Actress Thuso Mbedu has been nominated for International Emmy for her role as Winnie on the drama series Is'thunzi.
Mbedu is the only African to be nominated this year.
In a recent interview with HuffPost SA, Mbedu's co-actor, Sdumo Mtshali, said while doing one of the episodes, Mbedu pushed herself "to the point where she just could not stop weeping".
"That scene that got the country talking so much, was intense for all of us. But because she's the great actress that she is, she performed so well pushing all of us to go that far," Mtshali said.
We are in the same boat as the rest of the South Africans who burst into tears upon hearing the news.
In true South African style, people took to Twitter to congratulate Mbedu on her nomination:
Congratulations Thuso! In our eyes, you're already a winner.