FYI, These People Already Won Emmys This Year

ICYMI, Meryl Streep now has three Emmy Awards.

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Krystie Lee Yandoli
by Krystie Lee Yandoli

BuzzFeed News Reporter

The Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be airing on CBS on Sunday, Sept. 17, hosted by Stephen Colbert.

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So if you saw, for example, Lauren Graham congratulating her onscreen daughter Alexis Bledel for Emmy her win over this past weekend, you might've been confused.

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But every year, the weekend before the Primetime Emmy Awards are held, there are separate ceremonies for the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards that take place over the course of two nights.

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So, here's a list of some of the bigger names in Hollywood who have already taken home Emmys:

1. Meryl Streep, Outstanding Narrator

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Streep narrated the third episode of Five Came Back, Netflix's three-part series about Hollywood directors from the 1940s and their relationships to World War II.

2. Ava DuVernay, Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

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13th, DuVernay's documentary that was released on Netflix, is about race and the prison industrial complex in the United States.

3. Common, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

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Common cowrote the music and lyrics for "Letter To The Free," a song from DuVernay's 13th.

4. Alexis Bledel, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

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Bledel played the role of Ofglen in Season 1 of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale.

5. Melissa McCarthy, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

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Melissa McCarthy won the Emmy for hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC — in which she played former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

6. Dave Chappelle, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

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Like McCarthy, Chapelle won his Emmy for hosting SNL.

7. Gerald McRaney, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

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McRaney played Dr. Nathan Katowsky (also known as Dr. K) on Season 1 of This Is Us.

8. Samantha Bee, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

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Bee won for the special taping of her TV show, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner, which she cowrote.

9. Leah Remini, Outstanding Informational Series or Special

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Remini won for A&E's Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, a docuseries about the actor's experiences with the Church of Scientology, which she stars in and executive produces.

10. RuPaul, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

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Of course, he won for hosting VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race.

11. Jane Lynch, Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

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Lynch won for her performance as Olivia Vanderstein in Amazon's Dropping the Soap.

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