Elisabeth Moss says she was shocked to win. REUTERS/Paul
The six-part series, filmed in Queenstown and Glenorchy, earned the Mad Men star the Golden Globe for best actress in a mini-series.
She seemed truly shocked by the announcement and opened her acceptance speech with an expletive.
"Oh s***. I really didn't expect this to happen. I'm totally shaking," she told the star-studded crowd in Los Angeles today
"The idea that I would ever be in the same breath as any of you is really a dream come true ... This is for you mum."
Top of the Lake was also nominated for Best TV Miniseries or TV Movie but lost to Behind the Candelabra.
