Cristin Milioti Reads Speech from ‘Therapy’ Notes as She Wins First Emmy Award

The newest winner for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie has been revealed!

The Penguin actress Cristin Milioti, was presented with her first-ever golden statuette at the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Nominees also included Cate Blanchett (Disclaimer), Meghann Fahy (Sirens), Rashida Jones (Black Mirror) and Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex).

During her speech, Milioti, 40, was visibly shocked and told the audience through tears as she held on to a small piece of paper, “I’m sorry, I wrote this on the back of notes I took in therapy the other day, so don’t look at the back.”

The How I Met Your Mother alum went on to thank a slew of professional and personal loved ones, before concluding jubilantly, “I love acting so much, wooo!”

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Milioti is not to be messed with as The Penguin’s Sofia Falcone, a presumed psychopathic serial killer freshly released from Arkham Asylum.

Throughout the season, she sets out to avenge the death of her brother Alberto (Michael Zegen) while going head-to-head with Colin Farrell’s Oswald “Oz” Cobb, a.k.a. The Penguin, for control over Gotham City’s criminal underbelly in this HBO Max series.

This is Milioti’s first-ever Emmy nomination.

Blanchett, 56, plays Catherine Ravenscroft, an acclaimed journalist in danger of being canceled, in Disclaimer.

After building her reputation on uncovering the wrongdoings of others, Catherine receives a novel written by an unknown author and finds herself the book’s main character, with all of her own dark secrets being revealed for all the world to read.

The series then follows Blanchett’s character as she attempts to uncover the identity of the author and save her life by confronting her past.

This is Blanchett’s third Emmy nomination, following her two previous nods for producing and starring on Mrs. America a few years back. If she wins, it will be her first Emmy.

Fahy, 35, plays a protective older sister in Sirens.

Set over the course of one weekend, Sirens stars Fahy as Devon DeWitt, who sets out to protect her younger sister Simone DeWitt (Milly Alcock) from whom she believes is a toxic and potentially dangerous friendship with her boss, billionaire Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore), only to find herself caught in the web herself.

Fahy’s The Bold Type costar Katie Stevens told PEOPLE earlier this summer that she predicted Fahy’s Emmy nomination after seeing her in Sirens, saying of her and Aisha Dee, “So those are my girls. So I hype every single thing that they do.”

This is Fahy’s second Emmy nomination, following her nod for her breakout role on The White Lotus season 2.

Jones, 49, stars in one of the darkest Black Mirror episodes yet.

The season 7 opener follows Amanda (Jones), a teacher who falls ill with an inoperable brain tumor, and her husband Mike (Chris O’Dowd), who signs up to a subscription service that restores and keeps Amanda’s brain functioning thanks to the company’s servers, thereby keeping her alive — all for a monthly fee, of course.

The program has its drawbacks — limited coverage area and impromptu ad-reads — causing the couple to continue upgrading their plan. In typical Black Mirror style, things do not end well for Amanda or Mike.

This is Jones’ second Emmy nomination, with her first coming a decade ago for the documentary Hot Girls Wanted, which she produced.

Williams, 45, taps into real-life events for a star turn in Dying for Sex.

Loosely based on Molly Kochan’s story, Williams stars as a podcaster who turns her world completely upside-down after being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, leaving her husband (Jay Duplass’ Steve) and searching for sexual liberation with the help of her best friend (Jenny Slate’s Nikki).

Williams previously told PEOPLE that working on the show was initially “daunting,” but that she soon found a comfortability being on set with her costars.

“When a person signs onto this particular piece of material, you understand immediately that you have a lot in common with that person,” she said. “This material is different than anything I’ve been exposed to. It spoke to me in ways that I didn’t really even understand or could articulate, but I felt a very strong personal connection to it.”

The real Molly Kochan died in 2019 at the age of 45.

Williams is a four-time Emmy nominee, with two for Fosse/Verdon and two for Dying for Sex, nominated as a producer and actress on both projects. She won the Emmy for playing Gwen Verdon.

See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as they’re broadcasting live on CBS and Paramount+ from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.