Awards for 1997

Actor

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

The X-Files: Gillian Anderson
NOMINEES

NYPD Blue: Kim Delaney

Chicago Hope: Christine Lahti

Touched by an Angel: Della Reese

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Jane Seymour

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

NYPD Blue: Dennis Franz
NOMINEES

ER: George Clooney

The X-Files: David Duchovny

ER: Anthony Edwards

NYPD Blue: Jimmy Smits

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

3rd Rock from the Sun: John Lithgow
NOMINEES

Seinfeld: Jason Alexander

Frasier: Kelsey Grammer

Frasier: David Hyde Pierce

Seinfeld: Michael Richards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Shine: Geoffrey Rush
NOMINEES

Jerry Maguire: Tom Cruise

The English Patient: Ralph Fiennes

The People vs. Larry Flynt: Woody Harrelson

Sling Blade: Billy Bob Thornton

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Seinfeld: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
NOMINEES

Cybill: Christine Baranski

Ellen: Ellen DeGeneres

Mad About You: Helen Hunt

3rd Rock from the Sun: Kristen Johnston

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Fargo: Frances McDormand
NOMINEES

Secrets & Lies: Brenda Blethyn

Marvin's Room: Diane Keaton

Unhook the Stars: Gena Rowlands

The English Patient: Kristin Scott Thomas

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

The Mirror Has Two Faces: Lauren Bacall
NOMINEES

The English Patient: Juliette Binoche

Unhook the Stars: Marisa Tomei

Marvin's Room: Gwen Verdon

Jerry Maguire: Renée Zellweger

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Jerry Maguire: Cuba Gooding Jr.
NOMINEES

The Birdcage: Hank Azaria

The Birdcage: Nathan Lane

Fargo: William H. Macy

Shine: Noah Taylor

Outstanding Performance by a Cast

WINNER

The Birdcage: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman
NOMINEES

The English Patient: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow

Marvin's Room: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon, Hal Scardino, Dan Hedaya

Shine: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Googie Withers, John Gielgud

Sling Blade: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, Robert Duvall

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Seinfeld: Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld
NOMINEES

3rd Rock from the Sun: Jane Curtin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston, John Lithgow, French Stewart

Frasier: Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney, David Hyde Pierce

Mad About You: Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Anne Ramsay, Paul Reiser

Remember WENN: Tom Beckett, George Hall, Margaret Hall, John Bedford Lloyd, Melinda Mullins, Christopher Murney, Amanda Naughton, Hugh O'Gorman, Kevin O'Rourke, Dina Waters, Mary Stout

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

WINNER

ER: George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle
NOMINEES

Chicago Hope: Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Rocky Carroll, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Hector Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Mark Harmon, Roxanne Hart, Christine Lahti, Jamey Sheridan

Law & Order: Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessy, Steven Hill, Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston

NYPD Blue: Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Justine Miceli, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, Nicholas Turturro

The X-Files: Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Steven Williams

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

WINNER

The Late Shift: Kathy Bates
NOMINEES

Homecoming: Anne Bancroft

An Unexpected Family: Stockard Channing

Bastard Out of Carolina: Jena Malone

The Road to Galveston: Cicely Tyson

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

WINNER

Rasputin: Alan Rickman
NOMINEES

Gotti: Armand Assante

Hidden in America: Beau Bridges

The Man Who Captured Eichmann: Robert Duvall

Riders of the Purple Sage: Ed Harris