Demi Moore has marked her first-ever major awards win with an emotional speech, describing herself as "humbled" and "grateful".
Moore took home the award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards for her acclaimed performance as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance.
Following her triumph, Moore – whose previous credits include the likes of Ghost and A Few Good Men – delivered a heartfelt speech as she reflected on the first major awards win of her four-decade career.
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"I really wasn't expecting that," she began. "I'm just in shock right now! I've been doing this a long [time], like over 45 years, and this is the first time I've ever won anything as an actor. And I'm just so humbled and so grateful.
"Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a 'popcorn actress'. And at that time I made that mean that this wasn't something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money."
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Moore added that her interpretation of those remarks "corroded me over a time to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it – maybe I was complete and maybe I had done what I was supposed to do".
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Moore added that she was at "kind of a low point" when The Substance's "bold, magical, courageous and out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script" came to her attention.
She added that the "universe had told her" that she was "not done".
Moore subsequently thanked director Coralie Fargeat and co-star Margaret Qualley for "looking out" for her.
"So today I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me, and for the gift of doing something I love, and being reminded that I do belong," she added.
The Substance is available to stream on MUBI.
Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
