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When Nneka Onuorah was first nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy, she didn’t even realize it. The director of Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls was in London, already knee-deep in one other major project — with Megan Thee Stallion no less– doing what she does best, “working always,” as she tells us. “I looked down at my text messages, and I saw all of those texts saying, ‘Congratulations. Congratulations lady!’ And I’m like, ‘On what? What's everybody talking about?'” What everyone was talking about were the six award nominations the favored Prime Series received, including Outstanding Competition Program and Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program, the latter of which Onuorah won Saturday night. Ahead of her win, we talked to Onuorah...