This Is Us' Sterling K. Brown Wants Co-Star Mandy Moore to Win an Emmy

As This Is Us nears its end, Sterling K. Brown calls on the Emmys to recognize Mandy Moore's work on the series. See what he had to say here!

By Jillian Fabiano Apr 21, 2022 5:31 PMTags
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NBC's hit series This Is Us—starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz—is nearing its end. But before we say farewell to the Pearson family once and for all, Sterling took to Instagram with a plea on behalf of his on-screen mom, Mandy.

His request? For Emmys voters to keep Mandy in mind this year.

"I want anybody who votes in the Academy," Sterling says in the video. "Anybody who's got a say in what happens...Mandy Moore is killing the game, son, and she deserves to be recognized." 

Sterling won an Emmy for his role in the drama back in 2017, and Mandy was nominated in 2019 but did not win.

And though Mandy is 38 and Sterling is 46, the actor says she is fully believable in the role of his mother.

"Mandy Moore is eight years younger than me and she plays my mama," he continues. "And there's never a moment on set—I don't know what it's like for you guys to watch—when I'm like, 'Mandy Moore is too young to play my mama,' no, she is my mama."

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Are we the only ones tearing up? Apparently not.

Mandy commented on the post: "I love you so much, SKB. You're too kind. Thank you for your exquisite work, which only raises the game of everyone who works with you. But I concur- our collective group is unstoppable!!"

No wonder everyone is getting sentimental—the This Is Us season finale is approaching. Sterling also notes in the video that the series is "starting to come to an end. " In fact, the cast only has 8 days of work left, he says.  

Watch new episodes of This Is Us every Tuesday on NBC before the series finale on May 24. 

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