2015 Emmy Awards Full Winners: Viola Davis Makes History, Game Of Thrones Breaks Record

The 2015 Emmy Awards which took place in Los Angeles last Sunday night saw Viola Davis make history by bcoming the first African American woman to win the best actress in drama award for her role in 'How To Get Awa With Murder".

Whiles HBO-s Game of thrones racked up a record-breaking 12 awards from its 24 nominations, the most any series has won in a single year.

See full list of winners below.

Outstanding drama series

Downton Abbey
WINNER: Game of Thrones
Mad Men
House of Cards
Orange is the New Black
Homeland
Better Call Saul

Outstanding comedy series

Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
WINNER: Veep
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
WINNER: Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Claire Danes – Homeland

WINNER: Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder

Taraji P Henson – Empire

Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men

Robin Wright – House of Cards

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

WINNER: Allison Janney – Mom
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann – Transparent
Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Anna Chlumsky – Veep
Niecy Nash – Getting On
Julie Bowen – Modern Family

Outstanding variety sketch series

Drunk History
WINNER: Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

WINNER: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche – Veep
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

Winner: Tony Hale - Veep 

Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Adam Driver – Girls
Keegan-Michael Key – Key & Peele
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding directing in a comedy series

Phil Lord and Chirs Miller – The Last Man on Earth
Louis CK – Louie
Mike Judge – Silicon Valley
WINNER: Jill Soloway – Transparent 
Armando Iannucci – Veep

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Louis CK – Louie
William H Macy – Shameless
WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Will Forte – Last Man on Earth

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie

Outstanding writing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special

John Ridley – American Crime
Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Horton Foote – Bessie
Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg – Hello Ladies: The Movie
Hugo – The Honorable Woman
WINNER: Jane Anderson – Olive Kitteridge
Peter Straughan – Wolf Hall

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie

WINNER: Regina King - American Crime
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique - Bessie
Zoe Kazan - Olive Kitteridge

Outstanding directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special

Ryan Murphy – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Dee Rees – Bessie
Hugo Blick – The Honorable Woman
Uli Edel – Houdini
Tom Shankland – The Missing
WINNER: Lisa Cholodenko – Olive Kitteridge
Peter Kosminsky – Wolf Hall

Outstanding variety talk series

The Colbert Report
WINNER: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Show With David Letterman

Outstanding reality-competition program

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

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
WINNER: Uzo Aduba – Orange Is The New Black

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
WINNER: Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Michael Kelly – House Of Cards

Outstanding writing for a drama series

Joshua Brand – The Americans
Gordon Smith – Better Call Saul
WINNER: David Benioff and DB Weiss – Game Of Thrones 
Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner – Mad Men
Matthew Weiner – Mad Men

Outstanding writing for a variety series

Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Barry Julien, Paul Dinello, Matt Lappin, Jay Katsir, Michael Brumm, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Max Werner, Eric Drysdale, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Gabe Gronli and Ariel Dumas –

Outstanding directing for a variety series

James Hoskinson – The Colbert Report
WINNER: Chuck O’Neil – The Daily Show
Amy Schumer and Ryan McFaul – Inside Amy Schumer
Jerry Foley – Late Show with David Letterman
Dave Diomedi – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding television movie

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case
WINNER: Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Outstanding guest actor in a drama series

WINNER: Reg E Cathey – House of CardsAlan Alda – The Blacklist
Michael J Fox – The Good Wife
Beau Bridges – Masters of Sex
Pablo Schreiber – Orange is the New Black
F Murray Abraham – Homeland

Outstanding guest actress in a drama series

Allison Janney – Masters of Sex
Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones
WINNER: Margo Martindale – The Americans 
Rachel Brosnahan – House of Cards
Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder
Khandi Alexander – Scandal

Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series

Louis CK – Saturday Night Live
Jon Hamm – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
WINNER: Bradley Whitford – Transparent
Bill Hader – Saturday Night Live
Mel Brooks – The Comedians
Paul Giamatti – Inside Amy Schumer

Outstanding guest actress in a comedy series

Tina Fey – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory
Gaby Hoffman – Girls
Pamela Adlon – Louie
Elizabeth Banks – Modern Family
WINNER: Joan Cusack – Shameless

Outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition program

Tom Bergeron – Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn – Project Runway
Cat Deeley – So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain – The Taste
WINNER: Jane Lynch – Hollywood Game Night

Outstanding variety special

Bill Maher: Live from DC
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis CK: Live at the Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen
WINNER: The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!

Outstanding directing for a drama series

Tim Van Patten – Boardwalk Empire
WINNER: David Nutter – Game of Thrones
Jeremy Podeswa – Game of Thrones
Lesli Linka Glatter – Homeland
Steven Soderbergh – The Knick

Outstanding directing for a variety special

Natalie Johns – Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert
Louis J Horvitz – The Kennedy Center Honors
Hamish Hamilton – The Oscars
WINNER: Don Roy King – The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

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