Emotional Jodie Foster wins first-ever Emmy for ‘True Detective’ role

It's a first for Jodie Foster.

Jodie Foster won her first-ever Emmy Award as the winner of Outstanding Actress in a limited series or movie at the 76th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, for her role in True Detective: Night Country.

“This is an incredibly emotional moment for me,” she said of the win that came after four previous nominations. 

She also called the HBO series, “a magical experience” and showed gratitude to Issa López, the creator of the fourth season of the anthology series.

Foster played the role of Liz Danvers on the show, a police chief in Alaska who is assigned to solve the case of eight disappeared men at a research station.

The actress also thanked the show's “incredible, incredibly Icelandic crew” and her cast, shouting out especially her “partner in crime” Evangeline Navarro, who also got a nomination Sunday night.

The star then addressed the Inupiaq and Inuit people of Northern Alaska with gratitude.

"They just told us their stories and they allowed us to listen, and that was just a blessing. It was love, love, love and when you feel that, something amazing happens. It's deep and wonderful and it's older than this place in this time,” Foster said. “That's just the message, which is love and work equals art.”