Home / News / Viral & Trending Melanie Lynskey’s acceptance speech goes viral after she thanks her nanny We love a celebrity mom who keeps it real! By Cassandra Stone March 14, 2022 Amy Sussman/Getty There have always been a million reasons to love Melanie Lynskey, and now we all have a million and one. Last night, she won the award for best actress in a drama series for her role in Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which is amazing in and of itself (and well-deserved). But it’s her acceptance speech that has everyone talking this morning. After thanking the cast and crew from her show, she gave a special shout-out to her daughter and her husband, Jason Ritter, which was very sweet. But then she did what absolutely no celebrity before her has ever done from an award show stage (and very rarely do, ever, period): she thanked her nanny. “The most important person I think I have to thank before I finish is my nanny, Sally. I love her,” she said. “She’s an absolute angel. She’s with my child and my child is safe and taken care of and she allows me to go and do my work,” she added. “Thank you, Sally. I love you so much.” Many moons ago, Melanie Lynskey was a client at a talent agency I worked at. If you’ve ever had the privilege of working with her, you know that not only is she so deserving of her Critics’ Choice Award win for Yellowjackets, but this sweet, honest, humble speech is 💯 her!👏🏼💜 pic.twitter.com/dGUijLwHmh— kimber 💜✨ (@kimbertiiimber) March 14, 2022 BOOM. YES. WE LOVE TO SEE IT. Because it takes a village, no matter who you are or what you do. And it’s just downright refreshing to hear someone with money and privilege not only acknowledge the fact that childcare is important, but to show major love to the human behind the childcare—amazing. The moment immediately began to go viral on social media, because it’s so earnest and also incredibly important. @melanielynskey congrats, you beauty! You deserve every accolade because you’re not only a wonderful actor but a wonderful human and the fact you thanked your nanny makes me want to hug u extra hard. ❤️— Dagmara Dominczyk (@Dagword) March 14, 2022 Melanie Lynskey shouted out her nanny in her critic’s choice award acceptance speech and as a nanny I just want to cry. I love this woman so much.— Amani Hamed (@Amani_Marie_) March 14, 2022 i think melanie lynskey's sag award speech is the first time i've ever seen an actor thank their nanny for providing child care— redacted 🍃 (@philologique) March 14, 2022 melanie lynskey thanking her nanny in her speech tonight was so cool. because those are truly some thankless folks doing a lot of grunt work to help people function.— Destiny Jackson (@DestinyDreadful) March 14, 2022 Thanking the NANNY is the biggest female empowerment boss movie I've ever heard in an awards speech. Of course @melanielynskey is the one to do it! #CriticsChoiceAwards— Teri Hart (@TeriHart) March 14, 2022 This isn’t the first time Lynskey has given us all reasons to admire and respect her (real ones began loving her the second she stood up for Drew Barrymore in Ever After and brought “a baby… in a bar” in Sweet Home Alabama). During an interview earlier this year, Melanie Lynskey talked about experiencing body-shaming on the set of Yellowjackets. A member of the production team apparently criticized her shape while filming. “They were asking me, ‘What do you plan to do? I’m sure the producers will get you a trainer. They’d love to help you with this,'” Lynskey recounted in an interview with Rolling Stone. She also noted that all of her costars came to her defense and penned a letter to the producers. We love to see a fellow mama stand up for herself and share her accolades by lifting up other women who lift her up, too. Bravo! Related Stories Viral & Trending Mom’s viral rap about periods should be shown in every health class Viral & Trending Mom hilariously reveals what we DON’T want for Mother’s Day in viral TikTok Viral & Trending Mom laments over-the-top Easter baskets: ‘When did Easter become the new Christmas?’