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Entertainment

Emmy awards 2012 winners: the full list

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss with the best actress in a comedy series Emmy she won for her role in Veep. Photograph: Jim Smeal/BEI/Rex Features

Lead actor in a drama series: Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Homeland

Lead actress in a drama series: Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Homeland

Lead actress in a comedy series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in Veep

Lead actor in a comedy series: Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in Two and a Half Men

Lead actor in a miniseries or a movie: Kevin Costner as "Devil" Anse Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys

Lead actress in a miniseries or a movie: Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change

Supporting actress in a miniseries or a movie: Jessica Lange, as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story

Supporting actor in a miniseries or a movie: Tom Berenger as Jim Vance in Hatfields & McCoys

Supporting actor in a comedy series: Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker in Modern Family

Supporting actress in a comedy series: Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family

Supporting actor in a drama series: Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad

Supporting actress in a drama series: Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey

Miniseries or movie: Game Change

Drama series: Homeland

Comedy series: Modern Family

Writing for a drama series: Alex Gansa, for Homeland

Directing for a drama series: Tim van Patten Boardwalk Empire

Writing for a comedy series: Louis CK for Louie

Directing for a comedy series: Steven Levitan, Modern Family

Writing for a miniseries or a movie: Danny Strong for Game Change

Directing for a miniseries or a movie: Jay Roach, Game change

Host for a reality or reality-competition programme: Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars

Writing for a variety special: Louis CK for Louis CK Live at the Beacon Theatre

Variety series: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Directing for a variety special: Glenn Weiss, 65th annual Tony awards

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