Penelope Cruz won the supporting-actress Academy Award on Sunday for the Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," while the blockbuster robot romance "WALL-E" made off with the prize for feature-length animation.
Best-picture front-runner "Slumdog Millionaire" scored in its first category of the night, claiming the adapted-screenplay prize for Simon Beaufoy. The Harvey Milk film biography "Milk" won for original screenplay.
Cruz triumphed for her role as a tempestuous artist in the film written and directed by Woody Allen.
The win capped a big weekend for Cruz, fresh off her win Saturday for the same prize at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" features Cruz as an unstable Spaniard in a steamy three-way affair with her ex-husband and an American woman.
"Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one," Cruz said, who went on with warm thanks to Allen. "Thank you, Woody, for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank you for having written all these years some of the greatest characters for women."
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