Emmy winners 2019 - The full list!

The 71st Emmy awards pit the final seasons of Game of Thrones and against newer shows Fleabag, Barry and Succession.

While the ceremony might have felt like a drag at times (did all of those awards really need to be televised) and while the decision not to have a host didn’t pay off quite as well as it did for the Oscars, there were enough surprise wins to make this year’s Emmys a compelling night.

The biggest story was Phoebe Waller-Bridge, whose self-confessed “pervy” show cursing its way into the hearts of Emmy voters was something not many had predicted, especially given the competition. It was less of a surprise that Game of Thrones would win the biggest award of the night but the dramatic categories did at least offer some surprise acting wins, such as Billy Porter and Jodie Comer. Brits enjoyed a strong showing across the board, the best for years, with further wins for Ben Whishaw, Charlie Brooker and Jesse Armstrong.

It feels like the Emmys is in need of a clearer vision for the ceremony next year, as well as some more logical music cues, and I have a feeling that when the ratings come in tomorrow, the night will be down on last year but the unpredictability made it mostly tolerable.


Outstanding drama series

Better Call Saul

Bodyguard

Game of Thrones – WINNER

Killing Eve

Ozark

Pose

Succession

This Is Us 

Outstanding comedy series

Barry

Fleabag – WINNER

The Good Place

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

Russian Doll

Schitt’s Creek

Veep 

Lead actress in a drama series


Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)

Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) – WINNER

Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)

Laura Linney (Ozark)

Mandy Moore (This Is Us)

Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Robin Wright (House of Cards) 

Directing for a drama series

David Benioff, DB Weiss (Game of Thrones, The Iron Throne)

David Nutter (Game of Thrones, The Last of the Starks)

Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones, The Long Night)

Daina Reid (The Handmaid’s Tale, Holly)

Lisa Bruhlmann (Killing Eve, Desperate Times)

Jason Bateman (Ozark, Reparations) – WINNER 

Lead actor in a drama series


Jason Bateman (Ozark)

Sterling K Brown (This Is Us)

Kit Harington (Game of Thrones)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Billy Porter (Pose) – WINNER

Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us) 

Supporting actress in a drama series


Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)

Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)

Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)

Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)

Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)

Julia Garner (Ozark) – WINNER 

Writing for a drama series


Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz (Better Call Saul, Winner)

Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Episode 1)

David Benioff, DB Weiss (Game of Thrones, The Iron Throne)

Emerald Fennell (Killing Eve, Nice And Neat)

Jesse Armstrong (Succession, Nobody Is Ever Missing) – WINNER

Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder (The Handmaid’s Tale, Holly) 

Supporting actor in a drama series

Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)

Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul)

Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones)

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) – WINNER

Michael Kelly (House of Cards)

Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) 

Outstanding variety talk series


The Daily Show

Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver – WINNER

The Late Late Show With James Corden

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 

Outstanding variety sketch series

At Home With Amy Sedaris

Documentary Now!

Drunk History

I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman

Saturday Night Live – WINNER

Who Is America? 

Outstanding limited series

Chernobyl – WINNER

Escape at Dannemora

Fosse/Verdon

Sharp Objects

When They See Us


Lead actress in a limited series or movie


Amy Adams (Sharp Objects)

Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)

Aunjanue Ellis (When They See Us)

Joey King (The Act)

Niecy Nash (When They See Us)

Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) – WINNER 

Outstanding television movie

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – WINNER

Brexit

Deadwood

King Lear

My Dinner with Hervé 

Lead actor in a limited series or movie



Mahershala Ali (True Detective)

Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora)

Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal)

Jared Harris (Chernobyl)

Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us) – WINNER
Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) 

Writing for a limited series or movie

Russell T Davies (A Very English Scandal)

Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) – WINNER

Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin (Escape at Dannemora, Episode 6)

Steven Levenson, Joel Fields (Fosse/Verdon, Providence)

Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury (When They See Us, Part Four) 

Supporting actor in a limited series or movie


Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal) – WINNER

Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl)

Paul Dano (Escape at Dannemora)

John Leguizamo (When They See Us)

Michael K Williams (When They See Us)

Asante Blackk (When They See Us) 

