Falco has also won several other Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series “The Sopranos” in 1999, 2001, and 2003.
Eric Stonestreet of “Modern Family” on ABC nabbed the award for Best Supporting Actor, while Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd won the award for Writing for a Comedy Series also for “Modern Family.”
Jane Lynch won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Fox’s “Glee.”
Glee director Ryan Murphy, was given the Emmy Award for Directing a Comedy Series.
“I would like to dedicate this to all of my teachers, who taught me to sing and fingerpaint,” said Murphy at the ceremony. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad” received the Emmy Award for Lead Actor and Emmy Award for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, respectively.
Temple Grandin, a movie based on an accomplished autistic woman of the same name, topped several Emmys in the miniseries and movie category.
Receiving a total of 14 nominations, its director Mick Jackson, actor David Strathairn, and actress Julia Ormond won Emmy Awards for Directing, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie respectively.
George Clooney, recognized for his efforts to raise funding and awareness for victims of several major conflicts and natural disasters in the past such as Darfur and Hurricane Katrina, was presented the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
The List of the Emmy Awards Winners for 2010
BOB HOPE HUMANITARIAN AWARD: George Clooney
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Jane Lynch (Glee)
OUSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Betty White (SNL)
OUSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Neil Patrick Harris (Glee)
OUTSTANDING COMEDY: Modern Family
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A COMEDY: Ryan Murphy (Glee)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY: Christopher Lloyd and Stephen Levitan (Modern Family)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DRAMA: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA: John Lithgow (Dexter)
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA: Ann Margaret (Law & Order: SVU)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA: Mad Men
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA: Erin Levy and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A DRAMA: Steve Shill (Dexter)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A VARIETY SHOW: Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (The 2010 Tony Awards)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL: Bucky Gunts (The Winter Olympics)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Al Pacino (You Don't Know Jack)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Claire Danes (Temple Gradin)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SUPORTING ROLE IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: David Strathairn (Temple Grandin)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SUPORTING ROLE IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Julia Ormand (Temple Grandin)
OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE: Temple Grandin (HBO)
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES: The Pacific (HBO)
OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A TV MOVIE, MINISERIES OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL: Adam Mazer (You Don't know Jack)
OUTSTANDING REALITY SHOW COMPETITION: Top Chef