Jewish stars triumphed in the comedy categories at last night’s Emmy Awards.

For her fifth consecutive year, Julia Louis-Dreyfus won best lead actress in a comedy series for role as the US president in “Veep”.

David Mandel, the show's executive producer, accepted the outstanding comedy series award with the words: “This is for chubby Jews from the Upper West Side, wherever you are.”

Jeffrey Tambor took home best lead actor in a comedy series for the second time for his role as a transgender woman in “Transparent”.

“Night Manager” director Susanne Bier was another winner on the night, winning best director for a limited series for the BBC show. The Danish filmmaker is no stranger to awards, having previously received an Oscar for best foreign language film in 2010 for “In a Better World”.

Meanwhile, "Transparent" creator Jill Soloway used her acceptance speech to compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Receiving the award for best director for a comedy series, Ms Soloway denounced the presidential candidate's immigration policies.

She said: "Jews were other-ized in Nazi Germany to gain political power for Hitler, and right now, Donald Trump is doing the same thing. He's other-izing people. He calls women 'pigs' if they don't look like beauty pageant contestants. He blames Muslims and Mexicans for our problems. He makes fun of disabled people. This is other-izing with a capital 'O'."