Julianne Moore Proves Why She's Queen Of The BAFTAs, With Heartfelt Acceptance Speech For Best Lead Actress For 'Still Alice' | HuffPost

Julianne Moore Proved She Was The Classiest Of This Year's BAFTA Winners

Caroline Frost— The Huffington Post UK

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Julianne Moore proved why she’s the class act of this year’s Awards Season, with a moving and heartfelt acceptance speech as she collected her BAFTA for Best Leading Actress for her role in ‘Still Alice’.

In the film, Julianne plays a respected linguistic professor, Dr Alice Howland, who struggles to hold onto her identity, as she deals with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

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The actress used her moment of victory to draw attention to the many who suffer with the condition, and to name-check three patients - Gillian, Wendy and Christopher - for speaking with her about their illness at the Curzon cinema "just the other night".

Watch Julianne steal the show here with her dignified but heartfelt display...

In a heartwarming aside, it turns out the winners of this year's Best Leading acting gongs are firm friends with Julianne Moore helping Eddie Redmayne to get one of his earliest film roles, in the film 'Savage Grace'.

The film was based on a book about the real-life Bakelite heiress and socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland, played by Julianne, and her schizophrenic son Antony, played by Eddie, who was eventually arrested for her murder.

2015 BAFTAs Red Carpet

Amy Adams(01 of30)

Amy Adams arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Julianne Moore(02 of30)

Julianne Moore arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Keira Knightley And James Righton (03 of30)

Keira Knightley and James Righton arrive for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Sophie Hunter And Benedict Cumberbatch (04 of30)

Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch arrive for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Reese Witherspoon(05 of30)

Reese Witherspoon arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Felicity Jones(06 of30)

Felicity Jones arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (07 of30)

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Hannah Bagshawe And Eddie Redmayne(08 of30)

Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne arrive for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Rosamund Pike(09 of30)

Rosamund Pike arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Lea Seydoux And Monica Bellucci (10 of30)

Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Alice Eve(11 of30)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Alice Eve attends the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on February 8, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)

Noomi Rapace (12 of30)

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Dianna Agron(13 of30)

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Henry Cavill(14 of30)

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Patricia Arquette(15 of30)

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David Beckham (16 of30)

David Beckham arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Natalie Dormer(17 of30)

Natalie Dormer arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Douglas Booth (18 of30)

Douglas Booth arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

James McAvoy And Anne Marie Duff(19 of30)

James McAvoy and Anne Marie Duff arrive for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Kristin Scott Thomas (20 of30)

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Charlotte Riley(21 of30)

Charlotte Riley arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Sam Claflin And Laura Haddock (22 of30)

Sam Claflin and Laura Haddock arrive for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Nimrat Kaur (23 of30)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Nimrat Kaur attends the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on February 8, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) (credit:Dave J Hogan via Getty Images)

Olivia Grant (24 of30)

Olivia Grant arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Romola Garai (25 of30)

Romola Garai arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Holliday Grainger (26 of30)

Holliday Grainger arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Luke Evans(27 of30)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Luke Evans attends the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on February 8, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)

Tom Hiddleston (28 of30)

Tom Hiddleston arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Matthew Goode And Sophie Dymoke(29 of30)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Matthew Goode (L) and Sophie Dymoke attend the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on February 8, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)

Hayley Atwell (30 of30)

Hayley Atwell arrives for the British Academy Film and Television Awards 2015, The BAFTAs, at the Royal Opera House, in London, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) (credit:Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

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