Good Wife flies the British flag in Bad night at Emmy Awards

BRITISH actress Archie Panjabi picked up best supporting actress for her role in The Good Wife at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

• Tom Hanks, centre, with the cast and crew of best miniseries The Pacific. Right, actress Christina Hendricks Pictures: Getty/AP/Reuters

Panjabi, 38, won the award for her role as a law firm's in-house private investigator in her hit TV show.

However, fellow British nominees Michael Sheen, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench failed to pick up a gong.

Sheen was nominated for best actor in a mini-series or TV movie for The Special Relationship, a film in which he played Tony Blair. But he lost out to Al Pacino, who won for You Don't Know Jack.

Hugh Laurie also missed out yet again. He has been nominated for his role as doctor Gregory House in the eponymous show five times. But Bryan Cranston took the title of outstanding actor in a drama for his performance in Breaking Bad.