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All the Emmy winners and the truth behind this star’s tearful acceptance

Find out who won - and who lost - at the 2016 Emmy Awards, and why Julia Louis-Dreyfus had us reaching for the tissues.
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You can normally count on Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a good laugh but at the Emmy Awards the actress had us reaching for the tissues.

The Veep star won her fifth consecutive Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – breaking the record for most wins in a single category.

As she accepted her award the 55-year-old, who plays a fictional President of the United States on her hit show, touched on the state of America’s presidential race.

“I’d also like to take this opportunity to personally apologise for the current political climate. I think that Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics,” Louis-Dreyfus said, adding, “Our show started out as a political satire but it feels now like sobering documentary. So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”

The actress then concluded with a touching dedication to her father William who died on Friday, aged 84.

“Lastly, I’d like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis Dreyfus who passed away on Friday. I’m so glad that he liked Veep because his opinion was the one that really mattered,” she said.

The news of the billionaire art collector and businessman’s death only broke in his hometown newspaper a few hours before his daughter was due to attend the awards.

Other winners at the 2016 Emmy Awards were:

Actress, Drama Series

Winner: Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Nominees: Taraji P Henson, Empire; Claire Danes, Homeland; Robin Wright, House of Cards; Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder; Keri Russell, The Americans

Actor, Drama Series

Winner: Rami Malek, Mr Robot

Nominees: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul; Kyle Chandler, Bloodline; Kevin Spacey, House of Cards; Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan; Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Supporting Actor, Drama Series

Winner: Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline

Nominees: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul; Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones; Kit Harington, Game of Thrones; Michael Kelly, House of Cards; Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Supporting Actress, Drama Series

Winner: Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Nominees: Maura Tierney, The Affair; Lena Headey, Game of Thrones; Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones; Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Winner: Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan

Nominees: Max von Sydow, Game of Thrones; Michael J Fox, The Good Wife; Reg E Cathey, House of Cards; Mahershala Ali, House of Cards; Paul Sparks, House of Cards

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Winner: Margo Martindale, The Americans

Nominees: Carrie Preston, The Good Wife; Laurie Metcalf, Horace and Pete; Ellen Burstyn, House of Cards; Molly Parker, House of Cards; Allison Janney, Masters of Sex

Variety Sketch Series

Winner: Key & Peele

Nominees: Documentary Now!; Drunk History; Inside Amy Schumer; Portlandia; Saturday Night Live

Variety Talk Series

Winner: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Nominees: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee; Jimmy Kimmel Live; The Late Late Show With James Corden; Real Time With Bill Maher; The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Television Movie

Winner: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Nominees: All the Way; Confirmation; Luther; A Very Murray Christmas

Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Winner: Courtney B Vance, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Nominees: Bryan Cranston, All the Way; Idris Elba, Luther; Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride; Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager; Cuba Gooding Jr, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Winner: Sarah Paulson, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Nominees: Felicity Huffman, American Crime; Lili Taylor, American Crime; Kerry Washington, Confirmation; Kirsten Dunst, Fargo; Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie

Winner: Sterling K Brown, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Nominees: Jesse Plemons, Fargo; Bokeem Woodbine, Fargo; Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager; David Schwimmer, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story; John Travolta, The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie

Winner: Regina King, American Crime

Nominees: Melissa Leo, All the Way; Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Hotel; Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Hotel; Jean Smart, Fargo; Olivia Colman, The Night Manager

Limited Series

Winner: The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Nominees: American Crime; Fargo; Roots; The Night Manager

Actor, Comedy Series

Winner: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

Nominees: Anthony Anderson, black-ish; Aziz Ansari, Master of None; William H Macy, Shameless; Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley; Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth

Actress, Comedy Series

Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Nominees: Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish; Laurie Metcalf, Getting On; Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie; Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer; Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Winners: Peter Scolari, Girls

Nominees: Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory; Tracy Morgan, Saturday Night Live; Larry David, Saturday Night Live; Bradley Whitford, Transparent

Martin Mull, Veep; Peter MacNicol, Veep

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Winners: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Nominees: Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory; Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory; Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live; Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live; Melora Hardin, Transparent

Supporting Actress, Comedy Series

Winner: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Nominees: Niecy Nash, Getting On; Allison Janney, Mom; Judith Light, Transparent; Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent; Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Supporting Actor, Comedy Series

Winner: Louie Anderson, Baskets

Other nominees: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele; Ty Burrell, Modern Family; Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Tony Hale, Veep;

Matt Walsh, Veep

Outstanding Comedy Series

Winner: Veep

Other nominees: Black-ish; Master of None; Modern Family; Silicon Valley; Transparent; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Outstanding Drama Series

Winner: Game of Thrones

Other nominees: Better Call Saul; Downton Abbey; Homeland; House of Cards; Mr Robot; The Americans

Documentary or Nonfiction Special

Winner: What Happened, Miss Simone?

Other nominees: Becoming Mike Nichols; Everything is Copy-Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted; Listen to Me Marlon; Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Winner: Making a Murderer

Other nominees: American Masters; Chef’s Table; The Seventies; Woman With Gloria Steinem

Informational Series or Special

Winner: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Other nominees: Inside The Actors Studio; Star Talk With Neil deGrasse Tyson; The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman; Vice

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