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
0Documentary 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
1Other nominees: Inside The Actors Studio; Star Talk With Neil deGrasse Tyson; The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman; Vice
