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Gillian Anderson said she had to go through an incredible physical and mental transformation to play the role of Margaret Thatcher.

Anderson said she had to set aside her own political beliefs to play the role of the divisive politician.

Anderson told Harpers Bazaar:

"I had to get to a point where it's nothing to do with my opinions of her policies, of her actions."

"It is only about her as a human being and her motivation as a politician and as a mother."

To go along with the theme of her dress, the cast and crew of Sex Education gave her a penis shaped cake for her win.

She captioned the photo with:

"Let them eat cake! Thank you thank you thank you."

"#sizedoesmatter #penisoftheyear"

Good thing she has a sense of humor.

While Anderson's win for her performance in The Crown was well deserved, the Emmys left TV fans feeling frustrated with their remaining issues with diversity.

Pose actress MJ Rodriguez was the first out transgender woman nominated in a leading acting category. Sadly, no one from the cast of the critically acclaimed show—which ended in 2021—won a single award this year.

And all 12 major acting categories went to White actors. Billy Porter, who plays Pray Tell on Pose and was the first openly gay Black man to win as lead actor in 2019—was nominated again this year but didn't win for his performance of a gay man facing an HIV+ status and AIDS in the late 1980s.

Many critics felt Porter's performance in the final season exceeded even his prior exceptional ones.

Pose goes down as the largest transgender and gender nonconforming cast and show to air in television history. The cast was also primarily BIPOC, which critics of the Emmys felt contributed to the show's lack of mainstream awards.