Cicely Tyson, a groundbreaking Emmy and Tony award-winning actress, passed away yesterday at the age of 96.

Tyson was known for paving the way for African American women in Hollywood, having landed the first recurring role played by a Black actress in a drama series “East Side/West Side.”

She earned two Emmy Awards in 1974 for her work in the TV movie “Jane Pittman” and a third in 1994 for her role in the miniseries “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.”

She boasted 13 other nominations — five of which for her guest role on “How to Get Away with Murder” — as well as an Oscar nomination for 1972’s “Sounder.”

Tyson was perhaps best known for her small-but-pivotal role in “The Help” as Constantine Jefferson, a maid who raised the film’s protagonist.

The “Fried Green Tomatoes” actress also had a prolific stage career, appearing first on Broadway in 1959 in the play “Jolly’s Progress.”

She’d appear in a handful of other productions, including the play “The Trip to Bountiful,” which earned her a Tony Award in 2013 at the age of 88.

In 2018, she was given an honorary Oscar statuette at the annual Governors Awards.

She was one of the recipients for the 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.