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13.07.2023 - 02:45 / deadline.com
For 10-year-old actor Keivonn Woodard, life is nothing but net. Literally. As the Emmy nominations were read on Wednesday morning, Woodard was at a basketball summer camp program while his mother, April Jackson, was at home watching her son make television history.
In garnering an Emmy nomination for Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his role as Sam in HBO’s hit drama The Last of Us, Woodard becomes the youngest actor ever to be recognized in the category and the first Black Deaf actor in the Television Academy’s history to secure a nomination.
Still clad in his basketball clothing, alongside his mother, Woodard told Deadline that he was “shocked” when he first found out about the news and that he was mindful about the “importance and huge impact” as a young Deaf Black boy to be honored by the nomination. Regarding setting an example for other actors from similar communities like himself, Woodard had some encouraging words: “I think that everybody should just do their best when they’re trying to act and just go for the auditions. Don’t worry about it, and just go ahead and try to act your best. Yes, it was hard with the facial expressions and learning how to [interpret the script for American Sign Language], but I think it’s really important to also learn to listen to your production team and to collaborate with them. I got in, and so can you.”
For Jackson, the importance and the weight of her son’s nomination didn’t really hit her until the flood of text messages rolled in, first by fellow first-time Emmy nominated actress Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie in the series, and then by showrunner and writer Craig Mazin who jokingly asked if Woodard owned a tuxedo. “People kept sending messages, and I cried immediately
Kerry Washington is reconnecting with some former co-stars on the picket line.
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