Live Coverage | Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander for "The Danish Girl"

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Alicia Vikander won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her work in The Danish Girl. This is her first Oscar nomination.

PhotoAlicia VikanderCredit Patrick T. Fallon for The New York Times

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PhotoAlicia Vikander in The Danish Girl.Credit Focus Features

Congratulations to Alicia Vikander for best actress-ing her way into the supporting actress category. Of all the changes the academy is looking to correct, can it include some rules to prevent more of that?

The studios campaign people in whatever category they think they have the best chance to win, but academy members are free to write people in, too so she could have been nominated as best actress if enough write-ins went that way. Or, if her awards marketing was less successful.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/live/academy-awards-2016/best-supporting-actress-alicia-vikander-for-the-danish-girl/