On the heels of the Emmy nominations reveal, the actress hopped on the phone to discuss her show’s good fortunes: “You never know how these things are going to go, and I'm so blown away.”

Cristin Milioti is no new face in television. Whether she caught your eye in “Black Mirror,” “How I Met Your Mother,” way back on “The Sopranos” in her first TV role, or during that killer “30 Rock” cameo, her work always stands out in already impressive projects, right down to her Emmy-nominated turn in “ The Penguin .”