The Dropout

At Monday's 2022 Emmy Awards ceremony, the Big Love vet snagged won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for her portrayal of disgraced Theranos founder ...

[Dream Emmy](https://tvline.com/lists/emmys-lead-actress-limited-series-dream-nominations-2022/elle-fanning-the-girl-from-plainville/) blurb for Seyfried, we wrote, “Much has been made about the skill with which Seyfried replicated Elizabeth Holmes’ trademark, oft-ridiculed voice — and with good reason. [The Dropout](https://tvline.com/tag/the-dropout/). [Amanda Seyfried](https://tvline.com/tag/amanda-seyfried/) to you.

Amanda Seyfried took home the Emmy for best actress in a limited series for The Dropout during Monday night's 2022 Emmys.

Seyfried told THR that “there was so much litigation, the Disney lawyers were on top of us in terms of what we could and could not say. Four and a half months of my life, every single day, I gave it all to this job and I was just done. So I couldn’t be in touch with her, and I think it probably wouldn’t have been helpful for either of us.” I was just like, ‘I gotta throw her away.’ I didn’t do the voice for two months until my doorman was like, ‘Can you do the voice?’ And I was like, ‘Sure, Dave. “I think I just had been done. “It’s a really nice feeling,” Seyfried said of her win as she took the stage. I don’t know about my son. [interview with ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/amanda-seyfried-emmys-the-dropout-elizabeth-holmes-1235187841/) [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/amanda-seyfried-emmys-the-dropout-elizabeth-holmes-1235187841/), Seyfried said that as soon as she read the scripts for the pilot and episode two, she felt it “created a really nice balance between the Elizabeth Holmes I felt like I knew, and the Elizabeth Holmes that I wanted to know.” I had to dilute myself more than normal because I’m playing somebody I don’t necessarily agree with, but I had to have as much compassion for her as anybody in order to embody this person,” she explained. So my daughter actually cried because she was confused about how I spoke to her through the TV. The win marked Seyfried’s first Emmy nomination and win. Backstage, Seyfried reflected on taking on the role of Holmes in the Hulu series and separating herself from the role after filming was done.

Amanda Seyfried received her first nomination for an Emmy this year and won: best lead actress in a limited series or anthology.

In her acceptance speech, she told her child that it was time to go to bed and also thanked her dog Finn while the audience chuckled along with her. [received](https://www.glamour.com/story/amanda-seyfried-2022-emmys) her first nomination for an Emmy this year and won: best lead actress in a limited series or anthology. I’m glad it turned out the way it did and that people like it.”

The actor thanked her dog by name but kept her chilling impression of Holmes under wraps while picking up her Emmy Monday night.

The show itself was [also praised](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-dropout-review-1235099451/) as a rare standout in a season that was packed with series based on real-life crime cases involving young women, including Netflix’s “ [Inventing Anna](https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/inventing-anna-review-netflix-shonda-rhimes-1235175081/)” and Hulu’s “ [The Girl from Plainville](https://www.vulture.com/article/the-girl-from-plainville-hulu-series-review.html).” She now faces [up to 20 years](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-seeks-new-trial_n_6317c2a5e4b046aa022e9b9d) in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced at a California hearing next month. [Elizabeth Holmes](https://www.huffpost.com/impact/topic/elizabeth-holmes) ― or, rather, the woman who played her ― turned out to be a big winner at the 2022 Emmy Awards. Am I going to be able to do this for weeks? [near-universal](https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/the-dropout-review-amanda-seyfried-elizabeth-holmes-1235189599/) acclaim for “The Dropout,” with some critics [calling](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/09/emmys-2022-predictions-who-will-win-and-who-should-win) it a career-best performance. Sometimes we’d have to work together on weekends because I was auditioning for a musical.