2009 Oscar Winners

It's been a triumphant night for British film talent at the Oscars.

Kate Winslet has been crowned best actress for her role in The Reader.

It's the icing on the cake for the star, who has been nominated for six Oscars since 1996, but has failed to win any - until now.

In a breathless (but coherent) acceptance speech, she paid tribute to her fellow "goddess" nominees, and thanked her husband Sam Mendes, and her two children, "for loving me just the way I am".

Elsewhere, it's been a fantastic night for British film Slumdog Millionaire, which bagged eight gongs, including best director for Danny Boyle, and best film.

Sean Penn was named best actor for his part in Milk, and Heath Ledger was awarded a posthumous Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight, collected by his family on his behalf.

Check out the 2009 Oscar winners in our list below and catch the highlights of the Oscars show on Monday 23rd February at 10pm on Sky1 and Sky1HD.

2009 OSCAR WINNERS

Best Actress:
WINNER:
Kate Winslet - The Reader
NOMINEES:
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Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Best Actor:
WINNER:
Sean Penn - Milk
NOMINEES:
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Best Supporting Actor:
WINNER:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
NOMINEES:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress:
WINNER:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
NOMINEES:
Amy Adams - Doubt
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Film:
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

Best Director:
WINNER:
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
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Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER:
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
NOMINEES:
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:
WINNER:
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
NOMINEES:
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader

Best Animated Feature:
WINNER:
Wall-E
NOMINEES:
Kung Fu Panda
Bolt

Best Animated Short Film:
WINNER:
La Maison De Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
NOMINEES:
Lavatory Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto - Doug Sweetland
This Way Up

Achievement In Costume Design:
WINNER:
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
NOMINEES:
Australia - Catherine Martin
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Milk - Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

Achievement In Make-Up:
WINNER:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom
NOMINEES:
The Dark Knight - John Caglione Jr, Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

Achievement In Cinematography:
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
NOMINEES:
Heath Ledger Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins

Best Live Action Short Film:
WINNER:
Spielzeugland
NOMINEES:
Auf Der Strecke
Manon On The Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig

Achievement In Music (Original Song):
WINNER:
Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
NOMINEES:
Wall-E - Down To Earth by Peter Garbriel and Thomas Newman
Slumdog Millionaire - O Saya by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragsam

Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER:
Departures
NOMINEES:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir.