Downton Abbey and Wolf Hall lead the Brits nominated at the Emmys... as Emma Thompson is up for Outstanding Actress

Period dramas Downton Abbey and Wolf Hall are leading the British nominations at this year's Emmy Awards.

The 1920s-set ITV show is up for three gongs, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama for Joanne Froggatt and Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama for Jim Carter.

BBC Tudor drama Wolf Hall is also up for three, including Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie for Mark Rylance, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie for Damian Lewis and Outstanding Limited Series.

One last swansong? Downton Abbey, which is set to end this year, is up for three awards at this year's Emmy Awards

One last swansong? Downton Abbey, which is set to end this year, is up for three awards at this year's Emmy Awards

Meanwhile, Emma Thompson is up for Outstanding Actress In A Mini-series Or Movie for the live broadcast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live from Lincoln Center.

This year, fantasy series Game Of Thrones has dominated the nominations, picking up 24 nods.

The show's British castmembers Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke will go head-to-head in the Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama category.

Period drama: Mark Rylance (left) and Damian Lewis (right) are both nominated in acting categories for their performance in BBC show Wolf Hall
Period drama: Mark Rylance (left) and Damian Lewis (right) are both nominated in acting categories for their performance in BBC show Wolf Hall

Period drama: Mark Rylance (left) and Damian Lewis (right) are both nominated in acting categories for their performance in BBC show Wolf Hall

Thespian: Emma Thompson has been nominated for the live television broadcast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Thespian: Emma Thompson has been nominated for the live television broadcast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie has been dominated by Brits, with Ricky Gervais (Derek) and David Oyelowo (Nightingale) going up against Rylance (Wolf Hall).

Scottish actor Alan Cumming is also up for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama for The Good Wife.

Midlands-raised presenter Cat Deeley is up for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Host So You Think You Can Dance.

Completing the British nominees are ITV murder mystery Agatha Christie’s Poirot Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, Acorn in Outstanding Television Movie and BBC's The Honourable Woman in Outstanding Limited Series.

Ready to do battle: Game Of Thrones co-stars Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke will go head-to-head in the Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama category
Ready to do battle: Game Of Thrones co-stars Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke will go head-to-head in the Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama category

Ready to do battle: Game Of Thrones co-stars Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke will go head-to-head in the Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama category

The 2015 Emmy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles on Thursday morning by Cat Deeley and Orange Is The New Black star Uzo Aduba. 

The Emmy Awards honour the best in U.S. primetime television programming from June 1, 2014 until May 31, 2015, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Andy Samberg, SNL alum, music satirist, and Brooklyn Nine Nine star, will be the host of the star-studded show.

The ceremony will be broadcast on US channel Fox on September 20 live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. 

Alan Cumming is also up for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama for The Good Wife
Ricky Gervais is nominated The Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie for Derek

Alan Cumming is also up for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama for The Good Wife, while Ricky Gervais is nominated The Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie for Derek

THE 67TH ANNUAL EMMY AWARD NOMINEES

Outstanding Drama Series 

Better Call Saul 

Downton Abbey 

Game Of Thrones 

Homeland 

House Of Cards 

Mad Men 

Orange Is The New Black

 

Outstanding Comedy Series 

Louis 

Modern Family 

Parks And Recreation 

Silicon Valley 

Transparent 

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 

Veep

 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series 

Kyle Chandler, Bloodline 

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom 

Jon Hamm, Mad Men 

Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul 

Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan 

Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

 

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series 

Claire Danes, Homeland 

Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Taraji P Henson, Empire

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black 

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men 

Robin Wright, House of Cards

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey 

Lena Headey, Game of Thrones 

Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones 

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men 

Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black 

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul 

Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline 

Jim Carter, Downton Abbey 

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones 

Michael Kelly, House of Cards 

Alan Cumming, The Good Wife

 

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Anthony Anderson, Blackish 

Louis CK, Louis 

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth 

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes 

William H Macy, Shameless 

Jeffrey Tambour, Transparent

 

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy 

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie 

Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep 

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation 

Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer 

Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

 

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy 

Niecy Nash, Getting On 

Julie Bowen, Modern Family 

Allison Janney, Mom 

Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live 

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory 

Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent 

Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Anna Chlumsky, Veep

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy 

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 

Adam Driver, Girls 

Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele 

Ty Burrell, Modern Family 

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tony Hale, Veep

 

Outstanding Actress In A Mini-series Or Movie 

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Felicity Huffman, American Crime 

Queen Latifah, Bessie 

Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge 

Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live from Lincoln Center 

Outstanding Actor in a Mini-series or Movie 

Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge 

David Oyelowo, Nightingale 

Adrien Brody, Houdini 

Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall 

Ricky Gervias, Derek

 

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie 

Richard Cabral, American Crime 

Denise O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie 

Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge 

Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie 

Regina King, American Crime 

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Mo’Nique, Bessie 

Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show 

Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge

 

Outstanding Reality Program 

Amazing Race 

Dancing With The Stars 

Project Runway 

So You Think You Can Dance? 

Top Chef 

The Voice

 

Outstanding Television Movie 

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, Acorn 

Bessie, HBO 

Grace of Monaco, Lifetime 

Hello Ladies: The Movie, HBO 

Killing Jesus, National Geographic Nightingale, HBO

 

Outstanding Variety Series 

The Colbert Report 

The Daily Show 

Jimmy Kimmel Live 

Last Week Tonight 

Late Show with David Letterman 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

 

Outstanding Limited Series 

American Crime American Horror Story: Freak Show 

The Honorable Woman 

Olive Kitteridge 

Wolf Hall

 

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series 

Drunk History, Comedy Central 

Inside Amy Schumer, Comedy Central 

Key & Peele, Comedy Central 

Portlandia, IFC 

Saturday Night Live, NBC

 

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

 Antiques Roadshow, PBS 

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Network

MythBusters, Discovery 

Property Brothers, HGTV 

Shark Tank, ABC 

Undercover Boss, CBS

 

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program 

Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery 

Deadliest Catch, Discovery 

Intervention, A&E 

Million Dollar Listing New York, Bravo 

Naked & Afraid, Discovery Channel

Wahlburgers, A&E

 

Outstanding Reality Host 

Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night 

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars 

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway 

Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance 

Anthony Bourdain, The Taste


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