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Emmy Winners List

Sep 23, 2013 6:54 AM

AMC's "Breaking Bad" is celebrating its first Emmy for Outstanding Drama, just a week before the show's highly-anticipated series finale.  "Breaking Bad" star Anna Gunn also earned her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.  ABC's "Modern Family" won its fourth consecutive award for Outstanding Comedy, and also claimed victory in the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series category.  HBO's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" came out in front, winning three awards on Sunday night.  Star Michael Douglas was named Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, while "Behind the Candelabra" director Steven Soderbergh was also victorious. "Homeland's" Claire Danes won her second consecutive award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama.  During her acceptance speech, she paid tribute to the Showtime show's late writer Henry Bromell, who posthumously won the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.  HBO's "Veep" nabbed a pair of acting awards, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus earning another win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy and Tony Hale winning his first Emmyfor Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy. 

"The Newsroom's" Jeff Bridges won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama, and "The Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons won his third Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy.  Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" ended pal Jon Stewart's ten-year reign in the Outstanding Variety Series category, and also won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.  Other 2013Emmy winners included "The Big C: Hereafter's" Laura Linney for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, "Nurse Jackie's" Merritt Wever for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy, "Boardwalk Empire's" Bobby Cannavale for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and "30 Rock's" Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield for outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.  David Fincher also won the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series award for the Netflix hit "House of Cards," marking the first Emmy win for original online-only web television. 

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were hosted by Neil Patrick Harris from L.A.'s Nokia Theatre.  The ceremony also included moving tributes to James Gandolfini, "Glee's" Cory Monteith, Jonathan Winters, Jean Stapleton, Gary David Goldberg and more.  The event was broadcast live on CBS. 

Here is a list of winners from Sunday's 2013 Emmy Awards: 

Outstanding Drama Series 
Breaking Bad  -- AMC 

Outstanding Comedy Series 
Modern Family  --  ABC 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series 
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy  --  The Newsroom  --  HBO 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series 
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison  --  Homeland  --  Showtime 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series 
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper  --  The Big Bang Theory  --  CBS 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series 
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer  --  Veep  --  HBO 

Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie 
Behind The Candelabra  --  HBO 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie 
Michael Douglas as Liberace  --  Behind The Candelabra  --  HBO 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie 
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison  --  The Big C: Hereafter  --  Showtime 

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program 
Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn  --  Project Runway  --  Lifetime 

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program 
The Voice  --  NBC 

Outstanding Variety Series 
The Colbert Report  --  Comedy Central 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series 
Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti  --  Boardwalk Empire  --  HBO 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series 
Anna Gunn as Skyler White  --  Breaking Bad  --  AMC 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series 
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh  --  Veep  --  HBO 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series 
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow  --  Nurse Jackie  --  Showtime 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie 
James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden  --  American Horror Story: Asylum  --  FX Networks 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie 
Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington  --  Political Animals  --  USA 

Outstanding Choreography 
Derek Hough -- Dancing With The Stars 

Outstanding Variety Special 
The Kennedy Center Honors  --  CBS 

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series 
Melissa Leo as Laurie -- Louie 

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series 
Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton -- The Big Band Theory 

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series 
Carrie Preston -- The Good Wife 

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series 
Dan Bucatinsky as James Novak -- Scandal 

Outstanding Directing In A Comedy Series 
Gail Mancuso -- Modern Family 

Outstanding Directing In A Drama Series 
David Fincher -- House Of Cards 

Outstanding Directing In A Variety Series 
Don Roy King -- Saturday Night Live 

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special 
Louis J. Horvitz -- The Kennedy Center Honors 

Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special 
Steven Soderbergh -- Behind The Candelabra 

Outstanding Writing In A Drama Series 
Henry Bromell -- Homeland, "Q&A" 

Outstanding Writing In A Comedy Series 
Tina Dey and Tracy Wigfield -- 30 Rock, "Last Lunch" 

Outstanding Writing In A Variety Series 
The Colbert Report 

Outstanding Writing In A Miniseries Or Movie 
Abi Morgan -- The Hour 

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special 
Louis C.K. -- Louis C.K.: Oh My God 

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