The Best Actress category at the 91st Academy Awards was a very hotly contested one. Of course, we are still seething that Elsie Fisher for Eighth Grade and Toni Collette for Hereditary were not chosen for their amazing performances. But we have to do with what we have now. Anyway, the nominees for Best Actress award at Oscars 2019 was led by Glenn Close who gets her seventh nomination at the Academy Awards for The Wife. Mexican actress Yalitzia Aparicio got her first Academy Award nomination for her first film, Roma. The usually funny Melissa McCarthy gets her second Oscar nomination for her dramatic turn in Can You Ever Forgive Me? And of course, there is Lady Gaga, earning her first acting nomination for her incredible performance in A Star is Born. Oscars 2019: Green Book, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody Win Big at 91st Academy Awards.

But Olivia Colman turned out to be the jury;s 'The Favourite' (pun intended). She won the Best Actress trophy away from frontrunners like Glenn Close and Lady Gaga. This is the first Oscar win from the British actress.

Check out Olivia's statement after winning the Oscar -

Olvia Colman was quite popular for her work in series like Peep Show, The Night Manager, and Green Wing. In movies, she was noticed in films like Hot Fuzz, The Iron Lady and Locke. Oscars 2019 Complete Winners List: Green Book, Rami Malek, Olivia Colman, Black Panther Win Top Honours.

Her biggest role was, of course, in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Favourite, having worked with the director earlier in The Lobster. In The Favourite, she plays Queen Anne of England who explores her sexuality with two women in her life.

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