Mandy Moore is still in a celebratory mood despite This Is Us surprisingly getting snubbed by the Emmys following an extraordinary six-season run on NBC, and it’s all thanks to the show’s devoted fans!
The 38-year-old actress, who deftly portrayed Rebecca Pearson on the hit family drama, tells ET’s Denny Directo that the cast and crew felt all the love and adulation from the fans after the Television Academy almost entirely skipped over the show and its cast — save for a nomination for an original song written by Moore’s husband, Taylor Goldsmith, and composer Siddhartha Khosla.
“I think we were all so buoyed by the kind words that people had for us,” Moore tells ET. “And for the show, that’s what means the most. That’s the cherry on the sundae, to be honest. Like, the fact that we get to do this work, and the fact that this show, these stories, these characters have connected so deeply with people from the beginning and all the way through 106 episodes, that’s the ball game. I mean, I feel like we’re really lucky that we leave behind a real legacy.”
This Is Us undoubtedly left an indelible mark. The show was nominated for 39 Emmys, bringing home four gold statuettes for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson in 2017) and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Gerald McRaney as Dr. Nathan Katowski in 2017; and Ron Cephas Jones as William Hill in 2018 and 2020).