Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jodie Comer, Ben Whishaw and Succession writer Jesse Armstrong among winners
Fleabag and its creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge led a strong showing by British talent at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night, with the series winning the best comedy prize and three other awards.
Meanwhile, Sister Pictures’ Sky Atlantic/HBO drama Chernobyl took home three awards, including one for writer Craig Mazin and one for its Swedish director Johan Renck. With an additional seven awards at the previous weekend’s Creative Emmys, the drama led the field of British winners.
Also recognised were Jodie Comer, named best lead actress in a drama series for BBC America’s Killing Eve; Jesse Armstrong, who won the drama series writing Emmy for his HBO show Succession; and Ben Whishaw, named best supporting actor in a limited series for his performance in A Very English Scandal, also made for the BBC and Amazon.
Accepting his award, Armstrong joked: “Quite a lot of British winners. Maybe too many? Maybe you should have a think about those immigration restrictions.”
Audio on Fox network’s broadcast cut out for the next few seconds of Armstrong’s speech, most likely so as not to air inappropriate language. According to Twitter posts from people at the ceremony he mentioned “shithole countries,” an apparent reference to reports of comments about immigration made earlier this year by US president Donald Trump.
Fleabag, produced by Two Brothers Pictures for BBC3 and Amazon, prevously won two creative Emmys and last night it beat Amazon’s strongly favoured The Marvelous Mrs Maisel to the ceremony’s top comedy award.
Waller-Bridge was on the receiving end of an even bigger surprise when she took the lead actress in a comedy series Emmy, which had been expected to go to Julia Louis-Dreyfus (a six-time past winner) for her work on the final season of HBO’s Veep, which was completely shut out on the night.
The Fleabag creator also won the writing for a comedy series prize, and the show delivered the best comedy series directing award for Harry Bradbeer.
Other UK talents who took to the stage to receive awards were Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker, whose Bandersnatch anthology instalment won the best television movie Emmy (a third win in the category for Black Mirror episodes), and John Oliver, whose Last Week Tonight With John Oliver was named best variety talk series.
Among other British talent who were nominated but came away from the ceremony empty-handed were Game Of Thrones cast members Emilia Clark, Kit Harrington, Gwendoline Christie, Leana Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Alfie Allen.
On a mixed night for the series, Game Of Thrones won the best drama but only produced one acting win out of multiple nominations, for Peter Dinklage in the supporting actor category.
Key winners (in bold) and nominees.
DRAMA SERIES
COMEDY SERIES
Schitt’s Creek
LIMITED SERIES
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
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
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
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
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
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
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
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
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
Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gwendoline Christie, Game Of Thrones
Julia Garner, Ozark
Lena Headey, Game Of Thrones
Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve
Sophie Turner, Game Of Thrones
Maisie Williams, Game Of Thrones
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game Of Thrones
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Michael Kelly, House Of Cards
Alfie Allen, Game Of Thrones
Chris Sullivan, This Is Us
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Sian Clifford, Fleabag
Olivia Colman, Fleabag
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Sarah Goldberg, Barry
Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Anthony Carrigan, Barry
Tony Hale, Veep
Stephen Root, Barry
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Henry Winkler, Barry
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Patricia Arquette, The Act
Emily Watson, Chernobyl
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Vera Farmiga, When They See Us
Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon
Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Paul Dano, Escape At Dannemora
Michael Kenneth Williams, When They See Us
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
John Leguizamo, When They See Us
Asante Blackk, When They See Us
DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
David Benioff, D B 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 Brühlmann, Killing Eve, ‘Desperate Times’
Jason Bateman, Ozark, ‘Reparations’
Adam McKay, Succession, ‘Celebration’
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Berg, Barry, ‘The Audition’
Bill Hader, Barry ‘Ronny/Lily’
Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, ‘The Stockholm Syndrome’
Harry Bradbeer, Fleabag, Episode 1
Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘All Alone’
Daniel Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, ‘We’re Going To The Catskills!’
DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Johan Renck, Chernobyl
Ben Stiller, Escape At Dannemora
Jessica Yu, Fosse/Verdon
Thomas Kail, Fosse/Verdon
Stephen Frears, A Very English Scandal
Ava DuVernay, When They See Us
WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, Better Call Saul, ‘Winner’
Jed Mercurio, Bodyguard, Episode 1
David Benioff, D B Weiss, Game Of Thrones, ‘The Iron Throne’
Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Holly’
Emerald Fennell, Killing Eve, ‘Nice And Neat’
Jesse Armstrong, Succession, ‘Nobody Is Ever Missing’
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Barry, ‘Ronny/Lily’
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag, Episode 1
Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, The Good Place, ‘Janet(s)’
Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, 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’
David Mandel, Veep, ‘Veep’
WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Craig Mazin, Chernobyl
Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Jerry Stahl, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 6
Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin, Escape At Dannemora, Episode 7
Steven Levenson, Joel Fields, Fosse/Verdon, ‘Providence’
Russell T Davies, A Very English Scandal
Ava DuVernay, Michael Starrbury, When They See Us, Part Four
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