American singer, Lady Gaga, on Sunday won her first Golden Globes award as Best Actress in a Limited-Series or TV Movie for her role as Countess in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Hotel.
Mother Monster, who plays a 115-year-old vampire in love with a former drug addict, emerged victorious from an impressive group of nominees including Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Queen Latifah (Bessie), and Felicity Huffman (American Crime).
The 29-year-old fought back tears as she began her acceptance speech: “It is a great moment. I have to thank Ryan Murphy. You are just a wonderful human being. And you have believed in me so much and been such a good friend to me. Thank you to my wonderful cast. I love you guys so much. You’re my family forever.”
She continued to thank more of her cast mates, including Matt Bomer, Angela Bassett and Clive Peters, “I could go through the entire cast. You are all so talented. Because of you, I was able to shine, I guess. So, thank you for sharing your talent with me. I wanted to be an actress before I wanted to be a singer. But music worked out first.”
The pop star then gave thanks to “my family, my mother, my father, my sister, Natalie, I love you so much, I have to thank my team. You guys pick me up every single day and the things I put my body through and my mind through when I’m working, it makes me like a child. I can’t even do things on my own. And you allow that. And you take care of me and you help me to explore my creativity in ways that I never thought I could…I’m truly speechless. I truly am truly speechless. Thank you so much.”
Full list of winners
Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Revenant
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: Brie Larson – Room
Best Motion Picture – Comedy: The Martian
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama: Taraji P. Henson – Empire
Best Director – Motion Picture: Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Best TV Series – Drama: Mr. Robot – USA Network
Best Original Song – Motion Picture: Writing’s on the Wall – Spectre
Best Actress in a Limited – Series or TV Movie: Lady Gaga – American Horror Story: Hotel
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul – Hungary
Best Actor in a TV Series – Comedy: Gael García Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture: Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Animated Feature Film: Inside Out
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Matt Damon – The Martian
Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama: Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie: Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
Best Actor in a Limited-Series or TV Movie: Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero
Best TV Movie or Limited-Series: Wolf Hall – PBS
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Mozart in the Jungle – Amazon Video
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series or TV Movie: Maura Tierney – The Affair
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Denzel Washington
