Cillian Murphy Named Best Actor at Irish Academy Awards: ‘It Feels Lovely Being Home’
variety.comAlex Ritman Cillian Murphy capped off his domination of awards season by claiming the top acting prize for film on home soil.
The Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG award winner on Saturday night added perhaps a final statue to his flawless haul for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” when he was named best lead actor at the 21st Irish Film and TV Academy Awards. “Being in this room is so special — being at home, with people that I love and admire amongst my fellow nominees and some of my favourite people,” Murphy said on accepting the award, handed to him by “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone.
Speaking backstage afterwards at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, he added: “It feels lovely being home with so many friends and colleagues.” Gladstone, who described Murphy’s wins as a “clean sweep,” was making her first trip to Ireland as a nominee for best international actress.
Her attendance wasn’t enough to secure a victory, however, with the award going to “Poor Things” star Emma Stone. Producer Ed Guiney of Element Pictures, on collecting the award for Stone, gave a special shoutout to Gladstone in the audience.
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