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Emmy Awards 2021: Full list of winners

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards rolled out the red carpet on Sunday, celebrating some of this year's best in television.

Jason Sudeikas and Jean Smart win top comedy awards, Olivia Colman wins best actress in drama

Jason Sudeikis won an Emmy Sunday for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for Ted Lasso (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards rolled out the red carpet on Sunday, celebrating some of television's best.

Live with a limited audience on the Event Deck behind the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles,the award show kicked off with a performanceby host Cedric the Entertainer, rapper LL Cool J, Rita Wilson and more.

Canadian actor Seth Rogen kicked off the awardswith a comedy routinebeforepresentingthe first award for supporting actress in a comedy series toHannah WaddinghamofTed Lasso.

Saturday Night Live picked up the Emmy Award for outstanding variety sketch series, and Canadian producerLorne Michaelspaid tribute to fellow Canadian comedian and cast member Norm Macdonald, who diedTuesday at the age of 61from leukemia.

A white-haired man wearing a black tuxedo holds an Emmy Award statue.
Lorne Michaels, producer of Saturday Night Live, poses with his Emmy for outstanding variety sketch series at the 73rd PrimeTime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Last year's Emmy Awards were mostly virtual, and this year, organizers originally announced an indoor affair before the COVID-19 delta variant forced a majority of the event outdoors.

And while most stars made it to Los Angeles, the cast and producers ofThe Crownheld their own ceremony remotely in London, U.K., similar towhat Schitt's Creek did in 2020 from Toronto.

Some awards were given outlast weekend at theCreative Arts Emmys, where Schitt's Creek's Dan Levylost to Dave Chappellefor guest hosting Saturday Night Live in February.

Olivia Colman with her Emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, backstage at the Netflix UK Primetime Emmy for The Crown, in London, on Sunday. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)

CBC News will be updating all major winners and categories throughout the evening:

Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso

Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown

Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown

Writing for a Drama Series
Peter Morgan, The Crown

Directing for a Drama Series
Jessica Hobbs, The Crown

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson, The Crown

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Writing for a Variety Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live

Writing for a Comedy Series
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky, Hacks

Directing for a Comedy Series
Lucia Aniello, Hacks

Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Jean Smart, Hacks

Lead ActorIn A Comedy Series
JasonSudeikis, Ted Lasso

Reality-Competition Program
RuPaul's Drag Race

Governors Award
Debbie Allen

Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Scott Frank, The Queen's Gambit

Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Ewan McGregor, Halston

Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Olivia Colman, The Crown

Lead Actorin a Drama Series
Josh O'Connor, The Crown

Variety Special (Live)
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Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Hamilton

Comedy Series
Ted Lasso

Drama Series
The Crown

Limited Series or Anthology Series
The Queen's Gambit

With files from Jackson Weaver, The Canadian Press