“Fleabag” and Phoebe Waller-Bridge the toast of the Emmys
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards have produced a few upsets.
“Fleabag” was the bigger winner on the night, taking out Best Comedy, with star Phoebe Waller-Bridge winning both Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
The popular comedy picked up its fourth gong as Harry Bradbeer scooped the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.
There was great adulation, but perhaps little surprise, as “Game of Thrones” notched its fourth Emmy for Best Drama Series after the show drew a line under eight incredible seasons earlier this year.
Check out the must-see red carpet looks from this year’s awards.
It was a night to celebrate for the cast of the twisted dark drama “Ozark”, as Jason Bateman and Julia Garner picked up Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series respectively.
There were huge cheers for “Killing Eve”‘s Jodie Conner who won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, pipping fellow nominee and co-star Sandra Oh to the coveted prize.
An emotional Billy Porter took out the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first-ever openly gay man to win that category thanks to his performance in “Pose.”
“The category is love, y’all love,” he announced as he accepted the award.
After being widely tipped to dominate the awards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus failed to make history, missing out on a ninth Emmy that would have surpassed the record eight she shares with Cloris Leachman.
She was in line for a sweep of awards thanks to her leading role in Veep, which has a staggering 68 Emmy nominations to its name, including nine at this year’s ceremony.
The winners in full
Tony Shalhoub – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (“The Marvellous Mrs Maisel”)
Alex Borstein – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (“The Marvellous Mrs Maisel”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (“Fleabag”)
Harry Bradbeer – Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (“Fleabag”)
Bill Hader – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (“Barry”)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (“Fleabag”)
RuPaul’s Drag Race – Outstanding Competition Programme
Patricia Arquette – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (“The Act”)
Johan Renck – Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special (“Chernobyl”)
Ben Wishaw – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (“A Very English Scandal”)
Craig Mazin – Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special (“Chernobyl”)
Jharrel Jerome – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (“When They See Us”)
“Black Mirror, Bandersnatch” – Outstanding Television Movie
Michelle Williams – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (“Fosse/Verdon”)
“Chernobyl” – Outstanding Limited Series
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” – Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
“Saturday Night Live” – Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Don Roy King – Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series (“Saturday Night Live”)
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” – Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Peter Dinklage – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (“Game of Thrones”)
Jesse Armstrong – Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (“Succession”)
Julia Garner – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (“Ozark”)
Billy Porter – Outstanding Lead Acting in a Drama Series (“Pose”)
Jason Bateman – Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (“Ozark”)
Jodie Comer – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (“Killing Eve”)
“Fleabag” – Outstanding Comedy Series
“Game of Thrones” – Outstanding Drama Series
A host-less Emmys?
This year’s Emmys weren’t fronted by an individual host.
Instead, there was a rolling roster of famous faces from TV presenting and handing out each award – in some cases entire casts handed over the statues.
Here’s a selection of the 28 presenters overall.
- RuPaul
- Amy Poehler
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- The cast of “Veep”
- The cast of “Game of Thrones
- Kim Kardashian West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner
