Emma Stone poses with her Best Actress trophy of the 89th Academy Awards for her role in "La La Land" at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, the United States, on Feb. 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Emma Stone from "La La Land" won the Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role.
"I still have a lot of growing and learning and work to do," Stone said when picking up her Award, "and this guy (the Oscar statue) is a really beautiful symbol to continue on that journey and I am so grateful for that."
Stone played an aspiring actress in the movie who fell in love with a jazz musician. She did a lot of dance in this musical movie and gained her recognition.
Stone started to act when she was 11 and moved to Hollywood when she was 15 to pursue her acting career. She was nominated for Oscar Best Supporting Actress in 2015 for "Birdman".
