From Business Insider · Gabbi Shaw · · 1m 10s
The actors with the most Emmys ever
Betty White, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus: here is who TV's biggest award loves most.
In brief
Betty White, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus: here is who TV's biggest award loves most. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman lead all performers with eight acting Emmys apiece. Originally reported by Business Insider.
TV's biggest prize
The Emmy is the highest honor an actor can earn for small-screen work, and voters reward favorites again and again.
“An Emmy is the biggest award an actor can win for their work on the small screen”
Voters play favorites
When a show or performance catches on with Emmy voters, the nominations and wins tend to pile up season after season.
Who made the list
The ranking pulls in some of the most recognizable names in TV history, among them Bryan Cranston, Betty White, Mary Tyler Moore, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Eight wins, tied at the top
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman each hold eight Emmy wins for performance, the most of anyone on the list.
Eleven if you count everything
Add awards from other categories and Louis-Dreyfus ties Carl Reiner at 11 total Emmys, the highest tally on the list.
Not all of them for acting
Some of these Emmys came from writing, directing, or producing. Cranston produced "Breaking Bad" and Louis-Dreyfus is an executive producer on "Veep."
“the majority of their Emmys are for acting”
The essence
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman lead all performers with eight acting Emmys apiece.
