Elizabeth Debicki won a Golden Globe for her incredible portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown.
The 33-year-old Australian actress nabbed the statuette from Abby Elliott (The Bear), Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets), J. Smith-Cameron (Succession), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) and even Hollywood veteran Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the building). ).
All women were nominated in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie.
During her acceptance speech, Elizabeth broke down as she dedicated her award to her late godmother.
“I just want to thank my beloved and dear godmother, who left us too soon and too soon.” “This is for you, baby,” she said through tears.
Elizabeth Debicki won a Golden Globe for her incredible portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown
The Melbourne native also thanked her “children” in the Netflix series – Ed McVey, Rufus Kampa, Luther Ford and Flyn Edward, who play younger and older versions of Diana's sons Prince William and Prince Harry.
“Thank you to the creatives of this show for entrusting me with this role, to our cast and crew, to my beautiful children who I simply adore,” she said.
She also joked that her partner Christian asked her not to thank him during her acceptance speech so he wouldn't have to be on TV.
During her acceptance speech, Elizabeth broke down as she dedicated her award to her late godmother
“Many thanks to my mum and dad and Cash and Tommy who are in Australia and hopefully watching this in their pajamas.” To my partner Christian who said: “Don't thank me so I'm not on TV “But I'll thank you anyway,” she said.
Fittingly, the blonde beauty wore a gold chainmail dress for the exciting evening.
The dress flattered her beautiful porcelain complexion, as did the two diamond necklaces that adorned her cleavage.
Fittingly, the blonde beauty wore a gold chainmail dress for the exciting evening
The dress flattered her beautiful porcelain complexion, as did the two diamond necklaces that adorned her cleavage
While many are used to seeing Elizabeth with Diana's signature haircut in The Crown, the blonde beauty wore her long platinum blonde locks in a poker straight style.
Crown fans admitted they were brought to tears while watching the sixth and final season of the Netflix royal drama.
The third episode recreated the car accident that killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed in Paris in 1997, showing the moments leading up to the car entering the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.
And viewers admitted they were left in tears watching the harrowing episodes in the eight weeks leading up to Princess Diana's tragic death.
While many are used to seeing Elizabeth with Diana's signature haircut in The Crown, the blonde beauty wore her long platinum blonde locks in a poker straight style
They took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their emotional reactions to the scenes as they were left devastated by the gritty recovery.
Many viewers praised Elizabeth's “award-worthy” performance as Diana and called for Dominic West to be nominated for awards for his portrayal of King Charles.
One wrote: “I just finished the first part of the final season of #TheCrown and I'm in tears.” “Give all the awards to Elizabeth Debiki.”
Another gushed: “I'm actually crying.” Elizabeth Debicki's portrayal of Princess Diana is powerful. I am moved. Congratulations to everyone who put this production together.”
A third said: “Episode 4 of the new season of #TheCrown is absolutely heartbreaking.” Yes, it's THAT episode and oh my god I cried the whole time. “If Dominic West wins an Emmy for his role as the current King Charles, it will be for this episode.”
A fourth tweeted: “The way you can feel the pain in it,” and another said: “I just finished watching #TheCrown and my face is swollen from crying.”
Viewers praised Elizabeth's “award-worthy” performance as Diana in the Netflix miniseries
The opening moments of the series show the moments leading up to the car crash that killed Diana and Dodi (Khalid Abdalla), before flashing back to eight weeks ago.
The third episode then returns to the tragic moment and sees Diana and Dodi getting into a car outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris to return to the Egyptian film producer's apartment.
The car then accelerated through the streets of the French capital before entering the tunnel at high speed, with onlookers sobbing as they watched the harrowing scenes.
Netflix emphasized throughout production of season six that viewers will not see the moment of the crash that killed Diana and Dodi Fayed. However, audio of the fatal incident is played in the episode.