Demi Moore has said that before she got the script for “The Substance,” she thought that maybe her days in the movies were done.

I was just about certain they’d passed.

Her commercial stride came about three decades ago, in her late 20s and early 30s, when she was a dewy object of immortal longing in “Ghost,” an exotic dancer in “Striptease,” a one-night stand worth $1 million in “Indecent Proposal.” Hollywood treated Moore as more specimen than thespian. And specimens don’t last.

But on Sunday night, at 62, she won a Golden Globe for best actress in a movie (comedy or musical) for “The Substance,” presaging her outstanding female actor nomination from the Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday morning and giving her strong odds for a first-ever Oscar nomination next week. The moment had perfect poetry, because “The Substance” casts her as an aging star crudely sidelined for younger models. And because age, not youth, distinguished most of the other female actors taking home Globes.

Best actress in a movie drama went to Fernanda Torres, for “I’m Still Here.” She’s 59. Best supporting actress in a movie of any kind went to Zoe Saldaña, for “Emilia Pérez,” who, at 46, has ditched the blue hue of her sci-fi-hottie “Avatar” roles and ascended to a much higher zenith of regard.

The Globes honor work in television, too, and the best actress in a comedy series was Jean Smart, for “Hacks.” She’s 73. The winner for best actress in a limited series was Jodie Foster, for “True Detective: Night Country.” She’s 62.

I’m not prepared to declare a new day for older women in show business. But I do want to take the occasion of this awards season to celebrate a rare bevy of rich roles for veteran actresses and to articulate the wish that it’s less anomaly than turning point.