Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a made-for-TV movie directed by and starring Canadians, scored the most nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday, while the highly acclaimed The Sopranos received major nods for best drama and its actors.

Actress Sandra Oh is nominated for her role in Grey's Anatomy.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee's 17 nominations included outstanding made-for-TV movie, art direction, cinematography and costumes in a mini-series, it was announced in Los Angeles.

The movie tells the story of aboriginal people in the United States during the days of Sitting Bull and George Custer. It stars Canadian actors Adam Beach and August Schellenberg — who garnered a supporting actor in a miniseries nomination — and was directed by Quebec-born Yves Simoneau.

The mob series The Sopranos, which ended its six-season run in June, garnered 15 nominations, including lead actor for James Gandolfini, who played New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano; lead actress for Edie Falco, who played Tony's conflicted wife, Carmela; supporting actor for Michael Imperioli, who played Tony's nephew Christopher; and nods for cinematography, directing and editing.

Selected Emmy nominees
Outstanding drama series	• The Sopranos • Boston Legal • Grey's Anatomy • Heroes • House
Lead actress in a drama	• Patricia Arquette, Medium • Falco, The Sopranos • Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters • Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer • Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lead actor in a drama series	• Gandolfini, The Sopranos • Hugh Laurie, House • Denis Leary, Rescue Me • James Spader, Boston Legal • Kiefer Sutherland, 24
Supporting actor in a drama series	• William Shatner, Boston Legal • T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy • Masi Oka, Heroes • Michael Emerson, Lost • Terry O'Quinn, Lost • Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos
Outstanding comedy series	• Entourage • The Office • 30 Rock • Two and A Half Men • Ugly Betty
Lead actor in a comedy series	• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock • Steve Carell, The Office • Ricky Gervais, Extras • Tony Shalhoub, Monk • Charlie Sheen, Two and A Half Men
Lead actress in a comedy series	• America Ferrera, Ugly Betty • Tina Fey, 30 Rock • Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine • Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Supporting actress in a comedy series	• Jaime Pressly, My Name is Earl • Jenna Fischer, The Office • Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men • Conchata Ferrell, Two And A Half Men • Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds
Supporting actor in a comedy series	• Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men • Kevin Dillon, Entourage • Jeremy Piven, Entourage • Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother • Rainn Wilson, The Office

Shot in Calgary and southern Alberta, Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee featured many First Nations people from the area as extras.

Western miniseries Broken Trail, which earned 16 Emmy nominations and The Ron Clark Story, a TV movie about an inspirational teacher that got three nominations, also were shot in Alberta.

Other Canadians to make the list include Kiefer Sutherland for his lead role in 24 and Sandra Oh in the supporting actress drama category for Grey's Anatomy. Oh will be going up against co-stars Katherine Heigl (Izzie) and Chandra Wilson (Dr. Bailey), as well as Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) and Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos).

Mary-Louise Parker, star of Weeds, has received an Emmy nomination for lead actress in a miniseries or movie, for her role as femme fatale Zenia Arden in the Shaftesbury Films/ WTTV co-production The Robber Bride, based on the Margaret Atwood novel. It aired on CBC Television in Canada.

Canadian filmmaker Peter Raymont also grabbed an Emmy nomination in the documentary section for Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire. The News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented on Sept. 24 in New York City.

TV series with multiple nominations include Ugly Betty with 11, and Grey's Anatomy and 30 Rock with 10 each.

Actors Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick were in Los Angeles to announce the nominees. Cryer is nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy while Sedgwick has been named in the lead actress in a drama category.

The technical awards for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out Sept. 8 while most of the major acting and directing awards will be unveiled Sept. 16 at a televised gala in Los Angeles.