Jessica Chastain wins best actress Oscar

Best actress Oscar winner Jessica Chastain.
US star Jessica Chastain has won the best actress Oscar for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. -AP

Jessica Chastain has won the Academy Award for best lead actress for her mascara-laden title role as the on-air preaching partner and wife of Christian televangelist Jim Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, chronicling the couple's rise and fall.

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