Demi Moore is now the second-oldest Golden Globe winner in her category
The Substance confronts ageism — and specifically aging in Hollywood — so it’s fitting that Demi Moore, at 62, is now the second-oldest Best Comedy/Musical Actress winner in the history of the Golden Globes.
The actress took home the honor Sunday night, becoming the third performer in her 60s to win the award, which was first given out in 1951. Meryl Streep and Michelle Yeoh were both 60 when they triumphed for Julie & Julia and Everything Everywhere All at Once, respectively. The category’s oldest champ is Jessica Tandy, who was 80 at the time of her Driving Miss Daisy victory.
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During her moving speech, Moore noted her 45-plus years in the industry, sharing that a producer 30 years ago once told her that she’d never be more than a “popcorn actress.” She said she “bought in” to that and thought her career was over a few years ago until she got Coralie Fargeat‘s “magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers” script for The Substance.
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“The universe told me that you’re not done. And I’m so grateful to Coralie for trusting me to step in and play this woman,” Moore said, before imparting a message for anyone who feels they’re not enough. “I had a woman say to me, ‘Just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.’ And so today, I celebrate that 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.”
Moore was the oldest nominee in her category. She was in second in the odds, trailing Anora‘s Mikey Madison, who would’ve become the category’s 10th youngest winner at 25. The other nominees were Challengers‘ Zendaya, who’s 28; Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo, who turns 38 on Wednesday; Nightbitch‘s Amy Adams, who’s 50; and Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, who’s 52 and the first trans actress to be nominated in a film category.
Moore, who was on her fourth Golden Globe nomination, is currently in fifth place in the Best Actress Oscar odds, but expect her to rise after her Globe victory. Recent history and age are also on her side at the Oscars as the last seven Best Actress winners have been 35 or older, with six of them over 40 and three of them over 60. A twentysomething has not won the prize since then-28-year-old Emma Stone did for La La Land eight years ago.
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