Australian actor Rose Byrne has taken home her first ever Golden Globe Award.
The Sydney-born actress won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy category for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” at the ceremony today.
“Of course, I didn’t prepare anything,” a visibly emotional Byrne said.
“Thank you so much. This is such a shock.”
She added: “Thanks to my mum and dad who bought Paramount+ so they can watch the Golden Globes from Sydney… I want to thank my husband, Bobby Cannavale, who couldn’t be here because we’re getting a bearded dragon and he went to a reptile expo in New Jersey, so thank you, baby!”
Byrne emerged victorious in a very tough category that also featured Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”), Emma Stone (“Bugonia”), Kate Hemsworth (“Song Sung Blue”), Chase Infiniti (“One Battle After Another”), and Amanda Seyfried (“The Testament of Ann Lee”).
She has previously been nominated for a Golden Globe twice, both coming for her work in the hit TV show “Damages” in 2008 and 2010.
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“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” has been praised critically, with Rolling Stone singling out Byrne’s performance.
“The ‘Bridesmaids’ actor is particularly on-point here, crafting the sort of exquisitely raw, white-knuckle performance that feels so voyeuristic and personal that, if you had any decency, you’d look away,” the review reads.
“She ensures that you can’t. Some might qualify ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ as a comedy, albeit one brimming with barely contained rage, while others might describe as a horror movie. Either way, it’s the kind of film that makes you want to call your own mother and apologise.”
Read the full review here.
Watch Byrne’s acceptance speech below.