Emmy Awards 2017: The Handmaid’s Tale and Big Little Lies scoop the BIGGEST gongs
LAST NIGHT saw the biggest stars in TV hoping to walking away with the most gongs at the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Elisabeth Moss accepts Emmy award for Best Actress
The Handmaid’s Tale swept the board by taking home three of the major prizes after winning best drama series, best actress for Elisabeth Moss and best director for Reed Morano.
The dystopian drama, which was shown on Hulu, became the first series on a streaming service to win the biggest prize best drama, beating rivals Netflix and Amazon to the post.
HBO series Big Little Lies was one of the other huge winners of the night as they scooped best limited series and Nicole Kidman took home best lead actress while Alexander Skarsgard won best supporting actor.
Emmy Awards 2017: The Handmaid's Tale and Big Little Lies triumphed
Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump at the Emmy awards
British star Riz Ahmed won best lead actor in a limited series or movie for The Night Of while John Lithgow - who portrayed Winston Churchill in The Crown - won the away for best supporting actor.
Saturday Night Live also did pretty well compared to HBO’s Westworld who failed to pick up any of the major awards despite tying with the entertainment show for the most nominations this year at 22.
Here is a full list of the winners:
Emmy Awards 2017: John Lithgow won best supporting actor for The Crown
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
John Lithgow (The Crown) - WINNER
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) - WINNER
Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Judy Davis (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies) - WINNER
Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
Directing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover (Atlanta) - WINNER
Jamie Babbit (Silicon Valley)
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley)
Morgan Sackett (Veep)
David Mandel (Veep)
Dale Stern (Veep)
Emmy Awards 2017: Alec Baldwin took home an award for his portrayal of Donald Trump
Writing for a Drama Series
Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans)
Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul)
Peter Morgan (The Crown)
Bruce Miller (The Handmaid’s Tale) - WINNER
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (Westworld)
Variety Sketch Series
Billy On The Street
Documentary Now!
Drunk History
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live - WINNER
Tracey Ullman’s Show
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live) - WINNER
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)
Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Jean-Marc Vallee (Big Little Lies) - WINNER
Noah Hawley (Fargo)
Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Ron Howard (Genius)
James Marsh (The Night Of)
Steve Zaillian (The Night Of)
Emmy Awards 2017: Alexander Skarsgård scooped an award on the night
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Bill Camp (The Night Of)
Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies) - WINNER
David Thewlis (Fargo)
Stanley Tucci (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale) - WINNER
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Writing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Stephen Glover (Atlanta)
Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe (Master of None) - WINNER
Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
Billy Kimball (Veep)
David Mandel (Veep)
Reality Competition
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Project Runway
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice - WINNER
Directing for a Drama Series
Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul)
Stephen Daldry (The Crown)
Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale) - WINNER
Kate Dennis (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland)
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)
Jonathan Nolan (Westworld)
Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Drama
David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies)
Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror: San Junipero) - WINNER
Noah Hawley (Fargo)
Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (The Night Of)
Emmy Awards 2017: Nicole Kidman became emotional during her speech
Directing for a Variety Series
Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner (Drunk History)
Andy Fisher (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Paul Pennolino (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)
Jim Hoskinson (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Don Roy King (Saturday Night Live) - WINNER
Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) - WINNER
The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Comedy Actor
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
Donald Glover (Atlanta) - WINNER
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Comedy Actress
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Tracee Ellis-Ross (black-ish)
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) - WINNER
Emmy Awards 2017: British star Riz Ahmed won an award for his role in The Night Of
Comedy Series
Atlanta (FX)
Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO) - WINNER
Limited Series Actor
Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) - WINNER
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
John Turturro (The Night Of)
Limited Series Actress
Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) - WINNER
Jessica Lange (Feud)
Susan Sarandon (Feud)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
TV Movie
Black Mirror (Netflix) - WINNER
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Limited Series
Big Little Lies (HBO) - WINNER
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
The Night Of (HBO)
Genius (National Geographic)
Emmy Awards 2017: Elisabeth Moss won best actress for The Handmaid's Ta;e
Drama Actor
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) - WINNER
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Drama Actress
Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) - WINNER
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Drama Series
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) - WINNER
House of Cards (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Westworld (HBO)