Sheryl Lee Ralph stepped toward the microphone, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and roared. She bellowed the opening stanza of Dianne Reeves' 1993 song, “Endangered Species,” as her victory anthem.
Her win, in the first hour of the telecast, was not only the first award given to a network show during Monday’s ceremony, but also Ralph’s first accolade of any kind since a 1990 Independent Spirit Award for the film “To Sleep with Anger.”
Looking regal in a strapless black gown with a high thigh slit, the Broadway powerhouse with scads of TV credits delivered an inspiring speech about resilience.“To anyone who has ever, ever had a dream and thought your dream wasn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t come true, I am here to tell you that this is what believing looks like. This is what striving looks like. And don’t you ever,creator Quinta Brunson
, whom she thanked for having in her corner, as well as her family and “friends, like everybody who voted for me, cheered for me, loved me.” Ralph’s table of “Abbott Elementary” castmates were hardly the only ones in the room showering their colleague with long-due applause.
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