Oscars 2012: Meryl Streep bags Best Actress award

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Meryl Streep - Oscars 2012 - Marie Claire - Marie Claire UK
Meryl Streep - Oscars 2012 - Marie Claire - Marie Claire UK
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We've got the full Oscars 2012 winners list...

There were no big surprises at this year's Oscars with the big winners on the night being The Artist and Hugo, which both won five awards each.

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The Artist,in particular, did amazingly well by picking up several of the biggest gongs including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

We're delighted for Meryl Streep, who won her third Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, while the lovely Octavia Spencer triumphed in the Best Supporting Actress category for her turn in The Help.

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Take a look at the full 2012 Oscars winners list below...

Best Picture War Horse WINNER: The Artist Moneyball The Descendants The Tree of Life Midnight in Paris The Help Hugo Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Viola Davis, The Help WINNER: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor Demian Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants WINNER: Jean Dujardin, The Artist Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Director WINNER: Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist Alexander Payne, The Descendants Martin Scorsese, Hugo Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Short Film (Animated) Dimanche/Sunday WINNER: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna A Morning Stroll

Documentary Short Subject The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God Is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad WINNER: Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Original Screenplay Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids WINNER: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris J.C. Chandor, Margin Call Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay WINNER: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants John Logan, Hugo George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Music (Original Song) WINNER: 'Man or Muppet' from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie 'Real in Rio' from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Music (Original Score) John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin WINNER: Ludovic Bource, The Artist Howard Shore, Hugo Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Williams, War Horse

Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill, Moneyball Nick Nolte, Warrior WINNER: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Visual Effects Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WINNER: Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

Best Animated Feature A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots WINNER: Rango

Documentary Feature Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina WINNER: Undefeated

Sound Mixing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo WINNER: Hugo Moneyball Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon War Horse

Sound Editing Drive The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo WINNER: Hugo Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon War Horse

Film Editing Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Kevin Tent, The Descendants WINNER: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball

Supporting Actress Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs WINNER: Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Foreign Feature Bullhead Footnote In Darkness Monsieur Lazhar WINNER: A Separation

Makeup Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WINNER: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady

Costume Design Anonymous WINNER: The Artist Hugo Jane Eyre W.E.

Art Direction The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WINNER: Hugo Midnight in Paris War Horse

Cinematography The Artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo WINNER: Hugo The Tree of Life War Horse

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