Emma Stone on Sunday was awarded the best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.”
“The women in this category… I share this with you,” Stone said, through tears, during her acceptance speech. “I’m in awe of you and it has been such an honor to do all this together.”
She also thanked the film’s director Yorgos Lanthimos and the rest of the cast and crew, nodding to the effort they collectively put in to create the film. Stone also hilariously noted that the back of her gown was “broken,” which she said she thinks happened during Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken.”
With a hoarse voice, Stone also gave a sweet shoutout to her daughter at the end of her speech, who she said was about to turn three.
Right after her award, the evening’s host Jimmy Kimmel came back out on stage and cracked an “Envelopegate” joke, a nod to the best picture envelope mixup between “La La Land” and “Moonlight” at the 2017 Oscars.
This is Stone’s second Oscar for best actress in a leading role, after first winning the award in 2017 for “La La Land.”
Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Sally Field, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange – all previous best lead actress Oscar winners – appeared on stage to present the award, each delivering a poignant speech about one of the current nominees before Yeoh named Stone as the winner.
