Golden Globes Speeches: Celebs Who Thanked Their Spouses On Stage (VIDEO)

If there is one rule for acceptance speeches at awards shows, it's this: Thank your spouse!

After winning the award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for "Les Miserables" at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, Hugh Jackman gave the night's most heartfelt thanks to his wife, Deborra Lee-Furness. He called her "the greatest woman in the world" and credited her with convincing him not to drop out of "Les Miserables" after a tough day of rehearsal.

"I really thought I'd bitten off more than I could chew. My wife talked me off that cliff like she talks me most days," Jackman said. "Baby, I'm going to say it now in front of the entire world: Baby, thank you for always being right."

In honor of Jackman's sweet ode to his wife, we've dug through years of Golden Globes acceptance speeches and found five more winners who memorably thanked their spouses. These stars used their time at the podium to pay homage to their husands and wives, and we're still swooning over their speeches.

Check out the slideshow below to watch some of the best "thank yous" in Golden Globes history.

• Natalie Portman, 2011

  After winning Best Actress in a Drama for "Black Swan," a pregnant Natalie Portman <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVUwSZtJMs">thanked her then-fiance</a>, Benjamin Millepied. She reminded the audience that he played a character in the film who, when asked if he would sleep with Portman's character, said no. But Portman revealed gleefully, "He's the best actor! It's not true, he totally wants to sleep with me!"

• Steve Carrell, 2006

  After taking the stage to accept his Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for "The Office," Steve Carrell joked that his wife, Nancy, had <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMkuIkHp6c">written his speech</a>. He went on to "thank" Nancy multiple times, at one point saying, "Nancy, my precious wife, who put her career on hold in support of mine, and who sometimes wishes that I would let her know when I'm going to be home late so she can schedule her life, which is no less important than mine."

• Mo'Nique, 2010

  Mo'Nique delivered a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOZQ54FsbQ">heartfelt speech after winning</a> Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture in 2010 for "Precious." "When I look into the eyes of the man that I stood next to at 14 years old and I said to him, 'One day we're going to be stars,' and he said, 'You first.' And we walked this red carpet together tonight. Sidney, I love you more than you would ever know, baby," she said to her husband, Sidney Hicks.

• Tom Hanks, 1994

  In an tearful, poignant speech after winning Best Actor in a Drama for "Philadelphia," Tom Hanks <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1vDFyLxXM">said he felt lucky to play</a> AIDS sufferer Andrew Beckett, and thanked his wife, Rita Wilson. "I am lucky to have had the good sense to marry an angel a few years ago, who makes it possible for me to sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's arms," Hanks said.

• Christopher Plummer, 2012

  Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture in 2012, and concluded his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYjwYUEJbrM">eloquent acceptance speech</a> with, "And lastly, a fair lady called Elaine, my wife of 43 years, whose bravery and beauty haunts me still."

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