Louis-Dreyfus Repeat Emmy Winner for Best Actress In A Comedy Series

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Comedy veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus won for lead actress in a comedy series for a second straight year.

Louis-Dreyfus won for her role as a female vice president for the HBO series Veep, the second Emmy won for the comedy series during tonight's the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast. Actor Tony Hale, who plays a personal assistant to Louis-Dreyfus’ VP character, also won the Emmy for best supporting actor in a comedy series.

Including its two tonight, Veep has won three Emmy Awards overall.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.