The 2025 Emmy Awards reflected this year’s biggest talking points, with Severance, The Pitt, and Adolescence scooping big wins for their provocative, original, and thoughtful performances, direction, and stories.
Netflix’s buzzy psychological crime drama Adolescence took home 6 awards in the Best Limited Series or Anthology category including Best Series, Best Actor for Stephen Graham, Best Supporting Actor for Owen Cooper, Best supporting Actress for Erin Doherty, Best Writing for Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and Best Directing for Philip Barantini.
Meanwhile Apple TV+’s fan favorite sci-fi thriller Severance scored wins for Britt Lower in the Best Actress in a Drama Series category, and for Tramell Tillman for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama series.
Noah Wyle scooped the Best Actor in a Drama Series for unflinching medical drama series The Pitt. Co-Star Katherine LaNasa also won for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
On the comedy front cringe comedy The Studio pipped Hacks to the post this year for Best Comedy, with co-creator Seth Rogan taking the award for Best Actor in the same category, along with Best Directing in a Comedy Series. Rogan also won the award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series alongside Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez.
The night wasn’t a complete landslide for The Studio however, with Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder scooping Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards for Hacks.
Disney+’s critically acclaimed Andor took home the award for Best Writing For a Drama Series.
Catch the full list of winners below.
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BEST DRAMA
Andor
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
Paradise
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
The Pitt
BEST COMEDY
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
What We Do in the Shadows
The Studio
BEST LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Black Mirror
Dying for Sex
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Adolescence
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Adam Scott, Severance
Noah Wyle, The Pitt
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Sharon Horgan, Bad Sisters
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Britt Lower, Severance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Zach Cherry, Severance
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
James Marsden, Paradise
Sam Rockwell, The White Lotus
John Turturro, Severance
Tramell Tillman, Severance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Patricia Arquette, Severance
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Colin Farrell, The Penguin
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Brian Tyree Henry, Dope Thief
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Meghann Fahy, Sirens
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Bill Camp, Presumed Innocent
Rob Delaney, Dying for Sex
Peter Sarsgaard, Presumed Innocent
Ashley Walters, Adolescence
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Deirdre O’Connell, The Penguin
Chloë Sevigny, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Seth Rogen, The Studio
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Uzo Aduba, The Residence
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Jean Smart, Hacks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ike Barinholtz, The Studio
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Kathryn Hahn, The Studio
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Joe Sachs, The Pitt
R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt
Dan Erickson, Severance
Will Smith, Slow Horses
Mike White, The White Lotus
Dan Gilroy, Andor
BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky, Hacks
Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola, The Rehearsal
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms, What We Do in the Shadows
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez, The Studio
BEST WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, Black Mirror
Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether, Dying for Sex
Lauren LeFranc, The Penguin
Joshua Zetumer, Say Nothing
Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham, Adolescence
BEST DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Janus Metz, Andor
Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt
John Wells, The Pitt
Jessica Lee Gagné, Severance
Ben Stiller, Severance
Mike White, The White Lotus
Adam Randall, Slow Horses
BEST DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Lucia Aniello, Hacks
James Burrows, Mid-Century Modern
Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal
Seth Rogen, The Studio
BEST DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY
Shannon Murphy, Dying for Sex
Helen Shaver, The Penguin
Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin
Nicole Kassell, Sirens
Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day
Philip Barantini, Adolescence
BEST TALK SERIES
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
BEST SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES
Saturday Night Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
BEST WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
