Sarah Paulson Wins First Tony Award, Pays Tribute to Broadway History During Touching Speech | 2024 Tony Awards, Sarah Paulson, Tony Awards | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Sarah Paulson is formally a Tony winner, bringing her midway to EGOT!

The 49-year-old actress gave a touching speech whereas accepting her prize on the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 16) on the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts in New York Metropolis.

Sarah gained Greatest Efficiency by a Main Actress in a Play for her work within the play Applicable. In her speech, she paid tribute to the historical past of Broadway and the magic she feels inside the theater she performs each evening.

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“As a younger actress I bear in mind seeing Janet McTeer burst on the stage in A Doll’s Home within the very theater I’m at present residing in,” she stated. “And a few nights after I’m backstage I take into consideration the indelible affect of her. I take into consideration the partitions of theaters throughout this magical city holding the affect of each one in every of you on this room, and all of those that got here earlier than and I feel how fortunate these partitions are to bear witness to the relentless interrogation of human expertise that we endeavor to discover nightly for one another, to present again to at least one one other with the hope of discovering some shared path in the direction of the reality about being alive. That is the guts and soul of what we do, and I’m so honored to be amongst you.”

Be sure to take a look at the complete winners checklist for the Tony Awards.