Amidst Meghan Markle-Prince Harry interview row, ‘The Crown’ tops Critics Choice Awards 2021 with four wins including Best Drama Series – Times of India
Just a week after taking a clean sweep at the Golden Globe Awards, ‘The Crown’ bagged four wins including Best Drama Series.
Lead actress, Emma Corrin, who played a young Princess Diana, was named Best Actress in a drama series, beating the Queen herself, Olivia Colman and fellow top contender, Laura Linney. Josh O’Connor, who played Prince Charles in the series, won Best Actor in a drama series. Gillian Anderson also took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her stellar act in the series.
Jason Sudeikis, won for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in ‘Ted Lasso’, that is about an American football coach who gets a soccer job in London.
Anya Taylor-Joy, who won her first Golden Globes this year for ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, took home the Best Actress award for her performance in the series that was also crowned as Best Limited series.
See the full winners’ list below:
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul
The Crown – WINNER
The Good Fight
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Perry Mason
This Is Us
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor – The Crown – WINNER
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christine Baranski – The Good Fight
Olivia Colman – The Crown
Emma Corrin – The Crown – WINNER
Claire Danes – Homeland
Laura Linney – Ozark
Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Justin Hartley – This Is Us
John Lithgow – Perry Mason
Tobias Menzies – The Crown
Tom Pelphrey – Ozark
Michael K. Williams – Lovecraft Country – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gillian Anderson – The Crown – WINNER
Cynthia Erivo – The Outsider
Julia Garner – Ozark
Janet McTeer – Ozark
Wunmi Mosaku – Lovecraft Country
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Better Things
The Flight Attendant
Mom
PEN15
Ramy
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso – WINNER
What We Do in the Shadows
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Hank Azaria – Brockmire
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso – WINNER
Ramy Youssef – Ramy
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon – Better Things
Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Issa Rae – Insecure
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
William Fichtner – Mom
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows
Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek – WINNER
Alex Newell – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Mark Proksch – What We Do in the Shadows
Andrew Rannells – Black Monday
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Lecy Goranson – The Conners
Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time
Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
Ashley Park – Emily in Paris
Jaime Pressly – Mom
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso – WINNER
BEST LIMITED SERIES
I May Destroy You
Mrs. America
Normal People
The Plot Against America
The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bad Education
Between the World and Me
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Hamilton – WINNER
Sylvie’s Love
What the Constitution Means to Me
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Boyega – Small Axe– WINNER
Hugh Grant – The Undoing
Paul Mescal – Normal People
Chris Rock – Fargo
Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much is True
Morgan Spector – The Plot Against America
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
Shira Haas – Unorthodox
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit – WINNER
Tessa Thompson – Sylvie’s Love
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Daveed Diggs – The Good Lord Bird
Joshua Caleb Johnson – The Good Lord Bird
Dylan McDermott – Hollywood
Donald Sutherland – The Undoing – WINNER
Glynn Turman – Fargo
John Turturro – The Plot Against America
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America – WINNER
Betsy Brandt – Soulmates
Marielle Heller – The Queen’s Gambit
Margo Martindale – Mrs. America
Winona Ryder – The Plot Against America
Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America
BEST TALK SHOW
Desus & Mero
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers – WINNER
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Red Table Talk
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill – WINNER
Marc Maron: End Times Fun
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia – WINNER
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything
BEST SHORT FORM SERIES
The Andy Cohen Diaries
Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler – WINNER
Mapleworth Murders
Nikki Fre$h
Reno 911!
Tooning Out the News