Demi Moore has made a triumphant return to the Golden Globes, winning best actress for a role in a body horror which has revitalised her career.
The 62-year-old gave an impassioned speech as she collected her award, telling the audience she was “at a low point” before being cast in The Substance.
Moore said the award was a celebration of “the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong”.
Other film winners included Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked, while Baby Reindeer and Shōgun won the big TV prizes.
The Golden Globes, the first major ceremony of awards season, are considered a strong indicator of who will win at the Oscars.
One of the night’s big surprises was Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres winning best drama actress for her tremendous performance in I’m Still Here, which held off competition from Hollywood A-listers Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman.
Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes split most of their categories in two, with one award for dramas and a separate prize for musicals/comedies.
Moore won best actress in a musical/comedy.
Moore was a fixture at the Globes in the 1990s and 2000s, but has only won an award for the first time this year. The Substance sees her play a woman who trades her body for a younger, more beautiful version of herself.
Moore said she was “in shock” after winning in such a competitive category, which also included Anora star Mikey Madison, Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, and Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón.
“I’ve been doing this a long time, over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve ever won anything as an actor,” Moore said.
“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress and at that time, I made that mean that [awards] weren’t something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged.
“I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it, maybe I was complete. I’ve done what I was supposed to do.
“And as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called The Substance, and the universe told me that you’re not done.”
Elsewhere, Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical about a Mexican drug lord who changes gender, won four awards, making it the top film winner.
Accepting the prize for best musical or comedy film, trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón told the audience: “I want to say to you, raise your voice, and say, ‘I am who I am, not who you want’.”
Her co-star Zoe Saldaña was named best supporting actress, telling the crowd in an energetic acceptance speech that her “heart is full of gratitude”.
“I’m so blessed to be sharing this moment with my fellow nominees,” she said. “I know this is a competition but all I have witnessed is just us showing up for each other and celebrating each other and it’s just so beautiful.”
Her win puts Saldaña in a strong position in one of the most crowded categories at this year’s Oscars.
The film also won best original song and best non-English language film. Accepting the latter prize, director Jacques Audiard said: “In these troubled times I hope Emilia Perez will be a beacon of light.”
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