Jodie Foster has won her first Emmy. Foster, who won two Oscars for Best Actress for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, has finally triumphed at the primetime TV awards on the fifth time of asking in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie category.

Jodie Foster is officially an Emmy winner. The veteran actress took home her first trophy on Sunday night for lead actress in a limited series for her role in “True Detective: Night Country.” After Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee presented the golden statuette to Foster at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles,

Night Country' star thanked the Inupiat and Inuit people for sharing "their stories" and allowing "us to listen."

At the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, Foster won the first Emmy in her long-running career, giving a moving acceptance speech after winning best lead actress in a limited or anthology series for her role as Chief Liz Danvers in " True Detective: Night Country ."

Jodie Foster, Richard Gadd, and other LGBTQ stars were recognized for their standout performances and filmmaking work at the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Foster triumphed where Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, and Mahershala Ali had fallen short before her.

Jodie Foster just picked up her first Emmy win, and she thanked her wife Alexandra Hedison in her brilliant acceptance speech.

The veteran actor won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series for her performance as Liz Danvers, an acid-tongued police chief, in the fourth installment of HBO's anthology series.