Emmys 2013: The winners – BBC News – WBNews

The Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra has taken the top honours at this year’s Emmy awards, winning best TV movie and a best actor award for Michael Douglas.

Steven Soderberg also claimed the outstanding director prize for the film which aired on the US cable network HBO.

Here is a list of winners and nominees from the key categories for this year’s awards, held in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Winner: Modern Family
• The Big Bang Theory
• Girls
• Louie
• 30 Rock
• Veep

Outstanding Drama Series

• Winner: Breaking Bad
• Downton Abbey
• Game of Thrones
• Homeland
• House of Cards
• Mad Men

Outstanding Miniseries or Movie

• Winner: Behind the Candelabra
• American Horror Story: Asylum
• The Bible
• Phil Spector
• Political Animals
• Top of the Lake

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Winner: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
• Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
• Don Cheadle, House of Lies
• Louis C.K., Louie
• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
• Laura Dern, Enlightened
• Lena Dunham, Girls
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Winner: Tony Hale – Veep
• Adam Driver, Girls
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
• Ed O’Neill, Modern Family
• Ty Burrell, Modern Family
• Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Winner: Merritt Wever – Nurse Jackie
• Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
• Jane Lynch, Glee
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Julie Bowen, Modern Family”
• Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
• Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Winner: Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
• Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
• Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
• Damian Lewis, Homeland
• Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Winner: Claire Danes, Homeland
• Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
• Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey
• Robin Wright, House of Cards
• Elizabeth Moss, Mad Men
• Connie Britton, Nashville
• Kerry Washington, Scandal

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Winner: Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
• Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
• Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
• Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Winner: Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
• Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
• Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
• Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
• Morena Baccarin, Homeland
• Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Winner: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
• Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
• Toby Jones, The Girl
• Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade’s End
• Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Winner: Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter
• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
• Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
• Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
• Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Winner: James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
• Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum
• Scott Bakula, Behind The Candelabra
• John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C: Hereafter
• Peter Mullan, Top Of The Lake

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Winner: Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
• Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
• Imelda Staunton, The Girl
• Charlotte Rampling, Restless
• Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias