‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ & ‘KATE WINSLET’ – Brits Shine At 2011 EMMYS!
British talent was honoured in Los Angeles last night, as Kate Winslet and ‘Downton Abbey‘ emerged victorious from the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards!
Winslet received the nod for Best actress in a mini-series or movie, for playing a mother during the Great Depression in HBO‘s ‘Mildred Pierce‘. The 35-year-old was presented with the award by fellow British actor, Hugh Laurie.
Obviously her speech couldn’t go without mentioning her mum, saying:
“Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother. It doesn’t matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks Mum.”
Guy Pearce, who co-starred in ‘Mildred Pierce‘, received an award for best supporting actor.
ITV period drama ‘Downton Abbey‘, which returned to U.K. screens for its second season last night, received a total of four awards.
The hit programme, written by Julian Fellowes, won the Best miniseries or movie prize and the best supporting actress gong went to Dame Maggie Smith. Fellowes himself received the award for Outstanding writing in a mini-series, movie or dramatic special, and mentioned in his acceptance speech that the prize confirmed the show’s success.
He said:
“This is really a David and Goliath story, except in this case Goliath was wonderful – some wonderful shows that we were up against, and it seems perfectly extraordinary that we’ve won.
“None of us know what’s going to be a hit. We make these shows, we hope for the best, but we don’t know why sometimes it comes right, and this evening is such a marvellous moment in all our lives because this evening it came right.”
Director Brian Percival received the fourth Emmy for his work on three episodes of the first series.
Stylish period advertising drama ‘Mad Men‘ won the coveted Best TV drama series prize, for the fourth successive year in a row!
A number of other talented individuals were recognised for their efforts in TV, and the full list of winners can be found below:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JULIE BOWEN as Claire Dunphy
ABC‘s Modern Family
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
TY BURRELL as Phil Dunphy
ABC‘s Modern Family
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
MICHAEL ALAN SPILLER
ABC‘s Modern Family (Halloween)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
STEVEN LEVITAN and JEFFREY RICHMAN
ABC‘s Modern Family (Caught In The Act)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
JIM PARSONS as Sheldon Cooper CBS
CBS‘ The Big Bang Theory
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
MELISSA MCCARTHY as Molly Flynn
CBS‘ Mike & Molly
OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
CBS‘ The Amazing Race
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
STEVE BODOW, Head Writer
TIM CARVELL, Head Writer
RORY ALBANESE, Writer
KEVIN BLEYER, Writer
RICH BLOMQUIST, Writer
WYATT CENAC, Writer
HALLIE HAGLUND, Writer
JR HAVLAN, Writer
ELLIOTT KALAN, Writer
JOSH LIEB, Writer
SAM MEANS, Writer
JO MILLER, Writer
JOHN OLIVER, Writer
DANIEL RADOSH, Writer
JASON ROSS, Writer
JON STEWART, Writer
COMEDY CENTRAL‘s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
DON ROY KING
For NBC‘s Saturday Night Live
Host: Justin Timberlake
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
COMEDY CENTRAL‘s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
JASON KATIMS
For DIRECTV‘s Friday Night Lights (Always)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
MARGO MARTINDALE as Mags Bennett
FX NETWORKS‘ Justified
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
MARTIN SCORSESE
HBO‘s Boardwalk Empire (Pilot)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
PETER DINKLAGE as Tyrion Lannister
HBO‘s Game Of Thrones
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
JULIANNA MARGULIES as Alicia Florrick
CBS‘ The Good Wife
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
KYLE CHANDLER as Coach Eric Taylor
DIRECTV‘s Friday Night Lights
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
JULIAN FELLOWES
PBS / ITV‘s Downton Abbey
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
MAGGIE SMITH as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham
PBS / ITV‘s Downton Abbey
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
BARRY PEPPER as Bobby Kennedy
REELZCHANNEL‘s The Kennedys
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
BRIAN PERCIVAL
PBS / ITV‘s Downton Abbey – Part I
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
GUY PEARCE as Monty Beragon
HBO‘s Mildred Pierce
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
KATE WINSLET as Mildred Pierce
HBO‘s Mildred Pierce
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR MOVIE
PBS / ITV‘s Downton Abbey
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
AMC‘s MAD MEN
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
ABC‘s Modern Family
