Viola Davis became the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series on Sunday night. The actress discussed her historic win for the first time on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" where she said she "sort of" prepared her victory speech.
"Did you prepare that," DeGeneres asked Davis of thought provoking acceptance speech.
"Well, sort of because I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African American to win in the lead actress category," replied Davis. "So I love that Harriet Tubman quote. I thought it was so progressive."
According to Davis, her husband was a little worried about her speech she gave it.
"My husband said afterwards, 'V, I didn't know where you were going with that. I really didn't. When you were saying 'those white women with their arms stretched out over the line,' I was like, What is she doing?' "
"I can't tell you enough, that speech was beautiful, and it's ridiculous that you had to even make a speech like that," DeGeneres said. "But anyway ... I think that what was important was that you said, 'Unless there are roles created for you, you can't be nominated.'"
Check out the interview below!
