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2015 Emmy Awards - all the major winners

Written by TVSA Team from the blog News on 21 Sep 2015
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Game of Thrones and presidential comedy Veep took top honours in the headline categories at Sunday night's 2015 Emmy Awards in Tinseltown.

Game of Thrones made Emmy history by bagging the most number of wins in a year. It won eight statues at the Creative Arts Emmys last week and four on Sunday, beating The West Wing, which held the previous record for nine wins in a year.

Everyone knew that Game of Thrones would clean up but Veep was much less predictable considering the fact that Modern Family always hogs the Comedy categories. Go Prez Meyer!

The awards aired live on M-Net in the early hours of the morning and repeat tonight at 19h30.

Here's who took top honours:

Outstanding Drama Series

Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game Of Thrones
Homeland
House Of Cards
Mad Men
Orange Is The New Black
 
Viola Davis also made history by becoming the first African-American
actress to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Drama Series.

Lead Actress In a Drama Series

Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison - Homeland
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating - How to Get Away with Murder
Taraji P. Henson as Loretha "Cookie" Lyon - Empire
Tatiana Maslany as various characters - Orphan Black
Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson - Mad Men
Robin Wright as First Lady Claire Underwood - House of Cards

With Amy Poehler.

Lead Actor In a Drama Series

Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill - Better Call Saul
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood - House of Cards
Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn - Bloodline
Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan - Ray Donovan
 

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Uzo Aduba as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren - Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart - The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Bates - Downton Abbey
Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister - Game of Thrones
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - Mad Men


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut - Better Call Saul
Jim Carter as Charles Carson - Downton Abbey
Alan Cumming as Eli Gold - The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper - House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn - Bloodline

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Margo Martindale as Claudia - The Americans
Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell - Game Of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan as Rachel Posner - House Of Cards
Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Hartness - How To Get Away With Murder
Allison Janney as Margaret Scully - Masters Of Sex
Khandi Alexander as Maya Pope - Scandal

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Alan Alda as Alan Fitch - The Blacklist
Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning - The Good Wife
F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal - Homeland
Reg E. Cathey as Freddy Hayes - House Of Cards
Beau Bridges as Barton Scully - Masters Of Sex
Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez - Orange Is The New Black

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

The Americans (Episode: "Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?"), Written by Joshua Brand
Better Call Saul (Episode: "Five-O"), Written by Gordon Smith
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy"), Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
Mad Men (Episode: "Lost Horizon"), Written by Matthew Weiner & Semi Chellas
Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person"), Written by Matthew Weiner

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Eldorado"), Directed by Tim Van Patten
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy"), Directed by David Nutter
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"), Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Homeland (Episode: "From A to B and Back Again"), Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
The Knick (Episode: "Method and Madness"), Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Outstanding Comedy Series

Louie
Modern Family
Parks And Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish - The Comeback
Lily Tomlin as Frankie - Grace And Frankie
Amy Schumer as Amy - Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton - Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks And Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer - Veep


Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Anthony Anderson as Andre Johnson - Black-ish
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan - House Of Lies
Will Forte as Phil Miller - The Last Man On Earth
Louis C.K. as Louie - Louie
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher - Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman - Transparent


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash as Denise "Didi" Ortley - Getting On
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy - Modern Family
Allison Janney as Bonnie - Mom
Kate McKinnon as Various characters - Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann as Ali Pfefferman - Transparent
Jane Krakowski as Jacqueline Voorhees - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer - Veep


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler - Girls
Keegan-Michael Key as Various characters - Key & Peele
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - Modern Family
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh - Veep
 
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann as Caroline Sackler - Girls
Pamela Adlon as Pamela - Louie
Elizabeth Banks as Sal - Modern Family
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson - Shameless
Tina Fey as Marcia - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Mel Brooks as Mel Brooks - The Comedians
Paul Giamatti as Juror #10 - Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader as Host - Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K. as Host - Saturday Night Live
Bradley Whitford as Marcy - Transparent
Jon Hamm as Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Episodes (Episode: "Episode 409"), Written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik
The Last Man on Earth (Episode: "Alive in Tucson"), Written by Will Forte
Louie (Episode: "Bobby's House"), Written by Louis C.K.
Silicon Valley (Episode: "Two Days of the Condor"), Written by Alec Berg
Transparent (Episode: "Pilot"), Written by Jill Soloway
Veep (Episode: "Election Night"), Written by Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, & Tony Roche

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

The Last Man on Earth (Episode: "Alive in Tucson (Pilot)"), Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Louie (Episode: "Sleepover"), Directed by Louis C.K.
Silicon Valley (Episode: "Sand Hill Shuffle"), Directed by Mike Judge
Transparent (Episode: "Best New Girl"), Directed by Jill Soloway
Veep (Episode: "Testimony"), Directed by Armando Lannucci


Francis McDormand and the cast of Olive Kitteridge.
 
