Julianne Moore Wins Golden Globe for 'Still Alice'

By South O’ the Highway

2 minute 01/12/2015

72nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS -- Pictured: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice", Winner, Best Actress - Motion Picture, Drama at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 -- — Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”, Winner, Best Actress – Motion Picture, Drama at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015. Photo credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Montauk’s Julianne Moore received the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture—Drama on Sunday Night for her role in Still Alice, which had its U.S. premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October.

Directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, the film is about a linguistics professor (Moore) who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Amagansett’s Alec Baldwin plays her husband and the film also stars Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish as her children.

To win the award, Moore beat out nominees Jennifer Aniston, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike and Reese Witherspoon.

last night was amazing – i feel so lucky! thank you for all the congratulations! @StillAlice @KillerFilms @sonyclassics

— Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) January 12, 2015

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama – Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) – Still Alice – #GoldenGlobes

— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 12, 2015