Emmys 2026: Here’s the list of winners

The Pitt Widow’s Bay

The Apple TV horror/mystery/comedy series not only won outstanding comedy series, but also brought home awards for lead actor (Matthew Rhys), supporting actress (Kate O’Flynn), supporting actor (Stephen Root), along with writing and directing. The only “major” category it didn’t receive an award in is lead actress (which went to ‘ Jean Smart), where it didn’t have an eligible candidate. On the other hand, while took home outstanding drama series and Noah Wyle repeated last year’s win as lead actor, Rhea Seehorn won lead actress for , Allison Janney won supporting actress for , Tom Pelphrey won supporting actor for , Vince Gilligan won for writing , and Saul Metzstein won for directing .

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Rhys won for lead actor in both the limited series category (for with Claire Danes) and comedy series (for ). This makes him the first actor to ever win lead performance awards in two categories in the same year. Rhys also won for lead actor in a drama series for his work in back in 2018, so he’s won in three lead categories overall, and that’s some serious versatility.

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For years, while she was on , Rhea Seehorn was a frequently cited example of an overlooked performer. She was eventually nominated for her supporting role in that show twice, though she didn’t win. In the Apple science fiction show , creator Vince Gilligan’s follow-up to , Seehorn plays a miserable widowed novelist dealing with the end of humanity as she knows it. This time, she did not have to wait to be recognized. She won her first Emmy for lead actress in a drama for the show’s first season. Meanwhile, Jean Smart completed an impressive sweep, winning lead comedy actress for the fifth time — meaning she won every year she was eligible for the now-concluded . Smart’s character, the legendary comedian Deborah Vance, would likely enjoy having gone undefeated.

The opening number was corny and cringe — so much so that it almost came all the way back around to being endearing. But over the course of the evening, Hargitay made jokes about how long her show, ,has been on the air, she participated in skits, and she actually showed some chops with her delivery of standard awards banter. She is not a comedian by profession, but she was impressively game, and that may be the most important quality a host can bring. It was a strangely paced evening that ended with what seemed to be Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey trying to fill time, but Hargitay did what she could to keep the energy up.

2026 Emmy Award Winners

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Quinta Brunson,
Ayo Edebiri,
Elle Fanning,
Lisa Kudrow,

Claire Danes,
Carey Mulligan,
Sarah Pidgeon,
Sarah Snook,

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Riz Ahmed,
Jason Bateman,
Charlie Hunnam,
Oscar Isaac,

Dale Dickey,
Hannah Einbinder,
Janelle James,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Megan Stalter,
Jessica Williams,

Colman Domingo,
Paul W. Downs,
Nick Offerman,
Michael Urie,
Tyler James Williams,

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Patrick Ball,
Billy Crudup,
Shawn Hatosy,
Gerran Howell,
Jack Lowden,
Carlos Manuel-Vesga,

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Taylor Dearden,
Fiona Dourif,
Katherine LaNasa,
Sepideh Moafi,
Julianne Nicholson,
Karolina Wydra,

Dakota Fanning,
Laurie Metcalf,
Joy Sunday,
Youn Yuh-jung,
Constance Zimmer,

Jason Bateman,
Richard Gadd,
Richard Jenkins,
Charles Melton,
Nick Offerman,

Peter Ackerman, Debora Cahn,
Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman, R. Scott Gemmill,
Valerie Chu,
Will Smith,
Brad Ingelsby,

Randall Einhorn,
Christopher Storer,
Andrew DeYoung,
Lucia Aniello,
Mary Lou Belli,

Salli Richardson-Whitfield,
Hanelle M. Culpepper,
Noah Wyle,
Vince Gilligan,
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