Ewan McGregor also won Best Actor in a Limited Series for Fargo, while Sterling K. Brown won Best Actor – Drama for This Is Us and Aziz Ansari won Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for Master of None.
When it came to television, the night belonged truly to women: Big Little Lies walked away with a dominant four awards in the Limited Series categories – Best Series, Best Actress for Nicole Kidman, Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern, and Best Supporting Actor for Alexander Alexander Skarsgård, with The Handmaid’s Tale winning Best Series – Drama and Best Actress – Drama for Elisabeth Moss.
Breakout charmer The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won Best Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for Rachel Brosnahan’s lead performance.
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Lady Bird, landed both Best Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy (Saoirse Ronan) meanwhile, the former coming at the expense of the beloved indie Get Out.