Octavia Spencer was the first actress to shed a few tears as she collected her Best Supporting Actress gong at last night's Oscars.
The Help star was the favourite to scoop the award after dominating the awards circuit over the last few weeks.
Collecting her Oscar from last year's Best Supporting Actor winner Christian Bale the actress said: Thank you academy for putting me with the hottest guy in the room,"
"I have to thank my family, my family in Alabama, the state of Alabama, my LA family... my Help family."
Spencer had already won the Bafta, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her role of Minny Jackson in the adaptation of the popular novel.
This was the first Oscar nomination in Spencer's career and she saw off Berenice Bejo, Melissa McCarthy, Janet McTeer and co-star Jessica Chastain.