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| Dame Helen crowned best actress | Dame Helen crowned best actress |
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| Dame Helen Mirren has been named best actress at the Academy Awards for her performance in The Queen. | Dame Helen Mirren has been named best actress at the Academy Awards for her performance in The Queen. |
| "All kids love to get gold stars, and this is the biggest and the best gold star that I have ever had," she said. | "All kids love to get gold stars, and this is the biggest and the best gold star that I have ever had," she said. |
| A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she was "sure that the Queen will be pleased" by Dame Helen's victory. | |
| Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed won four awards, including best picture, while the film-maker won his first Oscar for best director. | |
| Alan Arkin won best supporting actor for Little Miss Sunshine, which also picked up best original screenplay. | Alan Arkin won best supporting actor for Little Miss Sunshine, which also picked up best original screenplay. |
| Jennifer Hudson was named best supporting actress for her first film role, in the musical Dreamgirls. | Jennifer Hudson was named best supporting actress for her first film role, in the musical Dreamgirls. |
| MULTIPLE OSCAR WINNERS 4: The Departed3: Pan's Labyrinth2: An Inconvenient Truth2: Dreamgirls2: Little Miss Sunshine The Oscars: Reporter's diary The adapted screenplay prize went to the script for The Departed, which also won for editing. | MULTIPLE OSCAR WINNERS 4: The Departed3: Pan's Labyrinth2: An Inconvenient Truth2: Dreamgirls2: Little Miss Sunshine The Oscars: Reporter's diary The adapted screenplay prize went to the script for The Departed, which also won for editing. |
| The best actor Oscar went to Forest Whitaker, who had been favourite to triumph for his performance as the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. | The best actor Oscar went to Forest Whitaker, who had been favourite to triumph for his performance as the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. |
| Dame Helen had also been overwhelming favourite to add the best actress Oscar to a substantial awards haul that has included a Bafta, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild prize. | Dame Helen had also been overwhelming favourite to add the best actress Oscar to a substantial awards haul that has included a Bafta, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild prize. |
| She plays Elizabeth II in the British movie about the Royal Family's reaction to the 1997 death of Princess Diana. | She plays Elizabeth II in the British movie about the Royal Family's reaction to the 1997 death of Princess Diana. |
| Bookmaker William Hill started paying out last week on bets on her victory, with other firms agreeing she was the strongest ever Oscars favourite. | Bookmaker William Hill started paying out last week on bets on her victory, with other firms agreeing she was the strongest ever Oscars favourite. |
| Best actor Whitaker's previous films include The Color of Money onClick="javascript:newsi.utils.av.launch({storyId:6396369, fileLoc: '/player/nol/newsid_6390000/newsid_6396300/', bbram: 1,nbram: 1,bbwm: 1,nbwm: 1});return false;" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6390000/newsid_6396300?redirect=6396369.stm&news=1&bbram=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1">Whitaker's reaction class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/6396177.stm">Whitaker dream 'comes true' Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres had joked to the audience early in the ceremony: "It's exciting because you don't know who's going to win - unless you're British, and then you know you've a pretty good shot." | |
| Accepting her award, Dame Helen said: "For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle. | Accepting her award, Dame Helen said: "For 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle. |
| "If it wasn't for her, I most certainly wouldn't be here - ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen." | "If it wasn't for her, I most certainly wouldn't be here - ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen." |
| Speaking to BBC Breakfast after the ceremony, she added: "I had to recognise the person that I was playing and everything that she means to us and to me and to the history of our country and all the rest of it." | |
| Dame Helen will now meet the real monarch for lunch, it has emerged. | |
| The Queen has invited Dame Helen, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Peter Morgan to Buckingham Palace, Morgan said. | |
| Martin Scorsese remade the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs Scorsese's reaction "We have been invited to meet her," he said. "The Queen's private secretary has invited us for lunch - Stephen, Helen and myself." | |
| But Dame Helen said she did not expect a congratulatory telephone call. | |
| "I'm not expecting a call from Her Majesty, not ever," she said. "I think it's wonderful that I live in a country that allows us to make a film like this." | |
| Tony Blair, whose spokesman said he had not seen The Queen, welcomed Dame Helen's Oscar win. | |
| He said: "It takes a very special kind of actress to take on a role of this kind and to do so to universal acclaim. Helen Mirren is a very special kind of actress and her Oscar is well deserved." | |
| Mr Blair is portrayed by Michael Sheen in the movie. | |
| HAVE YOUR SAY Helen Mirren richly deserved her Oscar as did Forest Whitaker Ian, Balham Send us your comments | |
| UK broadcaster ITV, which partly financed the film, has sent the actress its congratulations. | |
| "We're delighted Helen's fantastic performance was rewarded with a well-deserved Oscar and look forward to the film being shown on ITV in the autumn," a spokeswoman said. | |
| Scorsese had previously been nominated as best director but lost out on five occasions, for classic movies including Raging Bull and Goodfellas. | Scorsese had previously been nominated as best director but lost out on five occasions, for classic movies including Raging Bull and Goodfellas. |
| Long wait | |
| "Could you double-check the envelope?" he joked as he collected his award. | "Could you double-check the envelope?" he joked as he collected his award. |
| He went on: "So many people over the years have been wishing this for me - strangers. I walk in the street and people say something to me: 'You should win, you should win.'" | He went on: "So many people over the years have been wishing this for me - strangers. I walk in the street and people say something to me: 'You should win, you should win.'" |
| The best animated feature film Oscar was awarded to Happy Feet, while Germany's Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) was the best foreign language film. | The best animated feature film Oscar was awarded to Happy Feet, while Germany's Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) was the best foreign language film. |
| The Spanish-language dark fairytale Pan's Labyrinth won three Academy Awards, for cinematography, art direction and make-up. | The Spanish-language dark fairytale Pan's Labyrinth won three Academy Awards, for cinematography, art direction and make-up. |