Demi Moore has revealed she thought her time in the film business was over before she filmed The Substance.

The actress, 62, has been nominated for Best Female Actor at the Golden Globes for her role in the body horror flick, which many critics have called one of the best performances of her career.

In the film, she plays an ageing actress who obtains a black market drug to create a younger version of herself in a bid to remain relevant – with disastrous consequences. 

The Ghost star was among the honourees at the SFFILM Awards in San Francisco, California where she received the Maria Manetti Shrem Award for Acting.

Taking to the stage to accept her award, Demi told the audience she wasn’t sure if she had much of a future in the entertainment business before her latest film.

She said: ‘I’ve had a very long career, but I haven’t really ever been part of the conversations that allowed me to be part of [awards shows] and to really receive the love and celebration of my work. I’m really just so humbled. 

Demi Moore has revealed she thought her time in the film business was over before she filmed The Substance

The actress, 62, has been nominated for Best Female Actor at the Golden Globes for her role in the film, which many critics have called one of the best performances of her career

‘At the beginning of 2022, I had a moment where I was at an event and I felt I didn’t belong. I didn’t know why I was there. I wanted to be invisible and I couldn’t figure out how to get out. 

‘And I thought, ‘You know what? Maybe my time doing this is complete. Maybe I’ve done everything I was supposed to do.’ … Two weeks later, the script for ‘The Substance’ came across my desk.’

Demi finished her speech by saying she was ‘almost ready to step away’ from the industry and is now so grateful she didn’t. 

Also honoureed that evening were Dune: Part Two filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, Saturday Night director Jason Reitman and The Piano Lesson filmmaker Malcolm Washington – who is the son of Denzel Washington.

Demi cut a glamorous figure on the red carpet in a figure-hugging black dress and a matching black denim jacket.  

Other stars making a splash on the red carpet for the film organisation, which puts on the San Francisco International Film Festival, included Dune’s Austin Butler, Gladiator II actress Connie Nielsen and Saturday Night’s Gabrielle LaBelle.

Demi dressed down her look with a cropped black waxed denim jacket with an attached belt.

She complemented the casual yet stylish jacket with a similarly low-key silver chain around her neck.

The Ghost star was among the honourees at the SFFILM Awards in San Francisco, California where she received the Maria Manetti Shrem Award for Acting

Demi cut a glamorous figure on the red carpet in a figure-hugging black dress and a matching black denim jacket

Demi set pulses racing in her low-cut dress, which hugged her hips and had a skirt that reached down to the carpet

She dressed her ensemble down with a cropped black waxed denim jacket

Demi had a special guest for the evening, her adorable Chihuahua Pilaf, who has been a staple of her recent publicity campaign

She complemented the casual yet stylish jacket with a similarly low-key silver chain around her neck

She had a special guest for the evening, her adorable Chihuahua Pilaf, who has been a staple of her recent publicity campaign.

Joining her on the red carpet was Elvis and Dune: Part Two actor Austin Butler.

He looked classy in a black double-breasted suit with peaked lapels, which he left unʙuттoned.

Gladiator II actress Connie Nielsen also favoured black.

She looked stylish in a cut-out long-sleeve top with padded shoulders and a long black leather skirt. 

Denis Villeneuve, who directed Austin in Dune: Part Two, looked smart in a light-grey suit, though his tie-free medium-grey shirt looks washed out against it.

Joining her on the red carpet was Elvis and Dune: Part Two actor Austin Butler. He looked classy in a black double-breasted suit with peaked lapels, which he left unʙuттoned

Gladiator II actress Connie Neilsen also favoured black. She looked stylish in a cut-out long-sleeve top with padded shoulders and a long black leather skirt

Denis Villeneuve, who directed Austin in Dune: Part Two, looked smart in a light grey suit, though his tie-free medium-grey shirt looks washed out against it

Villeneuve was the evening’s winner of the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction

Villeneuve was the evening’s winner of the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction. 

Jason Reitman favoured a grey–green suit, which he dressed down with a simple white sweatshirt.

Reitman, whose film Saturday Night delves into the origins of Saturday Night Live, was being honoured with the Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Award for Storytelling.

Malcolm Washington was being honoured with the George Gund III Award for Virtuosity. 

The filmmaker wore a crimson shirt with black pants and an elegant cashmere overcoat.

Gabriel LaBelle, who plays SNL creator Lorne Michael in Reitman’s Saturday Night, looked smart in a dark grey suit with black suede Chelsea boots.

He opted to skip a tie for the event, as did several of the other male honourees.

Making a particularly stylish red-carpet appearance was fashion designer Zac Posen.

Jason Reitman favoured a grey–green suit, which he dressed down with a simple white sweatshirt. He was honoured with the Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman Award for Storytelling

Malcolm Washington was being honoured with the George Gund III Award for Virtuosity. The nepo baby filmmaker wore a crimson shirt with black pants and an elegant cashmere overcoat

Gabriel LaBelle, who plays SNL creator Lorne Michael in Reitman’s Saturday Night, looked smart in a dark grey suit with black suede Chelsea boots

Fashion designer Zac Posen, whom Demi supported early in his career, wore a back double-breasted pinstripe sportcoat with turtleneck and jeans

Another of the evening’s stylish looks belonged to The Watermelon Woman actor and director Cheryl Dunye. She wore a black jacket with contrasting white ʙuттons, a braided cowboy hate and striking blue-frame glᴀsses

Posen was dressed in an intriguing black double-breasted sportcoat with tonal pinstripes, which he dressed down with a slim black turtleneck sweater and black jeans. 

The designer posed with Demi on the red carpet. 

The two are old friends, as she supported him early in his career, before his designs were regulars on the red carpets, and he has dressed her an numerous events over the years. 

Another of the evening’s stylish looks belonged to The Watermelon Woman actor and director Cheryl Dunye, who became the first out Black lesbian to direct a film with 1996 classic.

She wore a striking black jacket with short lapels and contrasting white ʙuттons, along with black trousers, a braided cowboy hat and powder-blue round-frame glᴀsses that matched her nail polish.