American actress and fashion icon Chloë Sevigny is one of Hollywood’s most gifted acting talents. Known for her many indie film roles, Sevigny has garnered much critical acclaim since her 1995 debut, including Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominations for her performance in Boys Don’t Cry. Sevigny is also revered for her offbeat sense of style, and recently designed collections for hip New York label Opening Ceremony.
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On Jan 17 2010, Chloë Sevigny was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Television) for her portrayal of Nicolette "Nicki" Grant on the HBO drama series, Big Love. Congratulations on the well-deserved win, Chloë!
TV: Big Love (2006-?)
Film: Barry Munday (2010)
Film: Mr. Nice (2010)
Film: My Son, My Son,... (2009)
Film: The Killing Room (2008)
Big, big congratulations to Chloë Sevigny for holding up the Big Love flag and winning the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her portrayal of Nicolette “Nicki” Grant on the show!! A well-deserved award, we think.
Also in contention for the award were Jane Adams (Hung, HBO), Rose Byrne (Damages, FX NETWORK), Jane Lynch, (Glee, FOX) and Janet McTeer (Into The Storm, HBO), however it was Chloë (or Chloï, as they misspelled her name) Sevigny who took home the award, as presented to her by actors Chace Crawford and Kristen Bell. We’re so happy for you, Chloë! It’s fantastic!
Meanwhile, Big Love and Bill Paxton lost to Mad Men and Michael C. Hall from Dexter in their respective categories.
Chloë’s acceptance speech was very composed, though she was clearly very excited about her win (and was dressed for the occasion). She also suspected she may have ripped her dress walking up onto the stage! Check out a clip of the speech below Unfortunately, Chloë’s acceptance speech is currently not available for viewing on YouTube and cannot therefore be embedded, but you can check out a LQ streaming version of it at e.g. Jezebel.com.
Our transcript of Chloë’s entire acceptance speech:
Kristen Bell — Here are the nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a TV series, miniseries or TV movie.
Chace Crawford — Jane Adams, Hung.
Kristen Bell — Rose Byrne, Damages.
Chace Crawford — Jane Lynch, for Glee.
Kristen Bell — Janet McTeer, Into the Storm.
Chace Crawford — Chloë Sevigny, for Big Love.
[Chloë smiles wryly at the storm of applause as the camera zooms in on her.]
Kristen Bell — And the Golden Globe goes to…
Both — … CHLOË SEVIGNY.
[Chloë is quickly congratulated by co-stars Jeanne Tripplehorn and Ginnifer Goodwin, before walking up to the stage with the Big Love original series theme song playing in the background.]
Globes Presenter — This is Chloë Sevigny’s first win and second nomination. She was previously nominated for her performance in the feature film, Boys Don’t Cry.
[Chloë walks up onto the stage with the usher. When presented with the Golden Globe statuette by Kristen Bell, the usher accidentally steps on the back of Chloë's dress, ripping it. Chloë yelps, all three turning to look at the usher leaving the stage.]
Chloë Sevigny — Wooow!!… [giving the usher a meaningful look] Whoops!
[Chloë laughs, then begins her acceptance speech.]
Chloë Sevigny — Um… I’d like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for this incredible honor…
[Chloë turns again to look after the usher.]
Chloë Sevigny — [chuckling] I can’t believe you just ripped my dress! [laughs breathlessly, audience laughs]
Chloë Sevigny — [continuing her speech] I’d like to share this award with my sister wives, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Ginnifer Goodwin.
[Chloë pauses, the audience applauds.]
Chloë Sevigny — Thank you to our cast and crew, especially George, my favorite on-set PA, who runs my lines with me every morning, and without him I would never remember anything. Uh, to all of our writers and directors and producers, to everyone at Playtone and HBO, thank you. To Will and Mark, our creators. I can’t even imagine what inspired you to cast me as a Mormon fundamentalist polygamist! [laughs] I remain eternally confused, and forever grateful. Thank you. [blows a kiss] To all my friends in New York who have always been there for me, I love you, I miss you, and see you soon, and to my beautiful mother, Janine, and my brother, Paul, thank you for making me who I am. Thank you, so much.
[Audience applauds, Chloë walks off the stage.]
And finally, we can’t say this too many times: Congratulations, Chloë!
Congrats to Chloe. Big Love is seriously overdue for awards so yay!
Chloe is an amazing actress with a wonderful sense of style who has always taken chances on her work.
But her reaction tonight when some poor usher accidentally stepped on her dress was really cringe-worthy.
She seemed really shallow. Who cares about her dress? Has she heard there was an earthquake in Haiti?
I hope she apologized.
bridgitte
Chloë was hilarious and very gracious with her speech. I was shaking when she won. She absolutely earned the award…I couldn’t be happier for her.
And how good was Big Love last night? The perfect ending to my night! I’ve got my fingers crossed already for you next time, Chloë!
Also, in response to Bridgette(the previous comment), I don’t think an apology is at all necessary. How else could she have responded? She was nervous and the usher ripped her dress…She was already at the mic and I’m sure that was the last thing she expected! I though her response was very funny and I thought she handled the situation very well.
Congrats Chloe! Eco-Stiletto is re-running our interview with you in honor of your win. Check out the website to see it!