'You need to be heard': Blake Lively preaches girl power at People's Choice Awards

Blake Lively may have bested Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep to win Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress at the People's Choice Awards.

But Lively dedicated her thank-you speech to all the women in the crowd — and those watching at home — in a speech urging Hollywood to tell girls' stories.

The actress joked that as a child, "I set a goal for myself ... and that was to meet the Spice Girls."

"I still haven't accomplished that," she continued, "but what was so neat about them is that they're all so distinctly different, and they were women, and that was my first introduction to girl power."

"When you voted for this, you didn't just vote for my movie (The Shallows) or me, but you voted for girl power, it's true!" she said. "And men voted for girl power, too, and you guys are awesome for doing that. So thank you for sending a message to Hollywood that people want to hear stories about women, and we want to hear your stories."

She ended her speech with this message to her female fans: "Now more than ever, you need to be heard, you are valuable, and no one can limit you."

Speaking of her male supporters, Lively also shouted out to her hubby Ryan Reynolds. "Thank you to my husband, who's everything to me. You can't have him!" she joked as the crowd applauded. "He's mine!"

See more from the People's Choice Awards below.