Emmys 2017: Reese Witherspoon hails ‘incredible year’ for women on TV

Like Big Little Lies, The Handmaid's Tale won five awards in total.

(Reed Morano won best directing in a drama series for The Handmaid's Tale)

Elisabeth Moss, who won best actress in a drama series for playing sex slave Offred in The Handmaid's Tale, said it was important for stories to be led by and made by women.

She said: "It's my bread and butter, it's what I'm most interested in as a woman, shows that are about women.

"It's what I like to watch. And it's apparently quite obvious that it's what the audiences like to see."

Moss also said there's "still a lot of work to be done", adding: "There are still meetings you walk into and you wonder if they say 'no' because it's a show or film led by a woman."

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The production made an effort to have women behind as well as in front of the camera, she added - with one of the show's awards going to Reed Morano for outstanding directing in a drama series.

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