“I’m Still Here” star Fernanda Torres won her first Golden Globe, and cemented her place in the awards race, after scoring the statue for best actress in a motion picture, drama.

Torres, 59, pulled off a major upset in cinching her victory and appeared to be stunned to hear her named called by presenter Viola Davis. She was nominated against Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Angelina Jolie (“Maria”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”) and Kate Winslet (“Lee”) and was not expected to prevail against all those A-listers and icons. In the political drama, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, a grieving mother of five who is coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, former leftist politician Rubens Paiva, during Brazil’s military dictatorship.

“My god, I didn’t prepare anything,” Torres admitted from the stage at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. “This is such an amazing year for female performances.