This is the #Metoo and #Timesup era, and while we have grown so much in the recent years, it’s always nice to see how far we’ve come. Here are the most moving speeches by women for women.
Lupita Nyong’o, Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years A Slave, 2014
Cate Blanchett, Best Actress for Blue Jasmine, 2014
In her Oscar acceptance speech, Cate Blanchett chastised those in Hollywood “who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences… They are not. Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.”
Emma Thompson, Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, 1996
Emma Thompson thanks executive producer Syndney Pollack, “for asking all the right questions, like ‘why couldn’t these women go out and get a job?’ Why, indeed.”
Frances McDormand, Best Lead Actress for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
“If I may be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight, the actors—Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will, c’mon—the filmmakers, the producers, the directors, the writers, the cinematographer, the composers, the songwriters, the designers. C’mon! Okay, look around everybody. Look around, ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Don’t talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days, or you can come to ours, whatever suits you best, and we’ll tell you all about them. I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: ‘inclusion rider.'”
Patricia Arquette Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood, 2015
“To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s time to have wage equality once and for all. And equal rights for women in the United States of America.”
Halle Berry, Best Actress for Monster’s Ball, 2002
Halle Berry was the first black woman to win Best Actress, and her speech really reflected it: “This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll. It’s for the women that stand beside me, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Vivica Fox. And it’s for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance, because this door tonight has been opened.”
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