Most Popular Emmy Winning Actors

British actress Kate Winslet’s earliest on-screen acting parts were on television in the 1990s. She is best known, however, as a film actor, starring in movies such as “Titanic” (1997) and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004). Winslet won an Emmy following those two roles in 2011 for her lead role in the HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce.”

Meryl Streep, the most Oscar-nominated actor ever with 21 nominations, also has four Emmy nominations to her credit. She has won three times. Streep took home the statue for Outstanding Narrator in 2017 for “Five Came Back,” Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2004 for “Angels in America,” and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series in 1978 for “Holocaust.”

Before he collected an Oscar for playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Rami Malek received an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2016 for his role as a computer hacker in the USA Network series “Mr. Robot.” Malek has appeared in other television series, including “The Pacific” and “24.”

The Oscar-winning Australian star who is mostly known for her movie credits (“The Hours,” “Eyes Wide Shut”) has taken home two Emmys for her work on the HBO limited series “Big Little Lies” as an actress and executive producer.

Multi-faceted entertainer Donald Glover has achieved success both as an actor and rapper, performing under the name Childish Gambino. Glover has appeared on — or lent his voice to — numerous popular TV shows such as “Community,” “Ultimate Spider-Man,” and “Adventure Time,” yet the majority of his Emmy achievements are tied to the series “Atlanta,” which he created.