Emmy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List

Game of Thrones wins best drama, shatters Emmy record

For the first time in the show’s six season history, HBO’s Game of Thrones took home the best drama series award on Sunday night’s Emmy awards in Los Angeles, beating nine other competitors including AMC’s Mad Men.

The show racked up a record-breaking 12 awards from its 24 nominations, the most any series has won in a single year. The previous record holder was The West Wing which won nine awards at the 2000 Emmys.

In addition to best drama, Game of Thrones also took home Emmys for best directing and best writing. Peter Dinklage, who has previously won an Emmy for his role as Tyrion Lannister, won for best supporting actor in a drama again tonight.

Based on the Pulitzer prizewinning short stories by Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge won almost every category for which it was nominated, winning six awards, while Veep’s victory denied Modern Family the chance of a sixth consecutive win in the category.

Veep’s creator, Armando Ianucci, was the only British nominee to win, with others including Mark Rylance, who was nominated for Wolf Hall, going home empty-handed.

Viola Davis made history as the first woman of colour to to take the prize for outstanding actress in a drama for her role in How to Get Away With Murder.

In his final season on Mad Men, John Hamm won the prize that had eluded him for eight years: outstanding lead actor in a drama for his role as the tortured, womanising ad executive Don Draper. Tripping on his way to the podium, he received a standing ovation.

Here’s the complete winners list:

Outstanding Drama Series
Game of Thrones

Orange Is the New Black
Homeland
Downton Abbey
House of Cards
Mad Men
Better Call Saul

Outstanding Comedy Series

Veep
Transparent

Louie
Modern Family
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Parks and Recreation
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul 

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder

Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Claire Danes, Homeland
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul


Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Anthony Anderson, Blackish

William H. Macy, Shameless


Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation


Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Tony Hale, Veep
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Keegan-Michael Peele, Key & Peele
Adam Driver, Girls

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Allison Janney, Mom

Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Niecy Nash, Getting On

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Miniseries
Olive Kitteridge

American Horror Story: Freakshow

American Crime

The Honorable Woman

Wolf Hall

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie


Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge

Adrian Brody, Houdini
Ricky Gervais, Derek Special
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
David Oyelowo, Nightingale

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge

Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freakshow
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge

Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denis O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freakshow

Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freakshow
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freakshow

Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freakshow


Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freakshow

Mo’Nique, Bessie
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge

Outstanding Variety Talk Show

The Daily Show

The Colbert Report

Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Inside Amy Schumer
Drunk History
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality Competition Program


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

Drama – Directing
Game of Thrones
The Knick
Boardwalk Empire
Homeland

Drama – Writing
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
The Americans
Better Call Saul

Comedy Directing – Series
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Louie
Veep
The Last Man on Earth

Comedy Writing – Series
Veep
The Last Man on Earth
Louie
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Episodes

Miniseries – Directing
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
Bessie
American Horror Story: Freakshow
The Missing
The Honorable Woman
Houdini

Miniseries – Writing
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
Bessie
American Crime
Hello Ladies: The Movie
The Honorable Woman

Variety — Directing 

The Daily Show

The Colbert Report

Inside Amy Schumer
The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Late Show With David Letterman

Variety — Writing

The Daily Show

The Colbert Report

Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver