But the top drama acting trophies were far from predictable: Rami Malek of Mr. Robot and Tatiana Maslany of Orphan Black were the winners, both overcoming heavyweight competition.
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On the other hand, Julia Louis-Dreyfus probably created an unbeatable benchmark in the comedy game.
Jewish stars triumphed in the comedy categories at last night’s Emmy Awards.
Meanwhile, Game of Thrones secured its reign at the Emmys with a record-breaking haul of awards. This means she took home yet another Emmy Award for her role as producer on the show. Sarah Paulson also won her first career Emmy for her portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark, whom she brought to the Emmy ceremony.
Brown was emotional on stage when he accepted his Emmy.
Tom Hiddleson, who starred in The Night Manager, presented the award for outstanding directing in a limited series or movie to the show’s director Susanne Bier. “We are so glad to know that people enjoy the show nearly as much as we enjoy making it”. “It’s just so hard when people don’t want to laugh about this type of stuff”. But Louis-Dreyfus swears she’ll put an end to it.
SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline“, Netflix.
Her victory gave her six best comedy wins – five for Veep, one for The New Adventures of Old Christine and broke her tie with Candice Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore.
The American fought back tears as she collected her prize for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, in which she plays President Selina Meyer.
She also joked that her widely-acclaimed show had started as a comedy but was increasingly resembling a documentary – a slap at the chaotic U.S. presidential campaign. “I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday”.
Anticipation is high for Season 7, and when asked what we can expect from the penultimate year of the show, Weiss wryly said, “it will be bigger, and it will be better, and it will also be worse, but mostly better”. “This is other-izing with a capital O. He needs to be called out every chance we get for being one of most risky monsters to ever approach our lifetimes”, Soloway said. Receiving the award for best director for a comedy series, Ms Soloway denounced the presidential candidate’s immigration policies. “But I knew how natural she was, and how much she liked life, and fun, she was always very amusing and fun to be around”.
Earlier in her speech, Dreyfus had joked about the show’s influence on the presidential election.
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES: Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, “Master of None“, Netflix.
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NBC’s “The Voice” won its second consecutive Emmy for outstanding reality-competition program.
