Emmy Awards 2025 full list:
History was made at the 77th Emmy Awards this year in Los Angeles as Owen Cooper became the youngest male actor to win the top award for his moving performance as a young teenage boy accused of murder in Stephen Graham's Netflix series Adolescence. The series took home whopping eight Emmys for Stephen Graham in Lead Actor and Writing (alongside Jack Thorne), Owen Cooper for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Erin Doherty for Supporting Actress, and Philip Barantini for Directing. It also secured wins in overall Directing and Writing categories.
Apple TV+’s The Studio has set a new record for the most Emmy wins by a new comedy series, winning 13 awards including Best Comedy Series, Best Guest Actor, Best Lead Actor, Best Directing, Best Casting, and Best Writing. Seth Rogen took home three Emmys for writing, directing and starring in the series. Apple TV+'s Severance season 2 earned two Emmys for lead actress for Britt Lower and supporting actor for Trammell Tillman, who became the first Black man to ever take the category. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder of Hacks won prizes for lead and supporting actress in a comedy, respectively.
HBO Max’s medical drama The Pitt took home the top award, with Noah Wylie winning for Lead Actor (for the first time) and Katherine LaNasa for Supporting Actress. The Penguin which already had eight wins from the Creative Arts Emmys, scored a prize for lead actress in a limited series, which went to star Cristin Miloti. A surprise winner came from Somebody Somewhere as Jeff Hiller won the Emmy for Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series.
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Adolescence
Other Nominees: Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, The Penguin
Outstanding Talk Series
Winner: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Other Nominees: The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Other Nominees: Colin Farrell – The Penguin, Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent, Bryan Tyree Henry – Dope Thief, Cooper Koch – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
Other Nominees: Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer, Meghann Fahy – Sirens, Rashida Jones – Black Mirror, Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Erin Doherty – Adolescence
Other Nominees: Ruth Negga – Presumed Innocent, Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin, Chloë Sevigny – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Jenny Slate – Dying for Sex, Christine Tremarco – Adolescence
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Winner: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Other Nominees: The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Winner: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez – The Studio;
Other Nominees: Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary; Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs, and Jen Statsky – Hacks; Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, and Eric Notarnicola – The Rehearsal; Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere; Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, and Paul Simms – What We Do in the Shadows.
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham – Adolescence
Other Nominees: Charlie Brooker and Bisha K Ali – Black Mirror, Kim Rosenstock and Elizabeth Meriwether – Dying for Sex, Lauren LeFranc – The Penguin, Joshua Zetumer – Say Nothing
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Owen Cooper – Adolescence
Other Nominees: Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Bill Camp – Presumed Innocent, Rob Delaney – Dying For Sex, Peter Sarsgaard – Presumed Innocent, Ashley Walters – Adolescence
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Winner: Dan Gilroy – Andor
Other Nominees: Joe Sachs – The Pitt, R Scott Gemmill – The Pitt, Dan Erickson – Severance, Will Smith – Slow Horses, Mike White – The White Lotus
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
Winner: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Other Nominees: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Winner: Adam Randall – Slow Horses
Other Nominees: Janus Metz – Andor, Amanda Marsalis – The Pitt, John Wells – The Pitt, Jessica Lee – Severance, Ben Stiller – Severance, Mike White – The White Lotus
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series
Winner: Philip Barantini – Adolescence
Other Nominees: Shannon Murphy – Dying for Sex, Helen Shaver – The Penguin, Jennifer Getzinger – The Penguin, Nicole Kassell – Sirens, Leslie Linka Glatter – Zero Day
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Winner: Seth Rogen – The Studio
Other Nominees: Ayo Edebiri – The Bear, Lucia Aniello – Hacks, James Burrows – Mid-Century Modern, Nathan Fielder – The Rehearsal
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner: Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere
Other Nominees: Ike Barinholtz – The Studio, Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons, Harrison Ford – Shrinking, Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear, Michael Urie – Shrinking, Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Winner: The Traitors
Other Nominees: The Amazing Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Winner: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Other Nominees: Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear, Kathryn Hahn – The Studio, Janelle James – Abbott Elementary, Catherine O’Hara – The Studio, Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary, Jessica Williams – Shrinking
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Winner: Britt Lower – Severance
Other Nominees: Kathy Bates – Matlock, Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters, Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us, Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Winner: Tramell Tillman – Severance
Other Nominees: Zach Cherry – Severance, Walton Goggins – The White Lotus, Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus, James Marsden – Paradise, Sam Rockwell – The White Lotus, John Turturro – Severance
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Winner: Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
Other Nominees: Patricia Arquette – Severance, Carrie Coon – The White Lotus, Julianne Nicholson – Paradise, Parker Posey – The White Lotus, Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus, Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Winner: Jean Smart – Hacks
Other Nominees: Uzo Aduba – The Residence, Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This, Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary, Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner: Seth Rogen – The Studio
Other Nominees: Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This, Jason Segel – Shrinking, Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building, Jeremy Allen White – The Bear