Gilpin won for playing Sarah Westcott Warren, the long-suffering wife of town founder Richard Warren in the “Widow’s Bay” flashback episode “Our History.”
Here’s her acceptance speech, in poem:
“If by some fluke you win, a poem might give it a less boring spin. If you lose, whisper it drunk to your date, Allie Brie, whose toned shoulders we stand on for her work in TV. / Thank you, ‘Widows Bay’ residents, [Katie] Dippold, [Hiro] Murai, to Hamish and Apple, our director Ti [West] / To my reps Sean, Jenny, Andrea, Dara and Tony. Is it weird I say love you when we hang up the phony? (Sorry) /
Where did the idea for the poem come from? Gilpin credited her episodic co-star Hamish Linklater, who also earned a guest actor in a comedy Emmy nomination for playing Richard Warren.
“Widow’s Bay” ended Night 2 of the 78th Emmys with eight wins — the most of any program so far. Gilpin called the recognition “incredible.”
