Joanna Johnston has since been nominated for an Oscar for Costume Design for the Lincoln movie while Sally Field has been nominated in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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Other highly Tweeted moments included Jennifer Lawrence's win for Best Actress (and endearing stumble on the way to accept the award), and Anne Hathaway's win for Best Actress in a Supporting role.

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Besides her high-profile role in Coronation Street, Bradley won an Olivier Award nomination for best supporting actress for a National Theatre role in Billy Liar.

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She was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in Rebel Without a Cause, and for best actress for Splendor in the Grass, and Love with the Proper Stranger.

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The birth has come only four weeks after the Welsh-born actress won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role as the scheming Velma Kelly in the hit musical Chicago.

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The Ocean's Twelve and The Mask of Zorro star won a best supporting actress Oscar in 2003 for her role in Chicago.

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In the supporting actress category, the heavily favored Anne Hathaway took home the prize for her role as a troubled prostitute in the musical "Les Miserables, " from Comcast Corp.

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On Sunday, 34-year-old Weisz won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as aid worker Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener, developed from a John Le Carre novel.

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