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Larson, 26, won praise for her role as 'Ma' in the film in
which she plays an abducted woman patiently seeking ways to
escape from a small, dark and oppressive room.
"The thing I love about movie making is how many people it takes
to make it," Larson said, thanking everyone involved in making
and supporting the film.
"Thank you to the movie-goers for going to the theaters and
seeing our films," she added.
The actress was the front-runner for the honor after winning
Golden Globe, BAFTA, Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards.
It was the first Oscar nomination for Larson, who has starred in
more than 45 films and television shows since beginning her
career as a child actress almost 20 years ago.
Previous roles, often as a supporting actress, spanned comedy
and drama such as "21 Jump Street" and "The Spectacular Now."
The actress has been a fixture on the independent film scene,
and her role in "Room," seen through the eyes of a 5-year-old
boy born in captivity, won early acclaim in film festivals last
year.
Larson said she mined her own relationship with her mother to
play the character of 'Ma', and praised her young co-star Jacob
Tremblay, with whom she shared intense and fraught scenes.
While the film is based on a fictional story, it echoes
real-life kidnapping victims such as Austria's Natascha Kampusch,
who was held hostage for eight years.
The actress, who has spoken about how acting helped her overcome
her own social insecurities and anxieties, is currently filming
action-adventure film "Kong: Skull Island."
Larson is also an accomplished singer who signed a record deal
at the age of 13 and released her first album, "Finally Out of
P.E." in 2005.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy: Editing by Jill Serjeant and Mary
Milliken)
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