Lady Gaga may be a staple at the Grammys, but this is her first time as a nominee at the Golden Globes.<br />"I always wanted to be an actress.<br />This is the best thing that could have happened to me," she told reporters backstage after her win for actress in a TV movie or limited series for her role on the FX horror anthology "American Horror Story: Hotel."<br />The singer plays the glamorous but blood-sucking owner of the mysterious Hotel Cortez.<br />It's a role she's enjoyed particularly for its darkness, she said.<br />"You know, for many people, darkness is a bleak, empty space that's vacant and void," she said.<br />"But for me, it's an expression of our pain, and you can create something beautiful out of what makes you sad.<br />That's what I got to do here.<br />It was so full of release, there was so much I had to say."
