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Olivia Colman wins best actress in Oscars for Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Favourite” (video)

The Best Picture Award went to Green Book

Newsroom February 25 08:14

Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Favourite” took home one out of its 10 Oscar nominations, with Olivia Colman receiving the leading actress award.

Alfonso Cuaron received the Oscar for best directing, while Green Book was voted the Best Picture.

Below is the list of 2019 Academy Award winners in the major categories.

In a very emotional acceptance speech, Olivia Colman thanked Lanthimos, who upon the announcement of the winner knelt down and hugged the actress.

Best picture

BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
*Green Book – winner
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Directing
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
*Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) – winner
Adam McKay (Vice)

Actress in a leading role

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
*Olivia Colman (The Favourite) – winner
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Actor in a leading role

Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
*Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) – winner
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams (Vice)
Marina de Tavira (Roma)
*Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) – winner
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

Actor in a supporting role

*Mahershala Ali (Green Book) – winner
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Animated feature film

Incredibles 2
Isle Of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks The Internet
*Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – winner

Cinematography

Łukasz Żal (Cold War)
Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)
Caleb Deschanel (Never Look Away)
*Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) – winner
Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born)

Costume design

Mary Zophres (The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)
*Ruth Carter (Black Panther) – winner
Sandy Powell (The Favourite)
Sandy Powell (Mary Poppins Returns)
Alexandra Byrne (Mary Queen Of Scots)

Documentary (feature)

*Free Solo – winner
Hale County This Morning,
This Evening
Minding The Gap
Of Fathers And Sons
RBG

Film editing

BlacKkKlansman
*Bohemian Rhapsody – winner
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Foreign language film

Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
*Roma (Mexico) – winner
Shoplifters (Japan)

Makeup and hairstyling

Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer (Border)
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks (Mary Queen Of Scots)
*Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia DeHaney (Vice) – winner

Music (original score)

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*Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther) – winner
Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman)
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)

Writing (original screenplay)

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)
*
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly (Green Book) – winner
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Adam McKay (Vice)

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