Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress, falls up stairs

Rising star Jennifer Lawrence has taken out the Academy Award for Best Actress.

The 22-year-old Silver Linings Playbook actress – who was previously nominated in the same category two years ago for her role in Winter’s Bone – received a standing ovation after she stumbled on the stairs leading up to the stage at the 85th annual ceremony on her way to collect her statue.

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Dressed in a stunning Dior Haute Couture, she said:

"Thank you so much. This is nuts.

Poor Jennifer Lawrence tripped up the stairs on her way to accepting her Oscar for Best Actress, but she held it together beautifully on stage. Source: Getty

"You guys are only standing up because I fell and you feel bad."

The blonde beauty, who was accompanied to the ceremony by her parents, also thanked her co-stars, crew and team for their support before wishing her fellow nominee, Amour star 'Emmanuelle Riva' a happy 86th birthday.

Before the prestigious ceremony at Hollywood's Dolby Theater, Jennifer revealed she had a very stressful day before the event and admitted she couldn't wait to get to an after party so she could eat.

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She said: "Today was so stressful. There was everybody in, my family got ready at my house.

"I felt like Steve Martin in Father of the Bride with all the furniture being moved around my house.

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"I had no time to eat. I'm starving."

Jennifer beat off stiff competition from Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Naomi Watts in The Impossible.

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