Frances McDormand won an Emmy for her performance as the title character, a retired school teacher who suffers from depression, bereavement and jealousy. “Families who have chosen for some reason to take me in and be nice to me along this unusual , odd road”.
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“Thrones” – a sweeping tale of clashing noble families filled with blood, sex and back-stabbing, based on the novels of George R.R. Martin – had won many awards before, but never the top prize at television’s equivalent of the Oscars. Both Tambor and Soloway called out Amazon and advocated for transgender rights in their speeches.
The “How to Get Away With Murder” star became the first African-American woman to win the Emmy for lead actress in a drama, and gave an emotional speech that had Taraji P. Henson on her feet and Kerry Washington in tears.
The front runner for the top prize, best drama series, is the stylish 1960s-era advertising show Mad Men, which is bidding for a record fifth drama series win to crown its final season. She won the award for her role as Annalise Keating in the ABC series.
An image of Joan Rivers is shown during the memorial segment at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 20, 2015. That award will be handed out at the end of the evening. Tracy Morgan, the actor-comedian seriously injured previous year in a auto accident, made a triumphant return to reveal Game of Thrones the best drama series.
As for the Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Bradley Whitford walked away with the accolades for “Transparent”, and among the actresses in the same category, Joan Cusack received it for “Shameless“.
“Thanks, HBO, for believing in dragons”, said series creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss at the podium. And while it would be folly for any Game of Thrones fan to discount the technicians and artisans who labor behind the scenes of the fantasy epic, the series has finally stepped out from behind the curtain and into the awards-season spotlight. Inside Amy Schumer won for best variety sketch series. It also won for directing.
The Voice won a best reality series trophy, breaking the hold that The fantastic Race long had on the category and snaring an award that always eluded American Idol.
Earlier, actress Allison Janney won best supporting actress in a comedy for her role in “Mom“, in which she plays the overbearing mother of a young adult daughter played by Anna Faris. Last week, the drama won eight awards at the Creative Arts Emmys, and Sunday night, it picked up four more, including Outstanding Drama Series and Best Supporting Actor for Peter Dinklage.
In the first Emmys for Amazon.com’s foray into original content, “Transparent” brought a lead actor Emmy for Jeffrey Tambor.
Dancing with the Stars is a 2015 Emmy victor for Outstanding Choreography. “We’re all here because of the power of the stories that need to be told”.
6) Nothing – and no one – can conquer “Veep”. Also winning big were perennial favorite “Veep“, which took outstanding comedy series, while limited series “Olive Kitteridge” won best limited series.
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Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Tony Hale, “Veep“, HBO.
