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| Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels win top Emmy awards | Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels win top Emmy awards |
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| Claire Danes has won the Emmy award for best actress in a drama for her role in the Homeland series. | Claire Danes has won the Emmy award for best actress in a drama for her role in the Homeland series. |
| Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, alongside British actor Damian Lewis in the critically acclaimed series. | Danes plays Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, alongside British actor Damian Lewis in the critically acclaimed series. |
| Lewis lost out on the lead actor category to The Newsroom's Jeff Daniels. | Lewis lost out on the lead actor category to The Newsroom's Jeff Daniels. |
| It was the first ever Emmy nomination and win for Daniels, who plays self-righteous news anchor Will McAvoy. | It was the first ever Emmy nomination and win for Daniels, who plays self-righteous news anchor Will McAvoy. |
| Breaking Bad actress Anna Gunn picked up best supporting actress in a drama ahead of Downton Abbey's Dame Maggie Smith and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss. | Breaking Bad actress Anna Gunn picked up best supporting actress in a drama ahead of Downton Abbey's Dame Maggie Smith and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss. |
| Gunn, who plays Skyler White, dedicated her win to her daughters. | Gunn, who plays Skyler White, dedicated her win to her daughters. |
| In the best comedy actress category, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won for her role as the US vice president in Veep, from The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci. | In the best comedy actress category, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won for her role as the US vice president in Veep, from The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci. |
| It is the actress' fourth Emmy - she won a supporting actress award in 1996 for playing Elaine Benes in the hit sitcom, Seinfeld. | |
| Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory won his third Emmy for best actor in a comedy. | Jim Parsons of The Big Bang Theory won his third Emmy for best actor in a comedy. |
| Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper in the CBS comedy scored the hat trick after previous wins in 2010 and 2011. | Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper in the CBS comedy scored the hat trick after previous wins in 2010 and 2011. |