Golden Globes 2024: Sarah Snook in shock as she wins Best Female Actor for her role in Succession

Sarah Snook has won a Golden Globe for her critically acclaimed role in the HBO drama Succession.

The Australian actress, 36, originally from Adelaide, took home the statuette for Best Supporting Actress in a Series for her portrayal of political strategist and media heir Siobhan 'Shiv' Roy.

She beat the likes of Emma Stone (The Curse), Imelda Staunton (The Crown), Helen Mirren (1923), Kerri Russell (The Diplomat) and Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us) in her category.

“This show changed my life,” Snook said in her acceptance speech, before thanking her fellow cast and crew.

“This was a team effort, that was always what made the show great.”

The Australian actress, 36, who hails from Adelaide, took home the statuette for Best Supporting Actress in a Series for her portrayal of political strategist and media heir Siobhan 'Shiv' Roy

She ended her speech laughing. “This room is so intimidating!” before running off stage.

Her win was announced on Sunday during a star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

The Golden Globes are widely considered a good indicator of who will take home gold at the Academy Awards later this year.

“This show changed my life,” Snook said in her acceptance speech, before thanking her fellow cast and crew

Sarah started out on stage, appearing in King Lear with the State Theater Company of South Australia in 2009, shortly after graduating from Australia's most prestigious theater school, NIDA.

Interestingly enough, Succession is often compared to a modern Shakespeare play, specifically King Lear.

That same year, Sarah again co-starred with Winslet, this time in the Steve Jobs biopic.

Her win was announced on Sunday at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles

After a notable appearance on Black Mirror in 2016, Sarah scored her career-defining role as Roy in HBO's Succession two years later.

In a 2018 interview about how she got the role, she revealed that she auditioned alongside Jeremy Strong, who plays her on-screen brother Kendall Roy in the drama.

'I auditioned for Jeremy, who now plays my older brother. I had something put on tape and then I was called in for the screen test,” she told Collider.

“They flew me from Australia to LA, and between the audition and the screen test I started to understand what this thing was more,” she continued.

“At the last audition, and when I did it with Jeremy, I was finally like, 'Oh, I get it! This is a drama. It has a comedic edge, but it's really sharp.”

Although Succession started slowly, the series has now become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed programs on television.

One of her most notable roles came in 2015, when she co-starred with Kate Winslet (right) in the critically acclaimed Australian film The Dressmaker

In 2020, Sarah was nominated for an Emmy and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her role in the series.

Her star status Down Under was confirmed when she appeared on the cover of Vogue Australia a few months later.

Sarah is now enjoying the spoils of her success and buying a mansion not far from Melbourne for almost $2 million.

Sarah married Dave, 43, in February last year and revealed in an interview with Harper's Bazaar that they had only recently moved into the house.

In an interview with Vogue Australia in October last year, Sarah revealed she had 'fell in love' with Dave at the start of the pandemic.

According to Succession director Mark Mylod, Sarah's incredible performance as Shiv in the recent finale was key to creating the 'perfect' ending for season three

“At the start of the pandemic last year, I was locked down in Melbourne with one of my best friends and we fell in love,” she said.

'We've been friends since 2014, living together, traveling together, always excited to see each other, but completely platonic.

'We've just never been single at the same time. I proposed and we got married in my backyard in February.”

She added: “It's been a ride. There is so much sadness and grief in the world, but on a micro-personal level I have been very lucky.”