Uzo Aduba Brought to Tears During Emotional SAG Awards Speech

Get the scoop on her big win!

By Brett Malec Jan 26, 2015 1:44 AMTags
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Congrats, Uzo Aduba!

The gorgeous Orange Is the New Black star took home the first award of the night during Sunday's show, winning for Female Actor in a Comedy Series. Aduba's speech was full of so much emotion she was even brought to tears while thanking her family, friends and co-stars.

"Oh my God. I really, truly do not know what to say," she said, choking back tears. "I just wanna say thank you so much to the Screen Actors Guild for this incredible honor. I want to thank Jenji Kohan for writing a show like this and putting something like this on television, not just for myself but for our incredible team of actors to be seen in such a beautiful way. "

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"I want to say a huge, massive thanks to our cast, without whom this is not possible," Aduba went on as she began to cry a little. "I love you guys so desperately, so much. This is not done without you at all, any step of the way. I want to thank my friends. I want to thank my family and just finally I really, really, truly want to say that the day I got this job was the day I had stopped acting, and to be in a room with all you amazing human beings, amazing talents, for what I love and respect so much, is really, truly the greatest honor. Thank you so very much. God bless you."

After her emotional acceptance speech, Aduba told E! News that the first thing that went through her head when she won  was, "Oh my God! And then I went completely blank. I didn't know what to do. It was like everything went silent."

Aduba's win wasn't even her first big moment of the night. She took the stage once again when Orange Is the New Black won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

—Reporting by Marc Malkin

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