By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-07 12:07:01 | Updated at 2025-01-08 12:00:29
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Demi Moore has proved she is anything but just a 'popcorn actress' after the star won her first Golden Globe for her critically-acclaimed performance in the body horror film The Substance on Sunday night.
The actress, 62, seemed to have an incredible comeback year in 2024, however the Ghost star has always been a Hollywood icon.
Kim Kardashian was said to have broken the internet when she posed nude in her unforgettable Paper Mag cover in 2014.
However it is thought that if Demi had released her iconic 1991 Vanity Fair cover in the time of the world wide web she would have got their first.
The star made magazine history in 1991 when she posed naked on the front of the magazine cover while pregnant with her second daughter Scout.
The image would inspire countless imitators and helped to destigmatize pregnant bodies.
Demi Moore's famous 1991 nude Vanity Fair cover would have broken the internet as we take a look back at how the star has always paved the way as a Hollywood icon
The actress proved she is anything but just a 'popcorn actress' after the star won her first Golden Globe for her critically-acclaimed performance in The Substance on Sunday
Speaking about posing nude for the shoot in an interview with Howard Stern in 2019 she explained: 'At one point at the end of the shoot we were doing it and I sad "Wouldn't it be amazing if they used this for the cover."
'And then a week later they called and asked and I was just trying to do the shoot reflective of how I felt.
'You know at the time women were only in Peter Pan collars, you could celebrate finding out you were pregnant and you could celebrate when you had the child but in the in between culturally it was like we had to pretend we had never had sex that it's like this immaculate conception.'
Since the cover A-listers are no longer shy in showing off their pregnancy bumps, with celebrities including Rihanna, Sienna Miller and Cardi B.
Demi's career was in a massive upswing a the time of her cover shoot. After appearing in the hit supernatural romance Ghost in 1990, she'd go on to appear in A Few Good Men (1992), Disclosure (1994) and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996).
She made a repeat appearance a year later in 1992 for her Vanity Fair Birthday Suit cover, in which she appeared totally nude but decorated with a body paint suit.
In 2020 Demi was also top of the guest list as she marked the momentous cover at the Vanity Fair: Hollywood Calling exhibit at the Annenberg Space For Photography.
Demi became a global star after starring in Ghost, with her androgynous look - from the dungarees to the short hairstyle - helping to define 1990s style.
Kim Kardashian was said to have broken the internet when she posed nude in her unforgettable Paper Mag cover in 2014, but perhaps Demi would have got their first
Demi became a global star after starring in Ghost, with her androgynous look - from the dungarees to the short hairstyle - helping to define 1990s style (pictured with Patrick Swayze)
Demi returned to the Met Gala last May following a five-year hiatus - putting on an attention-grabbing display
She also proved her acting chops in meatier 1990s films such as blockbuster courtroom drama A Few Good Men opposite Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.
Aside from her acting, Demi has also formed two Hollywood power couples, first in the 1980s with Die Hard star Bruce Willis, the father of her three daughters, and then with Ashton Kutcher, the latter union ending acrimoniously in 2013.
Meanwhile Demi has been enjoying something of a comeback as a fashion darling since her radiant appearances at Cannes Film Festival last May.
Marking her first appearance on the red carpet since 1997, Demi returned to the prestigious festival before later attending the Met Gala soon after following a five-year hiatus - putting on an attention-grabbing display.
The Ghost star made a bold statement as she wowed in a sculpted and dramatic black dress designed by Harris Reed that clung to her figure and also contained pink peony details that were embroidered onto the velvet material.
Her inclusion at the star-studded event in May resulted in some fans taking to X, formerly Twitter, to declare: 'We are in the Demi Moore renaissance,' and praise the actress' return to the prestigious occasion.
On Sunday Demi looked ageless as she walked the glamorous red carpet ahead of the Golden Globes and was emotional as she clutched the statue in her hand after winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
The star revealed in her teary acceptance speech that she was called a 'popcorn actress' 30 years ago - a comment she said 'corroded' her.
On Sunday Demi looked ageless as she walked the glamorous red carpet as she clutched the statue in her hand after winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
The Substance was released in theaters last year in September 2024, and the cast also included Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia and Oscar Lesage
She said on stage: '30 years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress.
'At that time I made that mean that this wasn't something that I was allowed to have, that I could do movies that were successful, that made a lot of money, but that I couldn't be acknowledged.
'I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it - maybe I was complete, maybe I've done what I was supposed to do.'
It was at that 'low point,' Demi said, that she received the script for The Substance which she called 'magical, bold, courageous, out of the box [and] absolutely bonkers.' 'The universe told me that you're not done,' she added.
