Dolly de Leon makes history at Golden Globes
Dolly de Leon made history as the first Filipino actress to be nominated at the Golden Globes last Dec. 13.
De Leon, 53, became a breakout star following rave reviews for her performance as Abigail in "Triangle of Sadness," the Palme d' Or-winning comedy directed by Ruben Ostlund.
At the Golden Globe Awards which will be broadcast from the US on Jan. 10, 2023, De Leon will compete against other talented stars for best supporting actress -motion picture - Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) , Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), and Carey Mulligan (“She Said”).
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter recently, De Leon recalled how she prepared for the movie "Triangle of Sadness."
The stage actress said that she had to wait two years between auditioning for the role in 2018 and filming in 2020. During that period, De Leon was "always" thinking about Abigail.
She exercised on a treadmill to keep her stamina up for what she knew would be an intense filming process.
“I only do that with characters who are very, very different from me, and especially characters who make a very difficult choice," De Leon told the Hollywood Reporter.
De Leon also said that Abigail’s character was something she fundamentally recognized. “I see Abigail in my aunts, my mother, our grandmother, our cousins. She’s in a lot of Filipinos that I’ve met over the years."
In a separate interview for Entertainment Weekly, De Leon also admitted there was pressure in playing the role of Abigail.
"Especially while we were filming the pressure was really hard. I was terrified because I didn't want to misrepresent," she said.
De Leon added: "As Filipinos, I didn't want to represent our workers abroad. I didn't want to make them think that I was making fun of them or I was making light of their jobs.
"That's the strength you see in Abigail because I really had to work hard and push that hard to show that she's a woman of power. She's using it, you know, with elegance and grace.
"I wanted that to come out because I wanted the Filipinos to be proud and not just Filipinos, also other ethnicities who are in the service industry, to have a sense of pride. And to see a reflection of themselves, of someone who is true and real, and not someone who is a caricature or someone who has just makeup.
"I really tried to make her as human as possible so that people can relate to her and not see her as a
of jokes," De Leon added.
This year, De Leon already won best supporting actress for the same film at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Breakthrough Performance Award at the Middleburg Film Festival. She was also nominated for the same category and same film at Satellite Awards.
With these international recognitions, can Oscar Awards be far behind?