Claire Foy Wins Best Lead Actress inside a Drama at 2018 Emmys

This year’s lead actress race in the drama category at the 2018 Emmys was more stacked than ever. That it was and also TV Academy’s last probability to award Claire Foy on her behalf portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in?The Crown, they usually didn’t miss it.

Foy?earned her first Emmy nomination recently, but?lost to Elisabeth Moss. But on Monday night,?The Crown star?took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actress inside of a Drama Series. With all the Netflix show swapping from the Royal cast for anyone new actors pick up, it was Foy’s (together with fellow nominee Matt Smith, who lost to Peter Dinklage) final probability to win for your role.

She bested The Handmaid’s Tale’s?Moss,?Killing Eve‘s?Sandra Oh, who had become the first actress of Asian descent to get nominated inside the category,?Keri Russell?with the final season of?The Americans,?Tatiana Maslany?for?Orphan Black, and?Evan Rachel Wood?for?Westworld.

During her speech, she dedicated the award on the new cast getting Season 3?of?The Crown. Watch a clip below.

Stay tuned?to see that which awards it takes home tonight, and discover the complete list of 2018 Emmys winners here.