Glenn Close wasn't expecting to win a Golden Globe at Sunday night's ceremony, if the shocked look on her face when she won best actress in a drama for "The Wife" was any indication.
Lady Gaga, who was widely expected to take home the best-drama actress trophy for "A Star Is Born," shared a touching moment with Close as she approached the stage. The magic began when Close reached the microphone, where she delivered a moving speech about her experience as a wife, mother and woman.
“What I’ve learned through this whole experience is that women, we’re nurturers, that’s what’s expected of us," she said. "We have our children and we have our husbands, if we’re lucky enough, and we have our partners, whoever. But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say ‘I can do that and I should be allowed to do that.'"
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The 71-year-old actress joked that "The Wife," adapted from the 2003 novel by Meg Wolitzer, took so long to make because of its female-centric title.
"It took 14 years to make this film," she said. "It was called 'The Wife' – I think that's why it took 14 years to get made."
She also touched on her experience with her own mother, and the lessons she learned from a woman who wasn't able to pursue her passions.
"I'm thinking of my mom, who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life, and in her 80s said to me, 'I haven't accomplished anything,' " she said of her mother, who was 18 when she married and spent her life as the wife of a surgeon.
"And it was not right. … You know when I was little, I felt like Muhammad Ali, who was destined to be a boxer. I felt destined to be an actress. I saw the early Disney films, and Hayley Mills, and I said, 'I can do that,' and here I am today. It would've been 45 years in September that I am a working actress and I cannot imagine a more wonderful life."
Backstage, Close added to her advice for women looking to gain more agency in their lives: "It starts with self-reflection. And then you have to be brave. You have to figure out how to articulate what your dreams are."
Close has been nominated for 14 Golden Globes, and has won three, with her trophy for "The Wife" joining her best-actress wins for "Damages" in 2007 and "The Lion in Winter" in 2004. Her nomination – and win – was the only Golden Globe recognition for "The Wife."
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