(Web Desk) - Christina Applegate, Rachel Brosnahan Natasha Lyonne and Jenna Ortega were also competing for the outstanding actress in a comedy series honor on Monday.
Quinta Brunson become the first black comedy lead actress winner in 42 years when she took home the prize at Monday’s 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
The Abbott Elementary creator and star beat out nominees including Christina Applegate from Dead to Me, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan, Natasha Lyonne of Poker Face and Wednesday's Jenna Ortega.
"Thank you so much just I don’t know why I’m so emotional, I think just like, the Carol Burnett of it all," she said while accepting the award.
"Thank you so much I love making Abbott Elementary so much and I am so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy, and I say it every time and I just love comedy so much that I am so happy to be able to get this," she continued.
"I didn’t prepare anything because I just didn't think... Oh god. I love my mom, my dad. My sisters, my brothers. My entire family so much. I love my husband. I'm so happy. I love my cast. Oh, I love Abbott Elementary. Thank you so much."
The last Black women to take home the honor was Isabel Sanford for her role in The Jeffersons in 1961.