Emmy Awards 2015 Winners: Game of Thrones, Veep, Transparent....

So we have the final list of the Emmy Awards 2015 winners. With a lot of surprises and expected wins, the 2015 Emmys was nothing less that a thrilling show.

HBO dominated the night with big wins for Game of Thrones. The fantasy drama series might have aired the most controversial season this year, but managed to bag 12 wins making a record, the most for a show ever in a single year.

Game of Thrones surpassed the record by netting eight wins at the Creative Arts Emmys last week, and now adding four more statuettes to the list at the main event, totalling to 12 wins this year! The HBO series also won in both directing and writing categories for drama series, with David Nutter for directing and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for writing, both for the "Mother's Mercy" episode.

Emmy Awards 2015 Winners: Game of Thrones, Veep, Transparent....

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"Veep" won the Emmy for outstanding comedy series. Julia Louis-Dreyfus won outstanding actress in a comedy series for the fourth time. Tony Hale won his second Emmy as supporting actor, comedy. Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche won the Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series for the "Election Night" episode of "Veep."

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Man Men's Jon Hamm finally swept away Best Actor after 8 years, while Viola Davis from 'How To Get Away With Murder' became the first black woman to win the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Her acceptance speech moved the audience.

Emmy Awards 2015 Winners: Game of Thrones, Veep, Transparent....

In my mind I see a line and over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can't seem to get there no how. I can't seem to get over that line. That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s. And let me tell you something, the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else, is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here's to all the writers, the awesome people -Ben Sherwood, Paul Lee, Peter Nowalk, Shonda Rhimes​, people who have redefined what it means to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be a leading women, to be black. And to the to the Taraji P. Hensons, the Kerry Washingtons, the Halle Berrys, the Nicole Beharie​, the Meagan Goods, to Gabrielle Union, thank you for taking us over that line.

Supporting actress in a drama went to Uzo Aduba for "Orange is the New Black." Peter Dinklage won supporting actor in a drama for "Game of Thrones."

Jill Soloway won Best Directing for a Comedy Series for Transparent.

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Jeffrey Tambor became the first actor ever to win an Emmy for playing a trans character Maura Pfefferman and win outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for Transparent.

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Apart from giving a shout out to Caitlyn Jenner confidante Jennifer Finney Boylan and dedicating his award to the transgender community, he said, "I had a teacher who used to say that when you act you have to act like your life depends upon it and now I have been given the opportunity to act because people's lives depend upon it," Tambor said as he accepted his award. "Not to repeat myself, but to specifically repeat myself, I'd like to dedicate this performance and this award to the transgender community ... Thank you for letting us be part of the change."

Emmy Awards 2015 Winners: Game of Thrones, Veep, Transparent....

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Reg E. Cathey who plays Freddy Hayes in House of Cards won Best Guest Actor in Drama Series.

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Amy Schumer won Emmy for Best Variety Sketch Series. Jon Stewart won outstanding variety talk series award.

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