Quinta Brunson "Feels Good" About Representing Teachers connected TV

Abbott Elementary deed precise adjacent to location for Quinta Brunson.

The creator and prima of the ABC comedy, which is nominated for 7 awards astatine the 2022 Emmys, explained wherefore the show's taxable substance is truthful important to her.

"My ma was a teacher," Quinta told Live From E! co-host Loni Love connected the reddish carpet Sept. 12. "I was truthful adjacent to it each my life. I was successful my mom's class. Schools similar Abbott, with Black children and Black teachers who attraction astir them, they're precise peculiar places. Places of assemblage and information and morals and aggravated humor."

Abbott Elementary is nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series for its breakout archetypal season, portion Quinta is nominated for Lead Actress successful a Comedy Series against The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan, Hacks' Jean Smart, The Great's Elle Fanning, The Flight Attendant's Kaley Cuoco and Insecure's Issa Rae.

Quinta is besides nominated for Writing for a Comedy Series for Abbott's aviator episode.

"That was what was important to me, the comic of that benignant of environment—every time these radical amusement up and bash this job, and there's thing endearing successful that," she said. "I'm truthful blessed we've done specified a bully occupation that teachers consciousness represented by what we do. It wasn't needfully our extremity but I deliberation we've done a bully occupation of sticking to the accuracy that teachers represent."

The second play of Abbott Elementary premieres Sept. 21 connected ABC.

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