DHAKA: British actor Eddie Redmayne has won the best actor Oscar for ‘The Theory of Everything’, while Julianne Moore picked up best actress for ‘Still Alice’.

Redmayne thanked his ‘staggering partner in crime’, co-star Felicity Jones, and his ‘ferocious but incredibly kind director James Marsh’.

Dark comedy ‘Birdman’ won best film and best director for Mexican film-maker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

It also won best cinematography and best original screenplay.

The film sees Michael Keaton play a former movie superhero actor, who hopes to revive his washed-up career by putting on a Broadway play.

Moore used her speech to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease - in ‘Still Alice’, she plays a 50-year-old who has early on-set Alzheimer’s.

‘I’m so happy, I’m thrilled that we were able to shine a light on Alzheimer’s disease,’ she said, reports the BBC.

‘So many people who have this disease feel marginalised. People who have Alzheimer’s disease deserve to be seen so we can find a cure.’

Redmayne was honoured for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking, who has motor neurone disease (ALS).

BDST: 1328 HRS, FEB 23, 2015