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Posted: 2017-09-11T13:28:49Z | Updated: 2017-09-11T13:28:49Z

Proving once and for all that she and Rory Gilmore have essentially nothing in common, Alexis Bledel now has an Emmy, while her alter ego presumably remains as aimless as ever.

Since no one wants to watch an eight-hour Emmys telecast, a handful of awards were handed out at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night before the primetime ceremony airs this week.

Bledel picked up the prize for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work in The Handmaids Tale , which has earned the actress rave reviews since the Hulu series premiered in April.

Praise be! @alexisbledel (@HandmaidsonHulu) poses w/her Emmy for Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Watch #EmmysArts, 9/16 on @FXXNetwork! pic.twitter.com/Lmj0PjFg8y

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Praise be! @alexisbledel (@HandmaidsonHulu ) poses w/her Emmy for Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Watch #EmmysArts , 9/16 on @FXXNetwork ! pic.twitter.com/Lmj0PjFg8y

Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 11, 2017

In her acceptance speech, Bledel addressed the series political resonance and its partnership with Change.org , which she says aims to encourage us all to take action sign up, speak up and stay awake, according to Deadline .

She also went on to thank her co-star and producer Elisabeth Moss for having [her] be a part of this affecting and incredible work, as well as writer Bruce Miller for crafting a character who displays such fortitude amongst such devastation and then suggesting that I play her.

Despite being presumed dead, Bledels character is set to return for the second season of the dystopian series as the adaptation strays farther away from its source material, Margaret Atwoods celebrated 1985 novel.