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Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar for 'La La Land'

REUTERS

 

89th Academy Awards - Oscars Awards Show - Best Actress winner Emma Stone accepts her award for La La Land. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Emma Stone won her first Oscar on Sunday for her lead role as a struggling actress who falls in love with a jazz musician in musical romance "La La Land."

 

Stone, 28, plays Mia, a determined actress who tries to carve her own path in Hollywood, in a film that captures the fantasy and reality of falling in love against the backdrop of a dreamy Los Angeles.

 

The actress beat previous Oscar-winners Natalie Portman and Meryl Streep as well as France's Isabelle Huppert and Irish-Ethiophian Ruth Negga for the accolade.

 

Stone had been seen as the frontrunner for the Oscar after winning Golden Globe, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild awards.

 

"I still have a lot of growing and learning and work to do and this guy is a really beautiful symbol to continue on that journey and I am so grateful for that, so thank you so much," Stone said as she held her Oscar.

 

Stone, known for her red hair and wide eyes, has showcased her comedic prowess in a slew of films over the past decade from her breakout in 2007's raunchy "Superbad" to leading roles in high school comedy "Easy A," "The Help" and "The Amazing Spider-Man."

 

Stone also won attention while dating her "Spider-Man" co-star Andrew Garfield for about four years. The media-shy couple split in 2015.

 

She was previously Oscar-nominated in the supporting actress category in 2015 for dark comedy "Birdman."

 

"La La Land" saw Stone pair up for an on-screen romance with Ryan Gosling for the third time, following "Crazy Stupid Love" and "Gangster Squad."

 

Director Damien Chazelle said he hoped the pairing would bring to mind Golden Age movie couples such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

 

(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy and Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Jill Serjeant and Sandra Maler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-27

 

[JHolmesJr]

not a fan of hers…thought meryl streep wiped the floor with florence foster jenkins but how many oscars can you give her?

[ddavidovsky]

She's a good actress, but let's face it, she won this because she's an ornament of the human race and the industry is grateful, as are we all - except the guy above.

[robertthebruce]

Good Actress......got style......

[boomerangutang]

I saw La La Land.  I give her 10 out of 10 for acting ability.  However, she doesn't quite have that  'je ne sais quoi' appeal I look for in a leading lady.  That's a prime reason I moved to SE Asia.  On average, SE Asian chicks are more likely to have an erotic appeal that is not as common in farang chicks.  

[brewsterbudgen]

Well deserved. A pitch-perfect performance.

[robertthebruce]

46 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

I saw La La Land.  I give her 10 out of 10 for acting ability.  However, she doesn't quite have that  'je ne sais quoi' appeal I look for in a leading lady.  That's a prime reason I moved to SE Asia.  On average, SE Asian chicks are more likely to have an erotic appeal that is not as common in farang chicks.  

 

Maybe Chloe Khan from Wakefield....might of fitted the bill ???