Nicole Kidman poses with her Outstanding Actress Emmy for Big Little Lies. (Image courtesy: AFP)
New Delhi:
Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale emerged the big winner at the 69th Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles on September 2017. The Handmaid's Tale won the coveted Outstanding Drama series awards and four others including an Outstanding Actress win for Elisabeth Moss. Actress Ann Dowd also won the best Supporting Emmy while the show's director Reed Morano was also hounoured at the award show. Big Little Lies fell short of one award to match the success of The Handmaid's Tale. Nicole Kidman took home Outstanding Actress prize and her co-stars Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgard also won big. Veep took home two top awards - Outstanding comedy series and Outstanding Actress (comedy) for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
It was big night for Saturday Night Live too, which won three awards - one more than Veep and Atlanta. Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin won best Supporting Actress and Actor awards for their portrayal of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on the show. The show's cast was, the audience in the auditorium and for those watching live, it was one helluva moment when former White House secretary Sean Spicer gatecrashed host Stephen Cobert's speech and his comment on POTUS' inauguration crowd size statement.
Complete list of Winner:
Outstanding drama series: The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding comedy series: Veep
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series: Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: John Lithgow, The Crown
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series: Donald Glover, Atlanta
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding limited series: Big Little Lies
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series: Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series: Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie: Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie: Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Outstanding variety talk series: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding variety sketch series: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding reality-competition program: The Voice
Outstanding directing for a comedy series: Donald Glover, Atlanta
Outstanding writing for a drama series: Bruce Miller, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding writing for a comedy series: Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None
Outstanding directing for a drama series: Reed Morano, The Handmaid's Tale
It was big night for Saturday Night Live too, which won three awards - one more than Veep and Atlanta. Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin won best Supporting Actress and Actor awards for their portrayal of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on the show. The show's cast was, the audience in the auditorium and for those watching live, it was one helluva moment when former White House secretary Sean Spicer gatecrashed host Stephen Cobert's speech and his comment on POTUS' inauguration crowd size statement.
Complete list of Winner:
Outstanding drama series: The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding comedy series: Veep
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series: Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series: John Lithgow, The Crown
Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series: Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series: Donald Glover, Atlanta
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding limited series: Big Little Lies
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series: Riz Ahmed, The Night Of
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series: Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie: Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie: Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
Outstanding variety talk series: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Outstanding variety sketch series: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding reality-competition program: The Voice
Outstanding directing for a comedy series: Donald Glover, Atlanta
Outstanding writing for a drama series: Bruce Miller, The Handmaid's Tale
Outstanding writing for a comedy series: Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Master of None
Outstanding directing for a drama series: Reed Morano, The Handmaid's Tale
