Teyana Taylor Sends Message to “Little Brown Girls” After Globes Win

Teyana Taylor certainly made it at the 2026 Golden Globes.

The actress from One Battle After Another won the award for Best Supporting Female Actor in a Motion Picture at the ceremony on January 11th. She was chosen over fellow nominees Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine), Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value).

Teyana was deeply moved when she accepted her award on stage at the Beverly Hilton, during a ceremony hosted by Nikki Glaser. (You can find a complete list of winners here.)

Fighting back tears, the 35-year-old admitted she almost didn’t prepare a speech. She then called out the names of her children, 10-year-old Junie Tayla and 5-year-old Rue Rose, and playfully scolded them: “Y’all better put down those phones and watch me right now!”

Teyana also shared a heartfelt message with other women of color and young girls watching the show.

She spoke from the stage, declaring that kindness isn’t a weakness, and even in loss, there’s no shame. We shouldn’t feel like we’re too much, or that we need to ask for permission to be ourselves. We have the right to be present and valued everywhere, and our aspirations deserve to be nurtured.

This victory was significant for the singer, who had previously discussed her close collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson in developing her character, Perfidia Beverly Hills, and specifically portraying the challenges of postpartum depression.

She told Variety in an interview on January 3rd that the subject isn’t discussed often enough, and she felt both nervous and eager to explore it more deeply.

Even though viewers often criticized her character, Teyana was happy to take on the role.

She often makes choices that people disagree with, but she’s always authentically herself and firmly committed to her beliefs, even when those beliefs are things others might not have been brave enough to do.

Teyana explained that women are often told to be less assertive, to not appear too confident. She sees this character as a defiant response to that pressure – a woman refusing to be silenced or controlled, and rejecting traditional expectations.

For a look at more of the winners from the 2026 Golden Globes, keep reading.

Joel Edgerton—Train Dreams

Oscar Isaac—Frankenstein

Dwayne Johnson—The Smashing Machine

Michael B. Jordan—Sinners

Wagner Moura—The Secret Agent

Jeremy Allen White—Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Kathy Bates—Matlock

Britt Lower—Severance

Helen Mirran—Mobland

Bella Ramsey—The Last of Us

Keri Russell—The Diplomat

Rhea Seehorn—Pluribus

Jessie Buckley—Hamnet

Jennifer Lawrence—Die My Love

Renate Reinsve—Sentimental Value

Julia Roberts—After the Hunt

Tessa Thompson—Hedda

Eva Victor—Sorry, Baby

Marty Supreme

Bugonia

Blue Moon

No Other Choice

Nouvelle Vague

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Hamnet

Frankenstein

It Was Just an Accident

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Kristen Bell—Nobody Wants This

Ayo Edebiri—The Bear

Natasha Lyonne—Poker Face

Selena Gomez—Only Murders in the Building

Jenna Ortega—Wednesday

WINNER: Jean Smart—Hacks

The Diplomat

The Pitt

Pluribus

Severance

Slow Horses

The White Lotus

Jacob Elordi—The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Paul Giamatti—Black Mirror

Stephen Graham—Adolescence

Charlie Hunnam—Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Jude Law—Black Rabbit

Matthew Rhys—The Beast in Me

Erin Doherty—Adolescence

Carrie Coon—The White Lotus

Hannah Einbender—Hacks

Catherine O’Hara—The Studio

Parker Posey—The White Lotus

Aimee Lou Wood—The White Lotus

Adam Brody—Nobody Wants This

Steve Martin—Only Murders in the Building

Glen Powell—Chad Powers

WINNER: Seth Rogen—The Studio

Martin Short—Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White—The Bear

Benecio del Toro—One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi—Frankenstein

Paul Mescal—Hamnet

Sean Penn—One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler—Jay Kelly

WINNER: Stellan Skarsgard—Sentimental Value

Sterling K. Brown—Paradise

Diego Luna—Andor

Gary Oldman—Slow Horses

Mark Ruffalo—Task

Adam Scott—Severance

WINNER: Noah Wyle—The Pitt

Timothee Chalamet—Marty Supreme

George Clooney—Jay Kelly

Leonardo DiCaprio—One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke—Blue Moon

Lee Byung-Hun—No Other Choice

Jesse Plemons—Bugonia

WINNER: Owen Cooper—Adolescence

Billy Crudup—The Morning Show

Walton Goggins—The White Lotus

Jason Isaacs—The White Lotus

Tramell Tillman—Severance

Ashley Waters—Adolescence

“Dream as One”—Avatar: Fire and Ash; Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

Golden is a work by K:Pop Demon Hunters, created by Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), and Mark Sonnenblick.

“I Lied to You”—Sinners; Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

“No Place Like Home”—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Schwartz

“The Girl in the Bubble”—Wicked: For Good; Stephen Scwartz

“Train Dreams”—Train Dreams; Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner