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Critics Choice Awards: Niecy Nash-Betts wins Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for 'Dahmer'

'When I decided to become an actor, I saw myself doing drama,' said Niecy Nash-Betts

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After Evan Peters won Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film, at the Golden Globes, for 'Dahmer', now Niecy Nash-Betts won Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series at the 28th Critics Choice Awards for the Netflix series. The actor played Jeffrey Dahmer's neighbor Glenda Cleveland in Ryan Murphy's 'Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story'.

Although, 'Dahmer' received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, reaching the number-one spot on Netflix in the first week of its release. It became Netflix's second most-watched English-language series of all time within 28 days, and the third Netflix series to pass 1 billion views in 60 days. Recently, the series was placed at number seven on Nielsen's all-time list for single-week viewership in its second week. Regardless, read more to find out what was Niecy Nash-Betts's reaction after winning the award. 

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Niecy Nash accepted the award for best-supporting actor in a movie or miniseries at the Critics' Choice Awards with an emotional speech. In her emotional speech, she looked back on her journey in the entertainment industry, going back to where it all began.

"When I decided to become an actor — I saw myself doing drama," she said at the event. "They said, stay in your comedy lane. Some people want to leave you where they meet you. I did what I knew to do: I cried, and I told my mother," she continued. "I said, 'Don't you think I'm a good dramatic actress?' She said, 'Girl, I don't, but you can be. You find the best class in this town, and I will work overtime to pay for it.' Thank you, mama. All you need is one," she said. She went on to thank Evan Peters, Ryan Murphy, and Netflix. "You picked me up when I was gutted from this work," she said, going on to thank Cleveland herself. "I share this award with Glenda Cleveland. On this night, we are both fully seen. And finally, to everybody who doubted this Black woman and told me what I couldn't do in your face!"

She beat out Claire Danes for 'Fleishman is in Trouble', Dominique Fishback for 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey', Betty Gilpin for 'Gaslit', Melanie Lynskey for 'Candy', and lastly, Juno Temple 'The Offer' for the award.