Directing for a limited series or movie


Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal)

Johan Renck (Chernobyl) – WINNER

Ben Stiller (Escape at Dannemora)

Jessica Yu (Fosse/Verdon, Glory)

Thomas Kail (Fosse/Version, Who’s Got the Pain)

Ava DuVernay (When They See Us) 

Supporting actress in a limited series or movie





Emily Watson (Chernobyl)

Margaret Qualley (Fosse/Verdon)

Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)

Patricia Arquette (The Act) – WINNER

Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us)

Vera Farmiga (When They See Us) 

Outstanding reality competition series


Amazing Race

American Ninja Warrior

Nailed It

RuPaul’s Drag Race – WINNER

Top Chef

The Voice 

Lead actress in a comedy series


Christina Applegate (Dead To Me)

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll)

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) – WINNER 

Lead actor in a comedy series


Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

Don Cheadle (Black Monday)

Ted Danson (The Good Place)

Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

Bill Hader (Barry) – WINNER

Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek) 

Directing for a comedy series


Alec Berg (Barry, The Audition)

Alec Berg (Barry, ronny/lily)

Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Episode 1) – WINNER

Mark Cendrowski (The Big Bang Theory, Stockholm Syndrome)

Dan Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, We’re Going to the Catskills!)

Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, All Alone) 

Writing for a comedy series


Alec Berg, Bill Hader (Barry, ronny/lily)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Episode 1) – WINNER

Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle (Pen15, Anna Ishii-Peters)

Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler (Russian Doll, Nothing In This World Is Easy)

Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, A Warm Body)

Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan (The Good Place, Janet(s))

David Mandel (Veep, Veep) 

Supporting actress in a comedy series


Sarah Goldberg (Barry)

Sian Clifford (Fleabag)

Olivia Colman (Fleabag)

Betty Gilpin (Glow)

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) – WINNER

Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Anna Chlumsky (Veep) 

Supporting actor in a comedy series


Stephen Root (Barry)

Henry Winkler (Barry)

Anthony Carrigan (Barry)

Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)

Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) – WINNER

Tony Hale (Veep) 

Guest actor in a drama series


Michael McKean (Better Call Saul)

Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale) – WINNER

Glynn Turman (How To Get Away With Murder)

Ron Cephas (This Is Us)

Michael Angarano (This Is Us)

Kumail Nanjiani (The Twilight Zone) 

Guest actress in a drama series


Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Apocalypse)

Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones)

Cherry Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale) – WINNER

Cicely Tyson (How To Get Away With Murder)

Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)

Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us) 

Guest actor in a comedy series


Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) – WINNER

Rufus Sewell (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)

Adam Sandler (Saturday Night Live)

John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live)

Matt Damon (Saturday Night Live)

Robert De Niro (Saturday Night Live)

Peter MacNicol (Veep) 

Guest actress in a comedy series


Fiona Shaw (Fleabag)

Kristin Scott Thomas (Fleabag)

Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)

Jane Lynch (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel) – WINNER

Emma Thompson (Saturday Night Live)

Sandra Oh (Saturday Night Live) 

Outstanding documentary or nonfiction special

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

Leaving Neverland – WINNER

Love, Gilda

Minding the Gap

As predicted, the final season of HBO’s hit fantasy drama has won the night’s biggest trophy. It was a critically divisive season but given that it was the Academy’s final chance to show its support for the show, this was a foregone conclusion. Given that the show lost out on some of the other big awards it was up for, it’s not quite the sweep many expected though.

While Game of Thrones only won two televised awards tonight, it picked up 12 in total with the technical wins at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier this month. It’s only the second time a show has won 12 Emmys in one year. The last time was in 2015 and the show was, yup, Game of Thrones!
The unusual number of surprise wins tonight meant that there were some notable snubs including no love for the final season of Veep and star Julia Louis-Dreyfus while Sharp Objects and Escape at Dannemora were also left out in the cold.

When it comes down to the networks and streaming services behind the scenes, the night’s big winner was HBO, who last year tied with Netflix with 23 wins each. This year the channel was way out in the lead with 32 awards. Netflix finished second with 27 and Amazon was third with 15.