{"id":625459,"date":"2026-09-15T15:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625459\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:16:15","slug":"the-emmys-2026-all-the-winners-in-the-main-categories-ents-arts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/625459\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emmys 2026: All the winners in the main categories | Ents & Arts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welsh star Matthew Rhys has made Emmy history by winning two best lead actor awards at the same ceremony.<\/p>\n

Widow’s Bay, which stars the 51-year-old, also set a new record for the most wins of a comedy series in the history of the awards.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis in The Beast in Me. Pic: Netflix<\/p>\n

With a haul of 14 statuettes, the dark comedy’s Welsh star took best actor, and then made history himself by bagging the best actor in a limited series for psychological thriller, The Beast In Me.<\/p>\n

Read more: Emmys 2026: All the fashion from this year’s ‘red carpet’<\/a><\/p>\n

Taken together with his 2018 drama win for The Americans, he is the first male performer to win in all three lead acting categories.<\/p>\n

Picking up his second prize of the night at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, Rhys paid tribute to “the great and good people of Wales”, which he hailed as “a small but mighty nation”.<\/p>\n

Speaking backstage, holding both Emmys, Rhys said: “The celebrations will be long, varied, and I hope at times wild.”<\/p>\n

Here are the winning shows and stars in the main Emmy <\/a>categories.<\/p>\n

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Image:
\n Pic: HBO Max<\/p>\n

Outstanding Drama: The Pitt
The Diplomat
The Gilded Age
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Paradise
Pluribus
Slow Horses
Your Friends & Neighbors<\/p>\n

\"Rhea<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Rhea Seehorn as an author immune to a hive-mind alien virus which has taken over the world in Pluribus. Pic: Apple TV<\/p>\n

Lead Actress in a Drama: Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Zendaya, Euphoria<\/p>\n

\"Noah<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Noah Wyle in The Pitt. Pic: HBO Max<\/p>\n

Lead Actor in a Drama: Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Sterling K Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat<\/p>\n

\"Allison<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Allison Janney in The Diplomat with actor Bradley Whitford. Pic: Netflix<\/p>\n

Supporting Actress in a Drama: Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Fiona Dourif, The Pitt
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Karolina Wydra, Pluribus<\/p>\n

Supporting Actor in a Drama: Tom Pelphrey, Task
Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
Gerran Howell, The Pitt
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Pluribus<\/p>\n

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Image:
\n (L-R) Stephen Root, Matthew Rhys and Kate O\u2019Flynn in Widow\u2019s Bay. Pic: Apple TV<\/p>\n

Outstanding Comedy: Widow’s Bay
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking<\/p>\n

\"Jean<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Jean Smart has won 5-for-5 Emmys for best actress in a comedy for her Hacks role. Pic: Universal<\/p>\n

Lead Actress in a Comedy: Jean Smart, Hacks
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Matthew Rhys in dark comedy Widow\u2019s Bay. Pic: Apple TV<\/p>\n

Lead Actor in a Comedy: Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man
Steve Carell, Rooster
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building<\/p>\n

Supporting Actress in a Comedy: Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay
Dale Dickey, Widow’s Bay
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Megan Stalter, Hacks
Jessica Williams, Shrinking<\/p>\n

Supporting Actor in a Comedy: Stephen Root, Widow’s Bay
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Nick Offerman, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary<\/p>\n

Outstanding Reality Competition Program: The Traitors
Dancing With the Stars
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef<\/p>\n

\"DTF<\/p>\n

Image:
\n DTF St Louis is about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise. Pic: Warner Bros<\/p>\n

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: DTF St. Louis
All Her Fault
The Beast in Me
Beef
Love Story<\/p>\n

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures
Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Carey Mulligan, Beef
Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault<\/p>\n

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me
Riz Ahmed, Bait
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Oscar Isaac, Beef<\/p>\n

Outstanding Scripted Variety Series: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)<\/p>\n

Bob Hope Humanitarian Award: Michael J. \u200bFox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welsh star Matthew Rhys has made Emmy history by winning two best lead actor awards at the same…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-625459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}