Emmys 2025: Hannah Einbinder condemns ICE and declares “Free Palestine” during acceptance speech
After winning ‘Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy’, Hannah Einbinder used her victory speech at the Emmys to declare a message of support for Palestine.
The Hacks star beat strong competition in the category from The Studio’s Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara, The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas, Abbott Elementary duo Janelle James and Sheryl Lee Ralph, as well as Shrinking’s Jessica Williams.
During her speech, she thanked the creators of Hacks, sharing with those in attendance at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, “For changing my life in every conceivable way, but not just by giving me a great gig, but by being my friends and being my family.”
She then concluded with a political statement, adding, “Go Birds, fuck ICE, and free Palestine. Thank you.”
Backstage, after winning the honour, Einbinder, who also wore an Artists4Ceasefire pin, elaborated on her comments on-stage, telling the press, “I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the State of Israel, because our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethno-nationalist state.”
Einbinder also defended her decision to sign the Film Workers for Palestine pledge, alongside 3,900 other figures, promising not to work with film institutions in Israel that are “implicated in genocide” against Palestinians.
The Hacks actor told Deadline: “In terms of the pledge, it’s like many movements, boycotting is an effective tool to create pressure on the powers that be to meet the moment, you know. So the film workers for Palestine boycott does not boycott individuals, it only boycotts institutions that are directly complicit in the genocide.”
Elsewhere at the Emmys, Einbinder was joined in wearing an Artists4Ceasefire pin by Aimee Lou Wood and Natasha Rothwell from The White Lotus, Presumed Innocent’s Ruth Negga and Abbott Elementary’s Chris Perfetti.
Additionally, Javier Bardem, nominated for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, wore a keffiyeh to the ceremony and told reporters on the red carpet that he “cannot work with someone who justifies or supports the genocide”.
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