Amy Poehler Presents Judge Judy With Her Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Award!

Amy Poehler happily poses with Judge Judy backstage in the press room during the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards held at Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday (May 5) in Pasadena, Calif.

The 47-year-old Wine Country star hit the stage as a surprise guest to present Judy, 76, with her Lifetime Achievement Award.

“We all watch because we know that maybe just once something will turn out fair, that two people will come together and work it out in front of a woman who takes them and her job very seriously,” Amy told the audience. “She is the Jewish mother that we all want.”

“I have a profession that’s always been my passion. And tonight, I have this lovely honor which says I’ve done my job well,” Judy expressed during her acceptance speech. “Life has a beginning, a middle and an end. As most of us, I don’t remember the very beginning, I’m having an absolute blast in the middle, and if my luck holds, I won’t be around for the end.”