{"id":464487,"date":"2026-09-15T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464487\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:26:11","slug":"jean-smart-wins-fifth-straight-emmy-for-hacks-and-makes-history-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/464487\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Smart wins fifth straight Emmy for \u2018Hacks\u2019 and makes history \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five seasons of \u201cHacks.\u201d Five Emmy Awards<\/a> for Jean Smart.<\/p>\n

Smart completed an undefeated run Monday night,<\/a> winning lead actress in a comedy series<\/a> for every season of the acclaimed HBO Max comedy and becoming the first woman to win an acting Emmy for every season of a television series.<\/p>\n

The audience rose for a standing ovation as Smart, 75, made her way to the stage for her fifth victory as legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance. Smart immediately turned the moment into material.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the men stay standing. The girls get to sit down,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s her eighth trophy overall, which ties the all-time performer record shared by Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Smart also becomes the first to win best actress for each season of a show\u2019s run.<\/p>\n

Smart, who first got noticed in the CBS comedy \u201cDesigning Women,\u201d won her first Emmys for guest appearances on \u201cFrasier\u201d and then another for a supporting role on \u201cSamantha Who.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory gave Smart her fifth lead comedy actress Emmy for \u201cHacks,\u201d which debuted in 2021 and ended its five-season run in May.<\/p>\n

Smart dedicated the award to the creative team behind the series: Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt all begins and ends with them,\u201d Smart said. \u201cI love you guys so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also thanked HBO, Universal, her representatives and her children, Forrest and Connor, whom she called her \u201canchor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, with the clock counting down on both her speech and a remarkable five-season run, Smart summed it up simply: \u201cWhat a ride!\u201d<\/p>\n

She punctuated the moment by tossing her Emmy into the air and catching it before leaving the stage.<\/p>\n

Julia Louis-Dreyfus came close to accomplishing the same feat with \u201cVeep,\u201d winning lead comedy actress six consecutive times. But Louis-Dreyfus lost for the show\u2019s seventh and final season to \u201cFleabag\u201d star Phoebe Waller-Bridge.<\/p>\n

Smart had played down the significance of the potential record before Monday\u2019s ceremony. During an August appearance on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d she called the distinction a \u201ctechnicality\u201d and pointed to Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 larger collection of Emmy victories.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to give it to Julia Louis-Dreyfus,\u201d Smart said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHacks\u201d star Megan Stalter says her stylist pulled together her Emmy-inspired look the morning of the 2026 awards.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Her three Emmys outside \u201cHacks\u201d came for two guest appearances on \u201cFrasier\u201d and a supporting comedy actress victory for \u201cSamantha Who?\u201d Smart has received 15 Emmy nominations during her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHacks\u201d follows the unlikely partnership between Vance and Ava Daniels, the younger comedy writer played by Hannah Einbinder. The series became an Emmy fixture during its run, with previous victories including outstanding comedy series and supporting comedy actress for Einbinder.<\/p>\n

Since \u201cHacks\u201d premiered, the only performer other than Smart to win lead comedy actress was Quinta Brunson for \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d at the January 2024 ceremony, when \u201cHacks\u201d did not have a new season in contention.<\/p>\n

For her final turn as Deborah Vance, Smart prevailed over a field that included Elle Fanning for \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles\u201d and Lisa Kudrow for \u201cThe Comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five seasons of \u201cHacks.\u201d Five Emmy Awards for Jean Smart. Smart completed an undefeated run Monday night, winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[66423,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-464487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-emmy-awards","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}