Emma Stone won her second Golden Globe, for her performance in Poor Things, a comedy-drama riff on the Frankenstein legend.
In the film, she plays Bella, a Victorian-era woman who was brought back to life with the brain of a fetus; her performance was widely praised by critics, according to The New York Times.
In the running were Fantasia Barrino for The Color Purple, Jennifer Lawrence for No Hard Feelings, Natalie Portman for May December, Alma Pöysti for Fallen Leaves, Margot Robbie for Barbie and Emma Stone for Poor Things.
The actress began her speech by gushing over her husband, Dave McCary. The pair have been married since 2020.
"This is amazing, thank you. Dave, I have to start with you really quickly," she said. "I love you very much. Thank you for everything!" Stone then thanked her Poor Things cast mates Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef for making "every day an absolute joy" on the film's set.
Of director Yorgos Lanthimos, Stone said: "Yorgos, I don't know what I could say to you that I haven't said to you already. But I will forever be grateful that we met. Forever. And playing Bella was unbelievable."
"I think this is a rom-com. I see this as a rom-com, but in this sense of Bella falls in love with life itself rather than a person, and she accepts the good and the bad in equal measure. And that really made me look at life differently," she added. "And that all of it counts and all of it is important. And she has stayed with me deeply, so this means the world to me. Thank you so much."
Yorgos Lanthimos directed Poor Things, a 2023 scientific fantasy black comedy film written by Tony McNamara. It is based on Alasdair Gray's novel from 1992. It stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. The plot revolves around Bella Baxter, a young Victorian woman who, after being ruthlessly resurrected by a scientist following her suicide, flees with a debauched barrister on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
The movie strengthened Stone's collaboration with Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, with whom she had previously worked on the 2018 picture The Favourite. Stone's performance in La La Land earned her a Golden Globe in 2017.