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 The win marked Moore's first Academy Award after being
nominated four times previously. The 54-year-old actress was
favored to win this year's prize after picking up Golden Globe,
Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA awards earlier this year.
"I read an article that said that winning an Oscar could lead to
living five years longer," Moore said while accepting her award.
"If that's true I'd really like to thank the Academy because my
husband is younger than me."
In "Still Alice," the veteran actress plays a brilliant lecturer
and beautiful redhead who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
at 50. The small budget film was picked up for distribution by
Sony Pictures only in September, thanks to Moore's award-winning
potential.
Last year, she said she was attracted to the role because she
had never seen Alzheimer's portrayed from the point of view of
the patient.
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 The film was adapted from the novel "Still Alice" by Lisa
Genova and was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash
Westmoreland.
Moore has been among Hollywood's most celebrated actresses for
the last 20 years, earning Oscar nominations for previous roles
in "Boogie Nights," "The End of the Affair," "The Hours" and
"Far from Heaven."
She also won an Emmy in 2012 for her acclaimed turn as
politician Sarah Palin in the television movie "Game Change."
(Reporting By Nichola Groom; Editing by Sandra Maler and Ken
Wills)
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