Susan Lucci suffered through an 18-year losing streak before she was finally able to take home an Emmy statue for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Erica Kane. It became a running joke in the media, and was parodied even by Lucci herself, that she couldn’t win that damn award. However, in 1999, Lucci broke the bad-luck mojo and walked onstage at the Daytime Emmys, lauded by a four-minute standing ovation from her peers and show colleagues.