Just over two years past his untimely death, legendary actor Chadwick Boseman has posthumously won a Creative Arts Emmy Award. Boseman had been nominated for an award in the outstanding character voice-over performance category for voicing Star-Lord T’Challa in the What If..? episode “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?” This was Boseman’s first and only Emmy nomination, also making it his only Emmy win.
Boseman was nominated against a co-star from the series as Jeffrey Wright was also up for the same award for voicing the Watcher in What If…? as well. Late actress Jessica Walter was also posthumously nominated for her voiceover role in Archer. The other nominees included F. Murray Abraham for Moon Knight, Julie Andrews for Bridgerton, Maya Rudolph for Big Mouth, and Stanley Tucci for Central Park.
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Per THR, the award was accepted by Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward. She spoke about how important the T’Challa character had been to him and that it felt right for What If…? to be one of Boseman’s final projects. Ledward also said how honored Boseman would be if he were here to accept the award himself. You can read what she said in her acceptance speech below.
Chadwick Boseman Was Posthumously Nominated for an Oscar
After his death, Chadwick Boseman had also been posthumously nominated for an Oscar for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He didn’t happen to clinch the win, as Anthony Hopkins took the honor. Hopkins would later post a video online of his acceptance speech while also praising Boseman.
“At 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this award, I really didn’t,” Hopkins said. “I’m very grateful to the Academy, and thank you. And I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early.”
