Natalie Portman and other winners of the 83rd Academy Awards

Actress Natalie Portman (R), winner of the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Black Swan', poses in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California.
Photo Credit: Zimbio.


The leading lady of the silver screen Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress to add to the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her classic performance as "Nina Sayers" in Black Swan.



"I want to thank my parents ... for giving me my life," she said with a smile. "And for giving me the opportunity to work."

Actor in a Leading Role

• Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Melissa Leo in “The Fighter

Animated Feature Film

• “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction

• “Alice in Wonderland”
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Cinematography

• “Inception” Wally Pfister

Costume Design

• “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood

Directing

• “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper

Documentary (Feature)

• “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Film Editing

• “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

• “In a Better World” Denmark

Makeup

• “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

• “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

• “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

• “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)

• “God of Love” Luke Matheny

Sound Editing

• “Inception” Richard King

Sound Mixing

• “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects

• “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

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~ By Roy