The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki gives acceptance speech with no shoes on after SAGS win

Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki has given an endearing acceptance speech without any shoes on after SAGS win.

Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki has given an endearing acceptance speech without any shoes on.

The French-born, Melbourne-raised star took home the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in The Crown.

But as her name was called out and she made her way to the stage at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall, her shoe got caught in her custom Armani dress so she simply slipped it off an continued on her way.

“I don’t have any shoes on,” she confessed once she got to the podium.

Elizabeth Debicki made her acceptance speech without any shoes on. Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

“Truly, I was not expecting this. People say that and I really am not. So I don’t really know what to say, so I’m just going to wing it,” said Debicki, who won for her portrayal of Princess Diana.

She then proceeded to thank the SAG-AFTRA union and her fellow nominees, which included fellow Aussie actress Sarah Snook for her role in Succession.

“The women in my category, I watch with total awe and I learn how to do my craft watching you. So being nominated next to you is incredible,” she said.

“I really, really love my job. About a week ago, I had the flu and I was, this is what happens when I improv.

The actress won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series award for The Crown. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Debicki stunned in her backless Armani dress. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

“I was lying in bed. And I had a memory of, I was thinking about childhood. And I was thinking about a happy memory and I remembered the first time that I was ever cast in a play. And it was in my year, I was year five, I must have been 10. I think someone’s parent wrote it. I think it was about kids getting along, like, I don’t think it was an actual play. Somebody gave me that part on the last day of school and it was a 15-minute walk home and I think I just I levitated home, I was so happy. And I feel like that every time someone gives me a job. So thank you for this. It means so much to me.”

Debicki then concluded her speech by thanking her The Crown co-stars and wishing her mum a happy birthday.

“To my beautiful Crown family and so many of you here tonight. It is a joy to work with you,” she said. “This job is such a gift. It’s my mum’s birthday. Happy birthday, Mum, thank you so much.”

Originally published as The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki gives acceptance speech with no shoes on after SAGS win