Jessica Chastain is using her moment in the spotlight for good.
While accepting the Best Actress trophy at the 2022 Oscars on March 27, The Eyes of Tammy Faye star shined a light on suicide awareness and the importance of spreading hope.
Jessica was up against fellow powerhouses Kristen Stewart (Spencer), Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) and Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) for the Best Actress in a Leading Role trophy this year.
After taking the stage, Jessica reflected on the "difficult times" people are living in, "filled with a lot of trauma and isolation, and so many people out there feel hopelessness and they feel alone."
She then spoke about the importance suicide awareness, saying, "It's touched many families, it's touched mine, especially members of the LGBTQ community, who often feel out of place with their peers. We're faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us. There is violence and hate crimes being perpetuated on innocent civilians all over the world."
Jessica continued by saying she's inspired by "radical acts of love," similar to Tammy Faye's.
The 45-year-old actress believes compassion "connects us all in the desire that we want to be accepted for who we are, for who we love, and to live a life without the fear or violence or terror." She added, "For any of you out there who do in fact feel hopeless or alone, I just want you to know that you're unconditionally loved for the uniqueness that is you."
Jessica has previously opened up about her sister, Juliet Chastain, who died by suicide in 2003 at age 24.
"And she had a lot of attempted suicides, but you never really think this is going to happen, even though, in your mind, you know it can happen," she told Modern Luxury Manhattan in 2016, per People. "And when you get the call, it's … shocking."
The 2022 Oscars ceremony—hosted by comedians Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall—also featured several A-list presenters ranging from Zoë Kravitz to Lady Gaga.
As for Jessica, she was previously nominated for an Oscar for Zero Dark Thirty in 2013 and The Help in 2012. A decade later, she has her hands on her first trophy.
See all the 2022 Oscar winners below.
Belfast
WINNER: Coda
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
WINNER: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick...Boom!
WINNER: Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
WINNER: Troy Kotsur, Coda
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
WINNER: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
WINNER: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
WINNER: Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
WINNER: Greig Fraser, Dune
Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story
WINNER: Jenny Beavan, Cruella
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran, Cyrano
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan, Dune
Luis Sequeira, Nightmare Alley
Paul Tazewell, West Side Story
Ascension
Attica
Flee
WINNER: Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing With Fire
Audible
Lead Me Home
WINNER: The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Don't Look Up
WINNER: Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick...Boom!
WINNER: Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
WINNER: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
"Be Alive," King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas," Encanto
"Down to Joy," Belfast
WINNER: "No Time to Die," No Time to Die
"Somehow You Do," Four Good Days
Nicholas Britell, Don't Look Up
WINNER: Hans Zimmer, Dune
Germaine Franco, Encanto
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
WINNER: Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
WINNER: The Windshield Wiper
Ala Kachuu-Take and Run
The Dress
WINNER: The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather, Niv Adiri, Belfast
WINNER: Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hempbill, Ron Bartlett, Dune
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor, No Time to Die
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb, The Power of the Dog
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson, Shawn Murphy, West Side Story
WINNER: Dune
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
WINNER: Coda
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
WINNER: Belfast
Don't Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World