Angela Bassett has made history as the first actor to win a Golden Globe for their performance in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
On Tuesday night (January 10), the 64-year-old renowned star took home the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Bassett won against Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness), and Carey Mulligan (She Said) to take home the Globe.
The night also commemorated the 9-1-1 actress's second win - and second nomination - at the award show as she took home the gold statue back in 1993 for best actress in a musical or comedy for Tina Turner's biopic: What’s Love Got to Do With It.
Watch Bassett's speech below:"I got to find my words. I’m so nervous. My heart is just beating," Bassett began her speech. "The late Tony Morrison said that 'your life is already a miracle of chance just waiting for you to order its destiny.'
"But in order for that destiny to manifest, I think that it requires courage to have faith. It requires patience, as we just heard. And it requires a true sense of yourself," she said. "It’s not easy because the past is circuitous and it has many unexpected detours, but, by the grace of God, I stand here. I stand here grateful."
The Waiting To Exhale star then took the opportunity to thank her husband, fellow actor Courtney B. Vance, her family, and her Marvel family, including Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler, Victoria Alonso, Nate Moore, Kevin Feige, and Louis D’Esposito.
She then acknowledged the death of her co-star Chadwick Boseman - who died of colon cancer in 2020 at the age of 43 - whose story cast a shadow over the movie plot.
"We embarked on this journey together with love. We mourned, we loved, we healed. We were surrounded each and every day by the light and the spirit of Chadwick Boseman," Bassett said. "We have joy in knowing that with this historic Black Panther series, it is a part of his legacy that he helped to lead us.
"We showed the world what Black unity, leadership and love looks like, behind and in front of the camera," she continued. "To the Marvel fans, thank you for embracing these characters and showing us so much love."
Priors to Bassett’s win for Wakanda Forever, only four actors - none of them women - had ever been nominated for a Golden Globe for acting in a superhero movie.
The nominees were Jack Nicholson for 1989's Batman and Ryan Reynolds for 2016's Deadpool, as well as winners Heath Ledger for 2008's The Dark Knight and Joaquin Phoenix for 2019's Joker.
In addition to this, this isn't the first time the American Horror Story actress has earned a prestigious award for playing Queen Ramonda. In 2018, she was part of the group of actors from the first Black Panther film who won best ensemble at the SAG Awards.
Furthermore, Bassett opened up to Variety in November about how the 36-year-old Black Panther director spoke of her importance in the sequel's story.
"Almost to the point that I was going to get a complex, like, 'Am I going to be able to deliver what you’re asking for?'" Bassett said. "She had to be strong. She had to be a mother. She had to be a leader. He was just throwing all of this at me."