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“It’s been a very special year, and it’s overwhelming,” Coolidge, 61, said while accepting the honor, which she won over fellow nomineesElizabeth Debicki(The Crown), Julia Garner (Ozark), Laura Linney (Ozark) andZendaya(Euphoria).
TheLegally Blondevet went on to thank her “amazing parents,” providing an anecdote in particular about her dad and his influence on her career choice.
Relating a memory in which her father had her unexpectedly released from class in first grade under the pretense she needed to leave for illness, Coolidge explained that her dad had told a lie for a specific purpose.
“I got in the car with my dad,” she recalled. “He said, ‘I’m never going to tell a lie again, but we’re going somewhere really cool.’ And he drove me to the Charlie Chaplin Film Festival.”
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Coolidge credited that festival as the catalyst for falling in love with Hollywood. “It’s my love of film, it’s my love of actors,” she said. “All of that came from my first grade.”
Coolidge also shouted out her date, fellow actor Tim Bagley. “You’re a wonderful date tonight,” she said. “I can’t wait until we get home.”
ForThe White LotusSeason 2, Coolidge stepped back into the role of fan favorite character Tanya McQuoid. The actress — who also wonher first primetime Emmyfor the role in September and took home aGolden Globelast month — almost passed on the job entirely because she didn’t feel like she was in “fighting shape” aftergaining weight during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.
Luckily, a good friend of Coolidge’s talked her into taking the role anyway. “That girlfriend just gave me this [pep talk and said], ‘You are out of your mind,’ " she shared. “‘Just go, just f—ing go do it. Are you ever going to be in shape?’ "
Coolidge added, “For once in my life, I listened. Usually, I have my own thing in my head but I listened.”
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