A list of the major Primetime
Emmy Winners & Nominees - 2015

Drama Series:


“Better Call Saul”
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones” winner
“Homeland”
“House of Cards”
“Mad Men”
“Orange is the New Black”



Comedy Series:


“Louie”
“Modern Family”
“Parks and Recreation”
“Silicon Valley”
“Transparent”
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
“Veep” winner



Limited Series:

"American Crime"
"Olive Kitteridge"  winner
"American Horror Story: Freak Show"
"The Honourable Woman"
"Wolf Hall"

Television Movie:

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case”
“Bessie” winner
“Grace of Monaco”
“Hello Ladies: The Movie”
“Killing Jesus”
“Nightingale”

Variety or Talk Series:


"The Colbert Report"
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"  winner
"Jimmy Kimmel Live"
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
"Late Show With David Letterman"
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"

Variety/Sketch Show:

"Inside Amy Schumer"
"Drunk History"
"Portlandia"
"Key and Peele"
"Saturday Night Live"  winner

Reality-Competition Program:


"The Amazing Race"
"Dancing With The Stars"
"Project Runway"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
"Top Chef"
"The Voice"  winner

Lead Actor in a Drama Series:


Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" winner
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"
Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline"
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"



Lead Actress, Drama Series:


Taraji P. Henson, "Empire"
Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder" winner
Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"



Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:


Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"  winner
Louis C.K., "Louie"
Anthony Anderson, "black-ish"
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
Will Forte, "Last Man on Earth"



Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:


Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"  winner
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Lily Tomlin, "Grace and Frankie"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Amy Schumer, 'Inside Amy Schumer'
Lisa Kudrow, "Comeback"



Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:


David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
Richard Jenkins, "Olive Kitteridge"  winner
Timothy Hutton, "American Crime"
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Ricky Gervais, "Derek: The Final Chapter"
Adrian Brody, "Houdini".



Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:


Felicity Huffman, "American Crime"
Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge"   winner
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Honourable Woman"
Queen Latifah, "Bessie"
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Emma Thomson, "Sweeny Todd".

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

Jonathan Banks, “Better Call Saul”
Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”
Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey”
Peter Dinklage, “Game Of Thrones”   winner
Alan Cumming, “The Good Wife”
Michael Kelly, “House Of Cards”.

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

Joanne Froggatt, “Downton Abbey”
Lena Headey, “Game Of Thrones”
Emilia Clarke, “Game Of Thrones”
Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”
Christina Hendricks, “Man Men”
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is The New Black".  winner

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: 

Andre Braugher, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
Adam Driver, “Girls”
Keegan-Michael Key, “Key & Peele”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Tony Hale, “Veep”.  winner

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory”
Niecy Nash, “Getting On”
Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”
Allison Janney, “Mom”  winner
Kate McKinnon “Saturday Night Live”
Gaby Hoffmann, “Transparent”
Jane Krakowski, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Anna Chlumsky, “Veep”".

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:

Richard Cabral, "American Crime"
Denis O'Hare, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Finn Wittrock, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Michael Kenneth Williams, "Bessie"
Bill Murray, "Olive Kitteridge"  winner
Damian Lewis, "Wolf Hall".

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:

Regina King, "American Crime"  winner
Sarah Paulson, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Angela Basset, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Mo'Nique, "Bessie"
Zoe Kazan, "Olive Kitteridge"

The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy show will be held at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, September 20, 2015.