Academy Awards: First-time nominee Sandra Bullock earns Best Actress Oscar

Published on Monday 8 March 2010 09:31

SANDRA Bullock paid tribute to her fellow nominees as she claimed the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side.

• Sandra Bullock accepts her Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side

She asked the audience: "Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down?

"I would like to thank the Academy for allowing me in the last month to have the most incredible ride with rooms full of artists that I see tonight and that I've worked with before and I hope to work with in the future, who inspire me and blaze trails for us.

"Four of them that I've fallen deeply in love with I share this night with and I share this award with."

She said of Precious star Gabourey Sidibe: "Gabby, I love you so much. You are exquisite. You are beyond words to me."

Turning to 24-year-old An Education actress Mulligan, she said: "Carey, your grace and your elegance and your beauty and your talent makes me sick."

Of Dame Helen, who was in the running for The Last Station, she said: "Helen, I feel like we are family through family and I don't have the words to express just what I think of you."

And addressing Oscars veteran Meryl Streep, Bullock said: "You know what I think of you and you are such a good kisser...

"I thank you so much for this opportunity that I share with these extraordinary women and my lover Meryl Streep. Thank you."