community."

Oh went further with Entertainment Tonight, explaining that "images are extremely important to culture, and being a part of that image making, I take a great responsibility, and I'm very grateful for my job to be able to do so. I hope that the wave continues and we see real change." Change is slow, she added, "and I don't want people to ever give up on it."

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Catherine Garcia

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.