Jessica Chastain became incredibly outspoken during the Weinstein sexual assault allegations early on, writing tweets that were pro-victim and calling out X-Men’s director Bryan Singer.

“To be honest, I’m mainly surprised about my nomination,” Jessica said of the Golden Globe nom to the The New York Times. “As an actor, I have a lot of fear, thinking that if I speak my mind, or something that feels like it deviates from the norm as a woman, am I going to be made to disappear in my industry?”

Jessica tweeted early on: “I was warned from the beginning. The stories were everywhere. To deny that is to create an environment for it to happen again.”

“When the article came out about Weinstein, I immediately started tweeting,” she recalled to The Times. “I’ve got a good group of girlfriends on WhatsApp, and I said, ‘I’m really terrified I’m destroying my career right now. I wonder if people will still see me as an actress, and want to work with knowing I have these opinions.’ In the way that only good girlfriends can do, they helped me eliminate fear and understand that the only way to change something that’s wrong is to change it, not ignore it.”