Mishael Morgan, star of The Young and the Restless, shed a tear after making history at the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Her emotion was sparked, in large part, by her achievement, but also by the memory of her late father.
The 35-year-old actress made history on Friday when she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Best Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series: Actress. She admitted to ET’s Deidre Behar that she was “still in amazement” and “in disbelief” despite hearing her name clearly announced.
After receiving her first Emmy, she commented, “I knew it, I felt it, and I was still at a level of disbelief.”
The long-running CBS soap opera Amanda Sinclair is portrayed by Morgan, who was previously nominated for two Emmys in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category but was unsuccessful. However, not this year. After claiming the victory, Morgan was unable to stop thinking about her late father, Michael.
Morgan, who was visibly moved, added, “I just kept thinking like, Dad, we did it.” “He used to tell me growing up that you had to be 10 times better. I want to build a world where you don’t have to be 10 times better, though, right now. where we may all achieve greatness and be praised for it. Girls of all shades of the rainbow can now know that the glass ceilings have been smashed, including girls who resemble me and girls who do not. You are not justified. Try it out. Simply go for it.
Morgan’s father passed away in November of last year. He was 67. Morgan posted the invitation to his memorial ceremony on Instagram after he passed away. She only included the phrase “No words” in her post, along with a teary-eyed emoji.
Prior to the Daytime Emmy Awards, Morgan spoke with ET’s Nischelle Turner about a terrible vehicle accident that shifted her career path from an aspirant lawyer to one in Hollywood and nearly paralyzed her.
She stated, “I was in a vehicle accident.” “My neck was broken. I would have been paralyzed from the neck down if there had been a 10% increase in pressure. My birthplace, Trinidad [and Tobago], is where it occurred. After five years of growing up there, I moved to Canada. We had just returned from vacation, and I had five days to myself while they tried to arrange for the surgery and all that stuff. I just had time to reflect on my life, and I just thought, “You know, I was a nice daughter.” I’m a good child, and I don’t look back. Then I suddenly heard a voice saying, “But you never tied.” And it was something about which I felt ashamed. I believe that you are ashamed to dream greater since you are an immigrant child. The major goals include, for example, becoming a lawyer or a doctor.
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Two weeks prior to her scheduled start date for law school, Morgan informed her parents that she would instead finally devote herself to acting. She joked that she would keep her Emmy in the bathroom. And it worked.
After much deliberation, Morgan says, “I ultimately told my parents that two weeks before I was meant to go to law school, I said I’m not going to go.” But when I booked Y&R, they went absolutely crazy and were over the moon.
