Foster triumphed where Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, and Mahershala Ali had fallen short before her.

Jodie Foster is officially an Emmy winner. The veteran actress took home her first trophy on Sunday night for lead actress in a limited series for her role in “True Detective: Night Country.” After Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee presented the golden statuette to Foster at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles,

The veteran actor won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series for her performance as Liz Danvers, an acid-tongued police chief, in the fourth installment of HBO's anthology series.