Emma Stone.Photo:CBS
CBS
The 2024Golden Globeshave named their winner for best film actress in a comedy or musical.
In the running wereFantasia BarrinoforThe Color Purple,Jennifer LawrenceforNo Hard Feelings,Natalie PortmanforMay December, Alma Pöysti forFallen Leaves,Margot RobbieforBarbieandEmma StoneforPoor Things. In the end, it was Stone, 35, who won the prize.
As Stone made her way to the stage, she got rave applause from fellow nominee Lawrence, 33, and friendTaylor Swift.
“This is amazing, thank you. Dave, I have to start with you really quickly,” she said. “I love you very much. Thank you for everything!”
Stone then thanked herPoor Thingscast matesWillem Dafoe,Mark RuffaloandRamy Yousseffor making “every day an absolute joy” on the film’s set.
Emma Stone.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
“The [film’s] crew [is] incredible. Tony [McNamara], this is our third time working together. Tony, our writer,” she continued. “I love getting to say this dialogue, and I love getting to horrify you with my Australian accent. You’re the best Tony.”
Of directorYorgos Lanthimos, Stone said: “Yorgos, I don’t know what I could say to you that I haven’t said to you already. But I will forever be grateful that we met. Forever. And playing Bella was unbelievable.”
“I think this is a rom-com. I see this as a rom-com, but in this sense of Bella falls in love with life itself rather than a person, and she accepts the good and the bad in equal measure. And that really made me look at life differently,” she added. “And that all of it counts and all of it is important. And she has stayed with me deeply, so this means the world to me. Thank you so much.”
Emma Stone in ‘Poor Things’.Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures
In Lanthimos and McNamara’s follow-up to their Oscar-winningThe Favourite, Stone stars as Frankenstein’s monster. Her newly implanted brain is that of the unborn child she was carrying whenWillem Dafoe’s scientist found her body.
Stone was up against some equally talented actresses for the prize, includingThe Color Purple’s Barrino.
Fantasia Barrino in “The Color Purple”.Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
A winner of bothAmerican Idolseason 3 and a Grammy Award, Barrino, 39, has more music accolades than acting ones. Her performance as the downtrodden Celie inThe Color Purple, the newest rendition of Alice Walker’s beloved novel, is changing that.
Jennifer Lawrence in “No Hard Feelings”.Macall Polay/ Columbia Pictures
Macall Polay/ Columbia Pictures
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No stranger to Golden Globe voters, Lawrence, 33, now has six nominations to her name, including three victories — in just four years — forSilver Linings Playbookin 2013,American Hustlein 2014 andJoyin 2016.
Natalie Portman in “May December”.Francois Duhamel/Netflix
Francois Duhamel/Netflix
The film — which costars fellow Globe nomineesJulianne MooreandCharles Melton— marks Portman’s fifth time being recognized at the Golden Globes, where she’s taken home statuettes in 2005 forCloserand in 2011 forBlack Swan.
Alma Pöysti in “Fallen Leaves”.Malla Hukkanen/MUBI/Everett
Malla Hukkanen/MUBI/Everett
A Finnish actress known stateside for playing Tove Jansson in the 2020 biopicTove, Pöysti, 42, is a new face at the Golden Globes. Along with her first-time nomination there, her work inFallen Leaveshas earned festival accolades and a Satellite Award nomination.
Margot Robbie in “Barbie”.Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.
Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.
As its producer-star who handpicked director and co-writerGreta Gerwig, only Robbie, 33,could have predictedthe meteoric success of 2023 box office championBarbie. Her bubbly yet profound leading performance as the titular Mattel doll was a shoo-in for comedy or musical movie recognition at the Globes — Robbie’s fourth nomination.
AmongBarbie’s leading nine Golden Globe nods is a brand-new category: cinematic and box office achievement.
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source: people.com
