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Anna Sawai on Her ‘Surreal’ Emmy Win for ‘Shogun,’ Playing Heartbreak on ‘Pachinko’ — and Whether She’d Ever Sing On Screen
'Shogun' Emmy-winner Anna Sawai on this week's 'Pachinko' episode, who she bonded with during awards season — and not knowing where to put her Emmy.
But the New Zealand-born Sawai had only so much time to enjoy that Emmys high: She had to report back to work in Australia, where she speaks with Variety over Zoom while shooting Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” in which she stars (alongside Godzilla, of course) in the lead role of Cate Randa. In the series’ 1980s timeline, Sawai plays ambitious businesswoman Naomi Ichizaki, who is currently in a relationship with colleague Solomon Baek (Jin Ha) — but we see their romance hit a major snag in this week’s episode. Here, Sawai talks about her Emmys win, and gives insight into this week’s “Pachinko” episode — and discusses how playing Naomi has shown her what her own mother endured in the business world several decades ago.
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