The 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards was held today at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles California. The biggest winners of the night were Game of Thrones, Veep and The People v. O.J. Simpson, with the first two winning their Best Drama and Best Comedy awards for the second consecutive year. Both took out a number of other categories, including Madame President Julia Louis-Dreyfus who won her 5th consecutive trophy for her role in Veep.
Rami Malek took home his first ever Emmy for outstanding performance for his role in Mr. Robot, and Tatiana Maslany enjoyed a much deserved Emmy for her brilliant performance as the clones in Orphan Black. Elsewhere on the night, Transparent, Baskets and Saturday Night Live enjoyed acting wins, while Aussie actor Ben Mendelsohn wasn’t in attendance to receive his award for Bloodline.
Check out some more of the nights winners in the list bellow.
WINNERS:
- Outstanding Drama Series: Game of Thrones – HBO (WINNER)
- Lead Actor in Drama Series: Rami Malek, Mr Robot – USA (WINNER)
- Lead Actress in Drama Series: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black – BBC America (WINNER)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in Drama Series: Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline – Netflix (WINNER)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in Drama Series: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey – PBS (WINNER)
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Veep – HBO (WINNER)
- Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent – Amazon (WINNER)
- Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep – HBO (WINNER)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Louis Anderson, Baskets – FX (WINNER)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kate McKinnon, SNL – NBC (WINNER)
- Outstanding TV Movie: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride – PBS (WINNER)
- Outstanding Limited Series: The People v. OJ Simpson – FX (WINNER)
- Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie : Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX (WINNER)
- Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie : Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX (WINNER)
- Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson – FX (WINNER)
- Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Regina King, American Crime – ABC (WINNER)
- Outstanding Reality – Competition: The Voice – NBC (WINNER)
- Outstanding Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – HBO (WINNER)
- Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Jill Soloway, Transparent (Episode: “Man on the Land”) – Amazon (WINNER)
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Miguel Sapochnik, Game of Thrones (Episode: “Battle of the Bastards”) – HBO (WINNER)
- Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special: Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski, Grease: Live – Fox (WINNER)
- Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special : Susanne Bier, The Night Manager – AMC (WINNER)
- Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series : Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of None (Episode: “Parents”) – Netflix (Winner)
- Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: Childrens Hospital – Adult Swim (WINNER)
- Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series: Rob Corddry, Childrens Hospital – Adult Swim (WINNER)
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey (Episode: “Episode 8”) – PBS (WINNER)
- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special : Patton Oswalt, Talking for Clapping – Netflix (WINNER)
- Outstanding Short Form Variety Series: Park Bench With Steve Buscemi – AOL (WINNER)
- Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, Or Dramatic Special:D. V. DeVincentis – The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Episode: “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”) – FX (WINNER)
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