A royal honor!
“You’re so relaxed,” Anderson began her virtual acceptance speech, “and then all of a sudden you start to freak out.”
“Firstly, thank you very much to the Hollywood Foreign Press, and to my fellow nominees and to Peter Morgan for imagining that I could inhabit Mrs. T,” she continued. Anderson played British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the most recent season ofThe Crown.
Gillian Anderson.
She gave series creator Morgan another shout-out, thanking him for “writing an exquisitely multidimensional character against the odds.”
Anderson also thanked the series' “extraordinary” hair and makeup team for transforming her into the former prime minister, calling her look the “Thatcher helmet thing.”
Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.Sophie Mutevelian/Netflix
Also nominated in the category wereHelena Bonham Carter(The Crown),Julia Garner(Ozark),Annie Murphy(Schitt’s Creek) andCynthia Nixon(Ratched).
To play Thatcher onThe Crown, Andersonexplained toHarper’s Bazaarin November that she had to get to a point where the part had “nothing to do with my opinions of her policies, of her actions.” She said her portrayal is “only about her as a human being and her motivation as a politician and as a mother.”
“I feel like I have an opportunity as somebody in the public eye to draw attention to things, but I don’t comment; I don’t offer my opinion on social media on a regular basis,” she said. “It’s not my world. I’m an actor, I’m not a politician, I’m not a social worker.”
Anderson’s costarsJosh O’ConnorandEmma Corrinalso took home awards for their roles onThe Crown, whichwonbest television series — drama.
The 78th AnnualGolden GlobesAwards are airing live on NBC from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
