“I feel like this Emmy is very fitting, in that it’s for something that feels like such a personal achievement … I feel really honored that I’m part of a legacy as the third woman of color to achieve that.”.

“This one feels particularly sweet and like an enormous personal achievement just because ‘Saturday Night Live’ is genuinely something that I dreamt up since I was a kid and loved as a kid and watched my parents watching growing up, and then it became a part of my life,” said Rudolph, who was an “SNL” cast member from 2000 to 2007 and has been making cameos as, among other characters, Vice President Kamala Harris on the show of late.

The “Bridesmaids” star added of the long-running sketch show: “It holds such a special place in my heart, and it’s the first place where I really found my people in work and created a work family.