Much of Daisy Jones & the Six, Prime Video’s musical drama about a Fleetwood Mac–inspired ’70s rock band, is no stranger to a stage—from hole-in-the-wall bars on the Sunset Strip to outdoor festivals in front of thousands. Now, the series is destined for the awards show stage with nine Emmy nominations, including outstanding limited series, and outstanding actress in a limited series for Riley Keough, who became a first-time nominee on Wednesday.

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Speaking to Vanity Fair on nominations morning, Keough said she was “open to either outcome” regarding her nod, which places her in a category with Jessica Chastain, Dominique Fishback, Kathryn Hahn, Lizzy Caplan, and Ali Wong. It’s a similar ethos to the one that Keough brought to the highly anticipated project itself, as she told Vanity Fair back in March. “I did know that Daisy Jones was going to be a big show. I just stopped caring as much about the outcome,” Keough said of the project, based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s best-selling novel. “Ultimately, it was just something that, in my soul, I felt like I needed to do. I also felt like I wanted to do something that would bring joy to my life. I’ve been through a lot in life prior to Daisy, and I just wanted to be in a space at work that felt like fun and not heavy, and dark, and serious. And the environment of that show was all of those things.”

Even before her nomination, Keough, who lost her own mother suddenly just before Daisy Jones press began in February, took pride in her show’s legacy amongst mothers and daughters. “I’ve had a few mother-daughter combos come up and say it was kind of their thing that they had watched together,” she tells VF. “I thought that was really special.” Ahead, a conversation with Keough about how she learned she was an Emmy nominee and the possibility of a Daisy Jones encore.

Vanity Fair: Congratulations on your first Emmy nomination. Where were you when you found out you were nominated?

Riley Keough: I was in my house and my phone was on silent ‘cause I was with my family, and then I returned to my cell phone and had like 700 missed texts and calls, so I assumed I got nominated [laughs].

Was it a day that you were anticipating or did you try to put it out of your mind?

I was very open to either outcome. I wasn’t set on anything. I was kind of okay with either outcome if I did or didn’t get nominated. And I was very just grateful for the experience. I try and not work for the outcome or accolades, et cetera. I think that would be a really challenging place to live with expectations like that. So for me it’s really about doing work that makes me happy and that I enjoy. And then if there are accolades and nominations on top of that, then obviously I’m honored by it, too.

Daisy Jones got nine nominations. The show itself is nominated, as are the costumes, the music, and your co-star Camilla Morrone. What was it like to see all the love in those various areas for your show?

I mean, all the departments worked so hard on this show, and I’m just really happy that the departments who were recognized were recognized. The show would not have been what it was without the music department and our wonderful songwriters, music supervisor, our coaches. We’re forever indebted to them. And of course our wonderful cast and all the actors that we got to work with were so collaborative and so supportive of each other and it was just a really wonderful working environment.

When I last spoke to you about the show in March, you talked about the joy that it brought to you during a difficult point in your life. Since then, the cast has spent a lot of time together on various press appearances. What has it been like to get to elongate that joy over the last several months?

It’s been really special because I love my coworkers and I’ve had a wonderful experience. So anytime I get to spend with them—they’re kind of like family to me—is a real joy and I just feel really grateful.

Prior to the nomination, was there a particular positive response or someone that approached you with love for the show that’s stuck with you?

I’ve actually had a few experiences of young girls coming up to me and telling me that it was a thing that they did with their mothers, that they watched the show with their moms. And I just found that really touching that it was reaching so many different generations. I’ve also had grandparents come up to me and say that really they loved it. So the age range of the audience members has really touched me.

Were there any other nominations or shows that you were really excited to see today?

Oh my gosh—The Last of Us, I was really touched by. The performances on that show I thought were spectacular and so I’m very happy about that. Swarm. Oh my gosh, there’s too many. I gotta go through the list. What else? Oh, BEEF. I’m so happy that was recognized. Yeah, I mean there’s wonderful TV this year and so it’s truly an honor to be on the list with some of these performers and wonderful shows.

The Emmy nominations come amidst the ongoing writers strike and a potential impending actors strike. How does this day sit with you, given the events swirling around it?

Yeah, it’s a very strange time and we’re very uncharted and I don’t know what to expect, but I feel proud to stand in solidarity with my fellow film community, like my second family. I love this community so much and I love the support within this community and I’m hoping for a resolution soon.

Do you have any sense of how the strikes will impact some of your upcoming projects? What’s your mindset about what comes next?

Yeah, I think of course there’s concern. There’s people that aren’t able to work at the moment who need to be working. I don’t think it would be good to put all these screenwriters and actors out of jobs for very long. So again, I’m really hoping that they can come to terms and figure it out sooner than later.

As the Emmys approach, how will you celebrate?

I probably will spend the time with my family. I’m home in LA. I mean, I’m not working at the moment, so I’ll just spend the time at home with my family and celebrate.

People are constantly speculating about a second season or a tour. Is there anything that you can say to give hope to that?

Oh my gosh. I wish I was in charge, but I’m not. I feel like we all love each other dearly and would love to do anything together, whether that’s a press day or another season, or a show or something like that. I think all of us are open to that and would definitely work together again in some capacity.

This interview has been edited and condensed.