Emmy Awards 2025: Key Takeaways, Winners, Surprises, Speeches, Others

Olawale Olalekan
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Owen Cooper, 15, accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie award for Adolescence at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. (Credit:Getty Images)

The Emmy Awards 2025 delivered a night of record-breaking success and heartfelt moments at the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, United States.

Streaming giants like Apple TV+, HBO, and Netflix dominated the 77th Primetime ceremony. 

Hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze, the Emmy Awards 2025 awarded innovative storytelling in television, with “The Studio,” “Adolescence,” and “The Pitt” leading the pack in wins.

Among the big winners at the Emmy Awards 2025 is a 15-year-old Owen Cooper, who made history as the youngest male winner ever in any acting category.

Also, the Severance star Tramell Tillman became the first Black actor to win the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

The Studio, the inside-Hollywood comedy from Apple TV+, took home a total of 13 Emmys, breaking the record of 10 set by The Bear in 2023. Its co-creator and lead actor, Seth Rogen, also tied the record for most Emmys by an individual in a single year, with four wins altogether. 

Speaking after emerging as the youngest male winner of any acting Emmy, Cooper, who played the role of Jamie Miller on Netflix’s Adolescence, said: “This is so surreal. When I started these drama classes a couple of years back, I didn’t expect to be in the United States — never mind here.

“But I think tonight proves that if you listen and you focus and you step out of your comfort zone, you can achieve anything in life.

“I was nothing about three years ago,” Cooper continued, his voice wavering with emotion. “I’m here now.”

Also, Cristin Milioti won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Receiving her award, Milioti said, “I’m so sorry.” “I wrote this on the back of notes I took in therapy the other day … so don’t look at the back.”

Admitting that “it’s very hard to make sense of being alive right now in this world,” she called her experience making The Penguin “a bright spot — despite it being very grisly.”

Here’s the full list of winners and nominees at the Emmy Awards 2025;

Outstanding drama series

Andor (Disney+)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

The Last of Us (HBO Max)

Paradise (Hulu)

WINNER: The Pitt (HBO Max)

Severance (Apple TV+)

Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Outstanding comedy series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)

The Bear (Hulu)

Hacks (HBO Max)

Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Shrinking (Apple TV+)

WINNER: The Studio (Apple TV+)

What We Do in the Shadows (Hulu)

Outstanding limited or anthology series

WINNER: Adolescence (Netflix)

Black Mirror (Netflix)

Dying for Sex (Hulu)

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

The Penguin (HBO Max)

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Sterling K Brown – Paradise (Hulu)

Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (HBO Max)

Adam Scott – Severance (Apple TV+)

WINNER: Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max)

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Kathy Bates – Matlock (CBS)

Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)

WINNER: Britt Lower – Severance (Apple TV+)

Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us (HBO Max)

Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series

Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

WINNER: Seth Rogen – The Studio (Apple TV+)

Jason Segel – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Jeremy Allen White – The Bear (Hulu)

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series

Uzo Aduba – The Residence (Netflix)

Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (Hulu)

WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max)

Outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Colin Farrell – The Penguin (HBO Max)

WINNER: Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Netflix)

Jake Gyllenhaal – Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

Bryan Tyree Henry – Dope Thief (Apple TV+)

Cooper Koch – Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

Outstanding lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

Meghan Fehy – Sirens (Netflix)

Rashidah Jones – Black Mirror (Netflix)

WINNER: Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (HBO Max)

Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex (Hulu)

Outstanding supporting actor in a drama series

Zach Cherry – Severance (Apple TV+)

Walton Goggins – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Jason Isaacs – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

James Marsden – Paradise (Hulu)

Sam Rockwell -The White Lotus (HBO Max)

WINNER: Tramell Tillman – Severance (Apple TV+)

John Turturro – Severance (Apple TV+)

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama series

Patricia Arquette – Severance (Apple TV+)

Carrie Coon – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

WINNER: Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)

Julianne Nicholson – Paradise (Hulu)

Parker Posey – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Natasha Rothwell – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Aimee Lou Wood – The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series

Ike Barinholtz – The Studio (Apple TV+)

Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons (Netflix)

Harrison Ford – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

WINNER: Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere (HBO Max)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear (Hulu)

Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series

Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear (Hulu)

WINNER: Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)

Kathryn Hahn – The Studio (Apple TV+)

Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Catherine O’Hara – The Studio (Apple TV+)

Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Jessica Williams – Shrinking (Apple TV+)

Outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

Javier Bardem – Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

Bill Camp – Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

WINNER: Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Netflix)

Rob Delaney – Dying For Sex (Hulu)

Peter Sarsgaard – Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

Ashley Walters – Adolescence (Netflix)

Outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

WINNER: Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Netflix)

Ruth Negga – Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin (HBO Max)

Chloë Sevigny – Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

Jenny Slate – Dying For Sex (Hulu)

Christine Tremarco – Adolescence (Netflix)

Outstanding reality competition programme

The Amazing Race (CBS)

RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

Survivor (CBS)

Top Chef (Bravo)

WINNER: The Traitors (NBC)

Outstanding scripted variety series

WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Max)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding talk series

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

WINNER: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding writing for a drama series

WINNER: Dan Gilroy – Andor

Joe Sachs – The Pitt

R. Scott Gemmill – The Pitt

Dan Erickson – Severance

Will Smith – Slow Horses

Mike White – The White Lotus

Outstanding writing for a comedy series

Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky – Hacks

Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola – The Rehearsal

Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Frida Perez – The Studio

Sam Johnson, Sarah Naftalis, Paul Simms – What We Do in the Shadows

Outstanding writing for a limited or anthology series or movie

WINNER: Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham – Adolescence

Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali – Black Mirror

Kim Rosenstock, Elizabeth Meriwether – Dying for Sex

Lauren LeFranc – The Penguin

Joshua Zetumer – Say Nothing

Outstanding directing for a drama series

Janus Metz, Andor

Amanda Marsalis, The Pitt

John Wells, The Pitt

Jessica Lee Gagné, Severance

Ben Stiller, Severance

WINNER: Adam Randall, Slow Horses

Mike White, The White Lotus

Outstanding directing for a comedy series

Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

Lucia Aniello, Hacks

James Burrows, Mid-Century Modern

Nathan Fielder, The Rehearsal

WINNER: Seth Rogen, The Studio

Outstanding directing for a limited or anthology series or movie

WINNER: Philip Barantini, Adolescence

Shannon Murphy, Dying for Sex

Helen Shaver, The Penguin

Jennifer Getzinger, The Penguin

Nicole Kassell, Sirens

Lesli Linka Glatter, Zero Day

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