Kate Winslet Wins Best Actress Oscar.

Kate Winslet has finally won an Oscar. After five previous nominations she is best actress for her role in The Reader. The crowd goes wild.

Kate Winslet goes up on stage to speak. She says she has been making a version of this address since before she was eight years old. kate Winslet thanks her friends and family. She asks her dad to whistle. He does so and she waves to him.

Kate Winslet - Actress in a Leading Role

Kate Winslet
THE READER

NOMINATED ROLE
Kate Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a German woman in her thirties whose teenage lover is unaware of the dark secret in her past.

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the sixth Academy Award nomination for Kate Winslet. She was previously nominated for:

LITTLE CHILDREN (2006) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
IRIS (2001) -- Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role
TITANIC (1997) -- Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) -- Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role

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Oscars, Actress In A Leading Role Winner


80th Annual Academy Awards 2008.


The Oscar 2008 for an Actress In A Leading Role goes to Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose.


Marion Cotillard said....

Oh -- thank you so much. Olivier, what you did to me, Maestro Olivier Dahan, you rocked my life. You truly rocked my life. Thank you so much to Picturehouse for your passion, members of the Academy, thank you so, so much. And -- wow. Well, I'm speechless now. I -- I -- well, I -- thank you life, thank you love, and it is true, there is some angels in this city. Thank you so, so much.

Marion Cotillard plays Edith Piaf, the legendary French singer who rose to international fame from her beginnings on the streets of Paris.


La Vie En Rose Synopsis.

In a life marked by personal tragedy and artistic triumph, Edith Piaf grows from a child born in poverty to an internationally acclaimed singer. Raised primarily by her grandmother, a brothel keeper, young Edith is discovered singing on the streets of Paris and begins a remarkable career that cannot save her from a life haunted by drugs, alcohol, and a succession of unhappy love affairs.


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