It's not a stretch to say that Thandie Newton was the best part of WestworldSeason 2. In a mess of befuddling plots and flashback shenanigans, her performance as the single-minded, fierce Maeve was the highlight of the show.

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At the 2018 Emmy Awards, Newton took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, beating out Game of Thrones' Lena Headey, Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown, The Crown's Vanessa Kirby, and The Handmaid's Tale's Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, and Alexis Bledel.

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Newton was nominated in the same category at the 2017 Emmy Awards, but the statue went to Ann Dowd that year.

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