“I hope we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them.”
On Sunday, Nicole Kidman won the first Golden Globe of the night.
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Kidman won in the Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie category for playing Celeste Wright, a victim of domestic violence, on HBO's critically acclaimed Big Little Lies.
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After thanking a host of people — including her co-stars Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Shailene Woodley — the actor used her speech to talk about the importance of her BLL character in light of recent conversations about sexual misconduct in Hollywood.
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"This character that I played represents something that is the center of our conversation right now: Abuse," Kidman said.
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"I do believe, and I hope, we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them," she continued. "Let's keep the conversation alive. Let's do it."
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