Elisabeth Moss has won her first ever Emmy for her role as Offred in the Hulu adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale.
She had been nominated five times for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series previously but 2017 saw her (finally) take home the award.
The Mad Men actress thanked Hulu, her cast and crew, fellow nominees and author Margaret Atwood.
"Thanks for what you did in 1985 and thank you for what you continue to do for all of us," she said.
After making a joke about how she wished the writers could have written this speech for her, she thanked her family, including her mother who she had brought along as her date to the awards ceremony. (Post continues after gallery)
Emmy Awards 2017
It was then that she dropped the F bomb.
"[Thank you to] My brother Derek for being my best friend since the day you were born and my mother, you are brave and strong and smart and you have taught me that you can be kind and a f***** badass," she said.
It was then the music was turned on to signal to her to wrap up. In the stream on Foxtel, it was not bleeped out.
However within minutes she was back on stage to accept the Emmy for Outstanding Drama along with the rest of her Handmaid's Tale cast and crew.
The show beat The Crown, House of Cards, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things and Westworld.
Atwood received a standing ovation from the theatre and showrunner Bruce Miller used the time on stage to deliver a message to all attendees.
“It’s been lovely," he said.
"Go home and wrap it up. We have a lot of things to fight for.”
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Actors in particular are extremely free with their language - uninhibited in fact. I've earned my living in recording studios performing straight & character voices & sketch comedy and teaching. Most of my peers are incredibly talented & articulate .......they also use "language" to colorfully illustrate their conversations.
Receiving an award means such a lot - it can be emotional..........plus, they're talking to a room of performers and a TV audience of mostly liberated fans.
I think that our society has become more honest & heartfelt. As I said above "language" is only a problem when it's abusive.
If our society becomes far more conservative to the point that even our language is throttled back & restrained - we'll know that we're in a LOT of trouble.
Extreme conservative views must never again take hold in Australia .
I don't believe it is extreme conservatism for families watching the Emmys to take issue with those receiving awards swearing during their acceptance speech. The Emmys are viewed by millions ofmpeople and rely on sponsorship. If actors want the creative freedom to swear on stage, then they should all chip in and pay for the Ceremony out of their own pockets.
I wish everyone ( Americans in particular ) would get over this "language thing" it's bloody childish - and hypocritical.
The only time I find "language" a problem is when it's abusive - which is surely right. The occasional "language" at an awards ceremony has to be fine.
The times I really get pissed off is when language is "bleeped" during the times when people are distressed, terrified, shocked or in pain.
How dare their personal horror be sanitized by some sanctimonious moron with no sense of ETHICS.
Whatever happened to actors giving an acceptance speech not laden with profanities? Swearing is more common on Australian television as our society has become increasingly crude and coarsened.
I always find it amusing that Americans are seemingly fine with having wildly violent films and tv shows, but flash a nip or drop an F bomb and there's outrage. Priorities, people.