Awards for 2001

Actor

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

The West Wing: Allison Janney
NOMINEES

ER: Sally Field

Gilmore Girls: Lauren Graham

Once and Again: Sela Ward

The Sopranos: Edie Falco

The X-Files: Gillian Anderson

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER

The West Wing: Martin Sheen
NOMINEES

ER: Anthony Edwards

The Fugitive: Tim Daly

NYPD Blue: Dennis Franz

The Sopranos: James Gandolfini

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Ally McBeal: Robert Downey Jr.
NOMINEES

Frasier: Kelsey Grammer

Will & Grace: Sean Hayes

Ally McBeal: Peter MacNicol

Frasier: David Hyde Pierce

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Traffic: Benicio Del Toro
NOMINEES

Billy Elliot: Jamie Bell

Gladiator: Russell Crowe

Cast Away: Tom Hanks

Quills: Geoffrey Rush

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Sex and the City: Sarah Jessica Parker
NOMINEES

Ally McBeal: Calista Flockhart

Malcolm in the Middle: Jane Kaczmarek

Will & Grace: Debra Messing

Will & Grace: Megan Mullally

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Erin Brockovich: Julia Roberts
NOMINEES

Chocolat: Juliette Binoche

The Contender: Joan Allen

Requiem for a Dream: Ellen Burstyn

You Can Count on Me: Laura Linney

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Chocolat: Judi Dench
NOMINEES

Almost Famous: Kate Hudson

Almost Famous: Frances McDormand

Billy Elliot: Julie Walters

Quills: Kate Winslet

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Erin Brockovich: Albert Finney
NOMINEES

The Contender: Jeff Bridges

The Contender: Gary Oldman

Gladiator: Joaquin Phoenix

Shadow of the Vampire: Willem Dafoe

Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture

WINNER

Traffic: Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Luis Guzmán, Amy Irving, Tomas Milian, D.W. Moffett, Dennis Quaid, Peter Riegert, Jacob Vargas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
NOMINEES

Almost Famous: Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin, Noah Taylor

Billy Elliot: Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters

Chocolat: Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, John Wood

Gladiator: Russell Crowe, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed's nomination was posthumously.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

WINNER

Will & Grace: Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally
NOMINEES

Ally McBeal: Lisa Nicole Carson, Portia de Rossi, Robert Downey Jr., Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, James Le Gros, Lucy Liu, Peter MacNicol, Vonda Shepard

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

Friends: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer

Sex and the City: Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

WINNER

The West Wing: Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Moira Kelly, Rob Lowe, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford
NOMINEES

ER: Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Ming-Na Wen, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, Goran Visnjic, Noah Wyle

Law & Order: Angie Harmon, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, Dianne Wiest

The Practice: Michael Badalucco, Lara Flynn Boyle, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris, Jason Kravits, Camryn Manheim, Dylan McDermott, Marla Sokoloff, Kelli Williams

The Sopranos: Lorraine Bracco, Dominic Chianese, Drea de Matteo, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Nancy Marchand, Vincent Pastore, David Proval, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, Aida Turturro, Steven Van Zandt

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

WINNER

Death of a Salesman: Brian Dennehy
NOMINEES

Nuremberg: Alec Baldwin

Nuremberg: Brian Cox

Dirty Pictures: James Woods

Don Quixote: John Lithgow

Freedom Song: Danny Glover

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

WINNER

If These Walls Could Talk 2: Vanessa Redgrave
NOMINEES

David Copperfield: Sally Field

Death of a Salesman: Elizabeth Franz

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells: Judi Dench

The Truth About Jane: Stockard Channing