Sally Field Makes Emmy History as Oldest Lead TV Movie Actress

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Sally Field won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series or TV movie for portraying Tova Sullivan in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, becoming the oldest winner in the category at 79. It’s Field’s fourth win and 10th nomination, after previous trophies for Sybil, ER and Brothers & Sisters, and she used her speech to celebrate the arts and urge that voices not be silenced or compromised amid the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger.
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