Outstanding Limited Series

American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honorable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie

Felicity Huffman as Barb - American Crime
Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith - Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein - The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge - Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie

Timothy Hutton as Russ - American Crime
Ricky Gervais as Derek - Derek
Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini - Houdini
David Oyelowo as Peter Snowden - Nightingale
Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge - Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell - Wolf Hall

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie

Regina King as Aliyah Shadeed - American Crime
Sarah Paulson as Dot & Bette Tattler - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett as Desiree Dupree - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates as Ethel Darling - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey - Bessie
Zoe Kazan as Denise Thibodeau - Olive Kitteridge

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie

Richard Cabral as Hector Tonz - American Crime
Denis O'Hare as Stanley - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams as Jack Gee - Bessie
Bill Murray as Jack Kenninson - Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis as Henry VIII - Wolf Hall

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special

 American Crime (Episode: "Episode One"), Written by John Ridley
 Bessie, Written by Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois & Horton Foote
 Hello Ladies: The Movie, Written by Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg
 The Honorable Woman, Written by Hugo Blick
 Olive Kitteridge, Written by Jane Anderson
 Wolf Hall, Written by Peter Straughan

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special

American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Monsters Among Us"), Directed by Ryan Murphy
Bessie, Directed by Dee Rees
The Honorable Woman, Directed by Hugo Blick
Houdini, Directed by Uli Edel
The Missing, Directed by Tom Shankland
Olive Kitteridge, Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Wolf Hall, Directed by Peter Kosminsky

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Jeff Beal - The Dovekeepers
Daniele Luppi - Marco Polo
Abel Korzeniowski - Penny Dreadful
John Debney and Bruce Broughton - Texas Rising
Dustin O'Halloran - Transparent

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - The Comedian
Darren Criss - Glee
Walter Murphy and Mike Reiss - How Murray Saved Christmas
Kyle Dunnigan - Inside Amy Schumer
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - The Oscars
Bob Thiele, Kurt Sutter and Jake Smith - Sons Of Anarchy

Mr reality guru Mark Burnett.
 
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

The Amazing Race
Dancing With The Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Television Movie

Agatha Christie's Poiro
Bessie
Grace Of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

Tom Bergeron - Dancing With The Stars
Jane Lynch - Hollywood Game Night
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (co-host) - Project Runway
Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain - The Taste

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
MythBusters
Property Brothers
Shark Tank
Undercover Boss

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

Alaska: The Last Frontier
Deadliest Catch
Intervention
Million Dollar Listing
Naked And Afraid
Wahlburgers
 
Trevor Noah next year?
 
Outstanding Variety Talk Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
 Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

James Hoskinson - The Colbert Report
Chuck O'Neil - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Amy Schumer and Ryan McFaul - Inside Amy Schumer
Jerry Foley - Late Show With David Letterman
Dave Diomedi - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Variety Special

Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE!

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

Brendan Hunt, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Rich Talarico - Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
Louis C.K. - Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks - Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
Barry Adelman and writing team - The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Writing team - The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special

Natalie Johns - Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live In Concert
Louis J. Horvitz - The Kennedy Center Honors
Hamish Hamilton - The Oscars
Don Roy King - The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Glenn Weiss - 68th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Special Class Program

Beyonce And JAY Z On The Run
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Oscars
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)
68th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Interactive Program

@midnight With Chris Hardwick
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live: SNL40
Talking Dead
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Children's Program

Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass
Degrassi
Dog With A Blog
Girl Meets World
Nick News With Linda Ellerbee

Outstanding Documentary Or Non-fiction Special

The Case Against 8
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All
Virunga

Outstanding Documentary Or Non-fiction Series

American Masters
Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
 The Sixties

Outstanding Animated Program

Archer
Bob's Burgers
Over The Garden Wall
The Simpsons
South Park

*Flash fact: a Guest Actor/Actress is defined as an actor who is in less than 50% of the show.

**Flash fact: The eight Creative Arts categories Game of Thrones won last week were:
Outstanding Sound Mixing, Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing, Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Sound Editing, Outstanding Makeup for a Single Camera Series, Outstanding Production Design and Outstanding Stunt Coordination.
 

Shows in this post: The Primetime Emmy Awards

Channels in this post: M-Net



1 Comment

Tashi
21 Sep 2015 12:58

Some very deserving winners on the list but there's so much that's been excluded too - like Vikings - I'm constantly gobsmacked that it doesn't get nominated for anything except some of the hidden Creative Arts categories. It makes no sense when such notably superb shows are missing which means the awards don't make sense, which S.U.C.K.S.

Very disappointed that Better Call Saul didn't win anything - it deserved to! I'm concerned that award ceremonies are seeing it as Breaking Bad's poorer cousin when it isn't at all.

 


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