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Arquette wins Oscar for supporting actress

Patricia Arquette accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for "Boyhood" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Patricia Arquette accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for "Boyhood" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Patricia Arquette accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for "Boyhood" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES – Patricia Arquette has won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for “Boyhood.”

Arquette plays the mother of Ellar Coltrane’s Mason in Richard Linklater’s sweeping look at a boy’s life, filmed over 12 years.

It was the first Oscar for Arquette. She also won the Golden Globe in January.

The other nominees were Laura Dern, “Wild”; Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”; Emma Stone, “Birdman”; and Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods.”

The 87th Academy Awards are airing live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.