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Who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for 'La La Land' in 2017?
Answer
Emma Stone
Emma Stone won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her critically acclaimed role as Mia, an aspiring actress, in Damien Chazelle's musical 'La La Land' at the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony. This was Stone's first Oscar win and came after she had already earned a Golden Globe for the role. Her performance earned universal praise for bringing charm, vulnerability, and authentic emotion to the romantic musical drama.
💡 Did you know?
Emma Stone performed all her own singing in 'La La Land,' including the song 'Audition.'
Other options people guess
- Meryl Streep
- Viola Davis
- Natalie Portman
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- oscars
- recent-movies
- musicals
- actresses
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