Swede Alicia Vikander wins supporting actress Oscar

“To my mum and dad, thank you for giving me the belief anything can happen”, she said.

Alicia Vikander took home her first ever Oscar on Sunday night as she was crowned the Best Supporting Actress. “I hope it can open up an even wider conversation”.

Competing with her were Jennifer Jason Leigh for “The Hateful Eight, ‘ Rooney Mara for ‘Carol, ‘ Kate Winslet for ‘Steve Jobs” and Rachel McAdams for ‘Soptlight’.

Her role of portrait artist Gerda Wegener in Tom Hooper’s semi- biographical drama The Danish Girl is based on David Ebershoff’s novel of the same name, the movie narrates the life of Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery. “You raised my game”, Vikander said Sunday in Hollywood in her acceptance speech. She also held down roles in the culinary drama “Burnt”, the spy thriller “The Man from U.NC.L.E.”, the action fantasy “The Seventh Son” and the World War I drama “Testament of Youth”.

At a White House event for “The Danish Girl” celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the media, several transgender attendees said they were moved by her portrayal of Ava.

The actress thanked her parents, saying she “wouldn’t have believed them” if they had told her she would win.

Asked about pressure to look glamorous on red carpets, she said: “I think it’s supposed to be fun”.

Her focus then turned to acting, and her on-screen career gained traction after appearances in Swedish short films and the popular television drama series “Andra Avenyn” from 2008 until 2010.

But neither Vikander nor her agent received a single response. “Thank you Academy for this recognition”.

The Disney princess comparison won’t be a surprise to Alicia; she explained on the red carpet that she wanted Louis Vuitton to make her a modern update on a Disney princess gown. Now she has a statue of her own.