Elsewhere, Jean Smart won best comedy actress for her role in the fifth and final series of Hacks.
It is the fifth Emmy she has won for the Hollywood satire. “What a ride this has been,” Smart reflected, and joked that the audience only gave her a standing ovation “because I’m old”.
It was Smart’s eighth Emmy win in total, and The Diplomat’s Allison Janney also picked up the eighth Emmy of her career, triumphing in the category for best supporting actress in a drama series.
Smart and Janney have both now equalled the record for the most acting wins ever, shared with Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Despite her past success, Janney was a surprise winner on Monday and said she was “genuinely shocked” to see off competition from four stars of hospital drama The Pitt, among others.
Meanwhile, Rhea Seehorn won the first Emmy of her career for best lead actress in a drama series for Pluribus, the Apple TV show about a woman who discovers almost everyone else in the world has been taken over by a mysterious mind virus.
