At
the
66th
Annual
Primetime
Emmy
Awards
here
Monday,
Benedict
Cumberbatch
and
Jessica
Lange
won
for
their
outstanding
performance
as
lead
actor
and
actress
in
"Sherlock:
His
Last
Vow" and
"American
Horror
Story:
Coven"
respectively
here.
Cumberbatch's
performance
as
the
brilliant
but
idiosyncratic
sleuth
Sherlock
Holmes
in
"Sherlock:
His
Last
Vow" helped
him
beat
actors
like
Mark
Ruffalo
("The
Normal
Heart"),
Billy
Bob
Thornton
("Fargo"),
Martin
Freeman
("Fargo"),
Chiwetel
Ejiofor
("Dancing
On
The
Edge")
and
Idris
Alba
("Luther")
for
the
title.
Two-time
Academy
Award
winner
Jessica
Lange,
who
played
Fiona
Goode
in
"American
Horror
Story:
Coven",
pipped
others
like
Sarah
Paulson
"
"American
Horror
Story:
Coven",
Helena
Bonham
Carter
("Burton
And
Taylor"),
Minnie
Driver
("Return
To
Zero"),
Kristen
Wiig
("The
Spoils
Of
Babylon")
and
Cicely
Tyson
(The
Trip
To
Bountiful").
The
outstanding
supporting
actress
in
a
mini-series
or
movie
honour
was
bagged
by
Kathy
Bates
for
her
role
as
Madame
Delphine
LaLaurie
in
"American
Horror".
Martin
Freeman
walked
away
with
the
outstanding
supporting
actor
title
for
"Sherlock:
His
Last
Vow",
which
also
won
the
outstanding
writing
for
a
mini-series,
movie
or
a
dramatic
special
for
Steven
Moffat.
In
the
outstanding
directing
for
a
mini-series,
movie
or
a
dramatic
special
category,
Colin
Bucksey
received
the
trophy
for
"Fargo".
"Fargo",
a
dark
comedy-crime
drama
TV
series,
was
named
the
best
min-series
and
"The
Normal
Heart",
based
on
a
play
of
the
same
name,
got
the
award
for
the
outstanding
television
movie.