The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano also became the first woman to win the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series in 22 years, while This Is Us’ Sterling K. Brown became the first black man to win Outstanding Lead Actor In a Drama in 19 years.
Riz Ahmed has become the first man of Asian descent to win an acting award at the Emmys.
The 2017 Emmys proved to be historic in a multitude of ways: Donald Glover became the first black winner of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, while Master of None’s Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
“I want to say it is always strange reaping the rewards of a story based on real world suffering,” Ahmed said in his acceptance speech.