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WATCH | Actor Julianne Nicholson offers delicate nod to girls in Texas, Afghanistan at Emmys 2021

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By ANI

LOG ANGELES: American actor Julianne Nicholson, who received an Emmy for her function in HBO’s hit sequence ‘Mare of Easttown’, gave a strong acceptance speech, recognising girls impacted by the Texas abortion ban and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, throughout her acceptance speech, Nicholson gave a delicate nod to girls in Texas and Afghanistan, telling the viewers, “I owe this to you, and all of the ladies out there in Philadelphia, in Kabul, in Texas or anywhere struggling sometimes, finding it hard to be happy sometimes, understanding that life can be a lot sometimes, but never stopping, never losing hope, never giving up.”

Julianne Nicholson on the #Emmys, dedicates her award to “all the ladies out there, […] in Kabul…” pic.twitter.com/phIYh0bo7R
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Following US President Joe Biden’s determination to face by the August 31 deadline for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan amid the unexpectedly speedy takeover of the nation’s authorities by the Taliban, stars and different leisure trade members together with Angelina Jolie and Michael Moore weighed in on the humanitarian and political outcomes of the withdrawal.

Texas’ restrictive abortion legislation went into impact starting in September after being handed by the state’s Congress and signed into legislation by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in May.

The restrictive legislation successfully bans most abortions by making it unlawful to abort any being pregnant by which a heartbeat is detected. While there is no such thing as a particular language about banning abortions after six weeks, it is steadily been labelled a six-week abortion ban as a result of that is in regards to the time when fetal cardiac exercise will be detected.

Coming again to Emmys 2021, Nicholson beat out fellow nominees together with Renee Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Jean Smart, Moses Ingram, and Kathryn Hahn.

This is the primary Emmy win for Nicholson, who performed Lori Ross in ‘Mare of Easttown’.

Also starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, John Douglas Thompson, Evan Peters and Jean Smart, the crime drama centred on a detective investigating a homicide within the outskirts of Philadelphia.

While it was initially created as a restricted sequence, screenwriter Brad Ingelsby beforehand informed The Hollywood Reporter that the door is not formally closed on having one other season of ‘Mare of Easttown’.

The 73rd Emmy Awards, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, aired dwell on CBS.