Ayo Edebiri Relatably Butchers 2024 SAG Awards Acceptance Speech

Can Ayo Edebiri get a “of course, chef”? 

After all, The Bear star took residence the award for Fantastic Performance by a Feminine Actor in a Comedy Collection at the 2024 Monitor Actors Guild Awards, beating out The Wonderful Mrs. Maisel‘s Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan, Ted Lasso‘s Hannah Waddingham and Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson.

And for the duration of her speech, the 28-yr-outdated had a pretty relatable minute when she tried out to remember a renowned estimate off the cuff. (See all people who came dwelling with a win here.)

“I’m seeking out at this space of men and women whose do the job moves me, and motivates me, and I’m just so grateful to be right here,” Ayo stated even though accepting her trophy on stage Feb. 24, just moments soon after her costar Jeremy Allen White gained. “And I am heading to butcher, just actually bastardize a James Baldwin quote for the reason that I listened to it the other working day, but, ‘The act of appreciate is just truly an act of mirroring.’ And I imagine everything that anyone sees in me that’s truly worth nearly anything is mainly because of the people who adore me and support me and it designed me who I am.”

Amazing in a black and white gingham robe, the Bottoms actress went on name her castmates on the Hulu series as section of that exclusive team.