Sterling K Brown today created history by becoming the first African-American to win the best actor drama Emmy awards in the past 19 years, for his performance as Randall on NBC's "This Is Us". The last to win the award was Andre Braugher in 1998 for his role in "Homicide: Life on the Street".<br/><br/>This was the second Emmys win for the 41-year-old actor, who took home a supporting-actor trophy last year for his breakout role in Ryan Murphy's "The People v O J Simpson", which helped turn him into a household name.<br/><br/>Moreover British Pakistan actor Riz Ahmed became the first Muslim actor as well as the man of Asian descent to win an Emmy award at the TV's biggest night on Sunday and spoke about the "systematic issue of inclusion.<br/><br/>The actor took home the trophy for the outstanding lead actor in a limited series for "The Night Of", in which he plays, Nasir Khan, the son of a Pakistani cab driver from Queens who becomes a murder suspect. Ahmed is the second Asian actor ever to receive the honour, following "The Good Wife" star Archie Panjabi, who won the supporting actress award in a drama series in 2010.Born in London to a British Pakistani family, Ahmed was initially known for his work in independent films, such as "The Road to Guantanamo", "Shifty", "Four Lions", "Trishna" and Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" before his breakout role in "Nightcrawler" in 2014, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal.<br/><br/>Reese Witherspoon delivered an empowering speech as her women-centered show, "Big Little Lies", scored a massive win with five major trophies in a limited series section at the 69th Primetime Emmys.<br/><br/>The show, which deals with issues like domestic abuse and divorce that sneaks up on the audience, won outstanding limited series, lead actress in a limited series for Nicole Kidman, supporting actor in a limited series for Alexander Skarsgard, supporting actress in a limited series for Laura Dern and Jean-Marc Vallee for outstanding directing for a limited series, movie or dramatic special. Witherspoon made plea to women to start telling their own stories without any fear.<br/><br/>The miniseries won almost every major, except for the outstanding writing for a limited series, movie, or dramatic special trophy, which went to Charlie Brooker for "Black Mirror" episode 'San Junipero'.

Sterling K Brown today created history by becoming the first African-American to win the best actor drama Emmy awards in the past 19 years, for his performance as Randall on NBC's "This Is Us". The last to win the award was Andre Braugher in 1998 for his role in "Homicide: Life on the Street".<br/><br/>This was the second Emmys win for the 41-year-old actor, who took home a supporting-actor trophy last year for his breakout role in Ryan Murphy's "The People v O J Simpson", which helped turn him into a household name.