Last night’s Golden Globes Awards has, as ever, given us a lot to talk about today – from Richard Madden’s unexpected win for his role in Bodyguard to the lovely moment between Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh and her parents after she was awarded a prize.

One moment in particular from the evening has caught everyone’s attention – and with good reason.

Glenn Close won the award for best actress (drama), thanks to her performance in 2017 film The Wife which she starred in as Joan Castleman, the long-suffering partner of an esteemed author.

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Accepting her prize, Close said the film had taken 14 years to be made, adding she believes its title was the reason why.

“To play a character who is so internal, I'm thinking of my mom who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life,” Close went on.

"In her 80s she said to me, 'I feel like I haven't accomplished anything.' And it was so not right. And I feel like what I've learned from this whole experience is, women, we're nurturers, that's what's expected of us.

"We have our children, we have our husbands if we're lucky enough, and our partners. But we have to find personal fulfilment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say, 'I can do that and I should be allowed to do that.’”

Close’s rousing speech was met with a standing ovation and many Hollywood stars in the audience were visibly moved by her powerful message to women.

"When I was little I felt like Muhammad Ali, who was destined to be a boxer. I felt destined to be an actress,” she added.

“I saw the early Disney films and Hayley Mills and I said, 'Oh, I can do that!' And I'm here today. It will have been 45 years in September that I am a working actress, and I cannot imagine a more wonderful life,” she concluded.

Glenn, we salute you.