Golden Globes 2024 recap: Biggest moments from the 81st annual awards show
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Lily Gladstone won the Golden Globe for best performance by a female actor in a motion picture (drama) for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Gladstone is the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe for best actress.
During her acceptance speech, Gladstone spoke using the language of the Blackfeet people.
“I’m so grateful I can speak even a little bit of my language — which I’m not fluent in — up here, because in this business, native actors used to speak their lines in English and the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish native languages on camera.”
“This is a historic win, it doesn’t belong to just me,” she continued. “This is for every little rez kid … every little native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words with tremendous allies and tremendous trust….”
Lily Gladstone accepts award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024.
Past Indigenous nominees include Chief Dan George for “Little Big Man” and Irene Bedard for “Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee.”
Other nominees in the category included Annette Bening for “Nyad,” Sandra Hüller for “Anatomy of a Fall,” Greta Lee for “Past Lives,” Carey Mulligan for “Maestro” and Cailee Spaeny for “Priscilla.”