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Jamie Lee Curtis broke down in tears as she took home her first ever Oscar, winning the award for Best Supporting Actress.
The Hollywood star, 64, picked up the award for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once and made an emotional speech in front of the star-studded audience.
She paid tribute to her loved ones and said the Oscar was for all of them, shouting: "We just won an Oscar!"
In her speech, Jamie Lee paid tribute to "my bae Michelle" Yeoh and said: "I know it looks like I am standing up here on my own but I am not. There are hundreds of people and hundreds of people. We just won an Oscar.
"To my family, my beautiful husband, Christopher Guest, my daughters, Annie and Ruby, my sister Kelly – we just won an Oscar.
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Jamie Lee Curtis broke down in tears (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)"To all of the people who have supported the genre movie’s that I have made for hundreds and hundreds of thousands, we just won an Oscar together."
Looking upwards, she added: "And my mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar."
Jamie Lee, who has enjoyed a career spanning almost 50 years, is the daughter of Hollywood icons Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
The actress wasn't the only Everything Everywhere All at Once star taking home an award at tonight's ceremony, with Ke Huy Quan taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ke Huy Quan was overcome with emotion (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Jamie Lee Curtis broke down in tears as she was announced as the winner (Getty Images)Quan paid tribute to his mother and brother as he accepted the award - mentioning how his journey began on a boat before going on to live 'the American dream'.
The actor received a standing ovation as he took to the stage and said: "My mom is 84 years old and she is at home watching. Ma I just won an Oscar!"
He continued: “My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage.
“They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe this is happening to me – this is the American dream.
“Thank you so much to the academy for the honour of a lifetime.”