Shiv Roy never became CEO of Waystar Royco, but Sarah Snook, the actress who played her, can now claim another impressive title: Emmy winner.
The Australian performer won the Emmy for lead actress in a drama series on Monday for her portrayal of the only daughter of media mogul Logan Roy in the HBO series “Succession.” This was Snook's third nomination for “Succession,” but the first time she competed in the lead actress category and her first win, a move that reflected the growing prominence of her character over the course of the four seasons. seasons of the program.
Accepting her award Monday night, Snook dedicated her “biggest thanks” to her daughter, with whom she was pregnant during the show's final season.
“It was really her who carried me,” he said, his voice breaking. “The proximity of her life growing inside me gave me the strength to do this.”
Snook nodded to the drama's other winners during her acceptance speech, which included Matthew Macfadyen, Jesse Armstrong, Mark Mylod and Kieran Culkin. The show also won the award for drama series.
“We all gave it our all and the bar was very high, and I think that's what drove us, from all departments,” he said. “We all gave our best.”
Shiv, Snook's character, is the youngest of Logan's children and was, at least initially, the most liberal, working for a progressive senator. But he eventually left politics and began working for his father in hopes of one day succeeding her as CEO.
As Snook said of her character in an interview with The Times last year: “She doesn't believe in a glass ceiling because she could buy the building.”
In the show's acclaimed final season, which concluded in May, Logan's sudden death left the future of Waystar Royco uncertain. Shiv, and the shifting power dynamics in her toxic marriage to Tom, took center stage. The episode Snook submitted for Emmy consideration was “Tailgate Party,” in which she and Tom fought bitterly during a party on the eve of the election.
Before “Succession” made her an American television star, Snook was known primarily for her award-winning work in Australia and a supporting role in “Steve Jobs.”
