The Golden Globes 2015 proved one thing; this year is going to be all about new age woman power. The awards function showed us that women rule the roost when it comes to awards and even when making statements and speeches that appreciated girl power. Here are some our favourite acceptance speeches which made #GoldenGlobes2015 all about feminism.
Patricia Arquette: The 46-year-old actress who won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in the Richard Linklater directed film, Boyhood, made her acceptance speech all about single moms who are doing a wonderful job out there. She said “You placed in my hands the part of Olivia (her character name in the movie), an under-appreciated single mother,” she said. “Thank you for shining a light on this woman and the millions of women like her and for allowing me to honour my own mother with this beautiful character.”
Joanne Froggatt: British Actress took the Golden Globe home for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie. The 34-year-old plays the role of Lady Mary’s maid, Anna Bates, in the hit TV series, Downtown Abbey, who was attacked and raped by a visiting valet. After receiving the award the actress said “I received a small number of letters from survivors of rape,” she said. “One woman summed up the thoughts of many by saying she wasn’t sure why she’d written but she just felt that in some way she wanted to be heard. I’d like to say, I heard you and I hope saying this so publicly in some way means you feel the world hears you.” Way to go Joanne!
Amy Adams: The beautiful actress walked away with the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. In her acceptance speech she spoke about all the strong female role models the children have today. She said “It’s just so wonderful that women today have such a strong voice. And I have a 4-and-a-half-year-old and I’m so grateful to have all the women in this room; you speak to her so loudly. She watches everything and she sees everything. And I’m just so so grateful for all of you women in this room who have such a lovely, beautiful voice.” Wow!
Julianne Moore: Julianne who won the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for her role in Still Alice, spoke about how the world is open to watch a story about middle aged women. She said “”When Lisa Genova wrote this book, she told me that no one wanted to make it into a movie because no one wanted to see a movie about a middle-aged woman. So I wanna thank the people who actually made the movie, James Brown and Lex Lutzus, Sony Classics and my good, good friends at Killer Films and this amazing cast, and our filmmakers, who, in the middle of their own crisis from a degenerate disease, ALS, decided they wanted to make movies.” (sic)
Maggie Gyllenhaal: After winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Mini-Series for The Honorable Woman, Maggie made a speech about woman empowerment. She said “I’ve noticed a lot of people talking about the wealth of roles for powerful women in television lately and when I look around the room at the women who are here and I think about the performances that I’ve watched this year what I see actually are women are sometimes powerful and sometimes not, sometimes sexy, sometimes not, sometimes honourable, sometimes not, and what I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That’s what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.”
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