It was a triumphant night for British film as heavily tipped Kate Winslet took the best actress Oscar for her role in The Reader, while Slumdog Millionaire swept the board with EIGHT awards this morning.
Dressed in a gunmetal grey one-shoulder gown, Reading-born Kate, 33, managed to hold back the tears as she accepted her award from a group of past winners including Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren.
In her acceptance speech, a composed Kate thanked director husband Sam Mendes, 43, and children Mia, 8, and Joe, 5, for loving her just the way she is.
'You just don't think that these dreams that seem so silly and so impossible could ever really come true', she said backstage at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Another Brit winner
Dressed in a gunmetal grey one-shoulder gown, Reading-born Kate, 33, managed to hold back the tears as she accepted her award from a group of past winners including Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren.
In her acceptance speech, a composed Kate thanked director husband Sam Mendes, 43, and children Mia, 8, and Joe, 5, for loving her just the way she is.
'You just don't think that these dreams that seem so silly and so impossible could ever really come true', she said backstage at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Another Brit winner
Later she told Sky News she planned to celebrate by 'getting massively drunk'.
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle hugs Rubiana Ali, who portrayed young Latika backstage .
It proved sixth time lucky for Kate who was first nominated in 1996 for supporting actress in Sense And Sensibility, then in the leading category two years later for Titanic, and best supporting actress again for Iris in 2002.
Best actress nods followed again in 2005 for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Little Children in 2007.
Another Oscar loss would have tied Kate with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter as the only actresses to be nominated six times and leave empty-handed.
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle hugs Rubiana Ali, who portrayed young Latika backstage .
It proved sixth time lucky for Kate who was first nominated in 1996 for supporting actress in Sense And Sensibility, then in the leading category two years later for Titanic, and best supporting actress again for Iris in 2002.
Best actress nods followed again in 2005 for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Little Children in 2007.
Another Oscar loss would have tied Kate with Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter as the only actresses to be nominated six times and leave empty-handed.
Meanwhile, British-backed film Slumdog Millionaire was the triumph of the night, winning Academy Awards for best picture, best director for Danny Boyle, best adapted screenplay, best cinematography, best sound mixing, best film editing, best score and best song.
Director Steven Spielberg presented the best picture prize to Slumdog's producer Christian Colson, who called to the stage all the Slumdog children.
Crowded on stage were Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, who played the film's young lovers Jamal and Latika.With them were the younger versions of their characters: Rubiana Ali (youngest Latika), Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (youngest Salim), Madhur Mittal (oldest Salim), Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala (middle Salim), Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar (middle Latika), Tanay Cheda (middle Jamal) and Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (youngest Jamal).
Director Steven Spielberg presented the best picture prize to Slumdog's producer Christian Colson, who called to the stage all the Slumdog children.
Crowded on stage were Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, who played the film's young lovers Jamal and Latika.With them were the younger versions of their characters: Rubiana Ali (youngest Latika), Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (youngest Salim), Madhur Mittal (oldest Salim), Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala (middle Salim), Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar (middle Latika), Tanay Cheda (middle Jamal) and Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (youngest Jamal).
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