Emmy Awards 2022 Winners
Variety.com: The 74th annual Emmy Awards are in the books following a tight three-hour telecast on NBC that saw several repeat winners, along with quite a few surprising upsets.
During Monday’s Kenan Thompson-hosted ceremony, Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” won best comedy series for the second year in a row, HBO Max’s “The White Lotus” took top limited series and HBO’s “Succession” grabbed the highest honor of the night with outstanding drama series.
Earlier in the show, Netflix’s “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian actor to ever win lead actor in a drama, and the fourth Asian person ever to win an acting Emmy, while HBO’s “Euphoria” star Zendaya became the first Black woman to win lead actress in a drama, and the youngest two-time winner of any Emmy in history.
“Hacks” star Jean Smart won outstanding actress in a comedy for the HBO Max show, and “Ted Lasso’s” Jason Sudeikis once again took top honor for actor in a comedy.
Amanda Seyfried nabbed lead actress in a limited series for her portrayal of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s “The Dropout,” and fan-favorite “The White Lotus” actress Jennifer Coolidge won for supporting actress in a limited series. On the actor side, the honors were given to Michael Keaton for Hulu’s “Dopesick” and Murray Bartlett for his supporting role in HBO’s “The White Lotus.”
Matthew Macfadyen was honored for his supporting role in “Succession,” for which he was previously nominated in 2020, but did not land the win. Then Julia Garner took the award in the corresponding actress role for the final season of Netflix’s “Ozark,” on which she played Ruth Langmore, marking her third Emmy win for the part.
“Abbott Elementary” star Sheryl Lee Ralph made history as the second Black winner for supporting actress in a comedy, following Jackée Harry’s win for “227” in 1987. On the actor side, “Ted Lasso’s” Brett Goldstein won for the second year in a row, the award’s first back-to-back winner since Jeremy Piven for “Entourage” in 2007.
Strides in diversity were made in non-acting categories when “Squid Game’s” Hwang Dong-hyuk became the first Asian director to win the drama series category, and the first-ever director to win for a non-English-language series, and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson won for comedy series writing
Additionally, the Emmys bestowed the 2022 Governors Award to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.
Check out the complete winners list below:
Drama Series - “Succession” (HBO)
Comedy Series - “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+)
Limited or Anthology Series - “The White Lotus” (HBO)
Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) (WINNER)
Writing for a Drama Series - Succession • All The Bells Say • HBO/HBO Max
Directing for a Comedy Series - Ted Lasso • No Weddings And A Funeral • Apple TV+
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Jean Smart (“Hacks”)
Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Zendaya (“Euphoria”)
Directing for a Drama Series - Squid Game • Red Light, Green Light • Netflix • Siren Pictures for Netflix — Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Writing for a Comedy Series - Abbott Elementary • Pilot • ABC • Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television — Written by Quinta Brunson
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special - Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Rotten Science Jerrod Carmichael
Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie - The White Lotus • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord, The District and Hallogram Inc. Written by — Mike White
Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie - The White Lotus • HBO/HBO Max • HBO in association with Rip Cord, The District and Hallogram Inc. — Directed by Mike White
Competition Program - “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie - Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”)
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie - Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”)
Variety Talk Series - “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
Variety Sketch Series - “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Julia Garner (“Ozark”)
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”)
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie - Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”)
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie - Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”)