Homeland won the prestigious award for best drama series, while its female star Claire Danes won best actress in a drama series.

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On Sunday, Jessica Chastain was named best actress in a drama at the Golden Globes for her portrayal of the CIA agent orchestrating the manhunt.

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Picks for best actress in a drama motion picture went to Kidman, Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Judi Dench ("Iris"), Sissy Spacek ("In the Bedroom") and Tilda Swinton ("The Deep End").

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Last week, Chastain won a Golden Globe for best actress in a drama for Zero Dark Thirty, the controversial Kathryn Bigelow film about the search for Osama Bin Laden.

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Kyra Sedgwick won best lead actress in a drama for The Closer, while Bryan Cranston won best actor for his portrayal as a drug-dealing teacher in Breaking Bad - his third win in a row.

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Margo Martindale, who portrays Mags Bennett in FX Networks "Justified, " won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama series.

CNN: 'Modern Family' takes home five Emmys

Julianna Margulies, star of the CBS drama "The Good Wife, " carried home the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series.

CNN: 'Modern Family' takes home five Emmys

Best supporting actress in a drama went to Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, who appears as Joan Holloway.

BBC: Sherlock's Cumberbatch picks up US TV prize

Billie Piper is nominated for her role in clinical drugs trial drama The Effect, while the best actress category is completed by Hattie Morahan for A Doll's House and Kristin Scott Thomas for Old Times.

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