The Young and Sparkling Mishael Morgan Becomes The First Black Woman, Win Daytime Emmy’s Lead Actress Award:

Khashea Mahmood
2 min readAug 20, 2022

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Mishael Morgan has proven herself, being the first Black actress to win an Emmy for Best Outstanding Lead Performance Award in a Daytime Drama.

Mishael Morgan proudly achieves an Outstanding Performance Award as a Lead Actress of a Drama Series during the onstage 49th Daytime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Convention Center on June 24th, 2022, in Pasadena, California.

Mishael Morgan is excitedly celebrating her dream historic achievement at Daytime Emmy Awards 2022.

The young, enthusiastic, and restless star, 35 years, has won the Best Outstanding Lead Performance award in a Daytime Drama Actress. The 49th annual ceremony was held on Friday night, leading to her pride in being the first Black actress to win an Emmy award in the lead acting category.

Morgan, portraying Amanda Sinclair, and recently playing Hilary Curtis in long-playing CBS soap operas, received standing applause upon winning the wished award. Morgan then took the stage and thanked all her fans, friends, and family, for their tireless support and cooperation; being immensely proud of her generation. Later she acknowledged the significance of this achievement for her career, followed by opening up about her background and childhood during her acceptance speech, as reported.

She disclosed that she was born on a tiny island in the Caribbean, and was now standing on an international stage, being honored regardless of her color, race, passport, or anything; for being the best at what she did. Young girls from all around the world can strive to be the best, she added.

She ended up her address by encouraging the youth, saying that now the world has changed to a point where the society practices equality and unity together, bringing forward the hidden talent from less known vicinities.

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