By Donna Mcconnell and Baz Bamigboye and George Stark14:29 03 Mar 2014, updated 16:40 03 Mar 2014
It was an emotional night for Lupita Nyong'o and Matthew McConaughey as both were named first time winners of the acting world's most prestigious honour.
And the pair took a moment to congratulate one another as they attended the various parties following the 86th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Lupita was the belle of the ball, as she stunned in a gorgeous pale blue Prada gown, in Nairobi Blue, which she wore to great effect as she collected her award for Best Supporting Actress.
+121Time to relax: Lupita Nyong'o, winner of the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 Years A Slave and Matthew McConaughey winner of the award for Best Actor for his role in the Dallas Buyers Club attend the Governors Ball
+121Oscar-winners Lupita Nyong'o and Matthew McConaughey at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscars, Governors Ball, Los Angeles
Time to party: Oscar-winners Lupita Nyong'o and Matthew McConaughey at the 86th Annual Academy Awards Oscars, Governors Ball, Los Angeles
+121Lupita shows her father her name on the coveted Oscar trophy
+121So proud: Lupita shows her father her name on the coveted Oscar trophy
+121Family unit: Lupita celebrates her Oscar win with her father Peter at the Governors Ball
The actress sat down with her family in a banquet at the Oscar Governors Ball and toasted her tremendous Oscar win with -- water.
Her table was awash with champagne and fine wines but the 31 year old best supporting actress winner was having none of it.
'I'm dehydrated', she told the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye.
'For now the only celebrating I'm doing is drinking water. I may celebrate later when I've got my energy back', she said as she sipped water and took small bites of her food.
+121Happy: Lupita enjoyed some well-deserved food at the Governors Ball but wasn't letting her Oscar out of her sight
Her parents and brother Junior were sitting with her as they discussion and marveled over the night's triumph.
A few tables away best actress winner Cate Blanchett was also catching her breath and chatting with husband Andrew, co-star Sally Hawkins who has become a good friend ,and some close associates.
Cate said she was working out how to summon the strength to go on to the vanity Fair Party across town along Sunset Strip.
As well as an individual award, Lupita collected an award alongside the cast and crew of 12 Years A Slave which took home the gong for Best Picture at Sunday night's Oscars.
+121Lupita and Quincy Jones attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter
+121Treating herself: The 12 Years A Slave star looked just as pleased with her Oscar as she was with the replica chocolate
+121Yum: As well as winning an Oscar, Lupita enjoyed eating a sweet treat replica of the trophy
+121Exciting moment: Lupita watches as her statue is engraved the Governors Ball after the Oscars
+121The winner is...: (L-R) Jared Leto, Lupita Nyong'o, Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey were the big individual winners on the night
+121Success: Lupita and Cate jokingly made their Academy Awards kiss, while Dallas Buyers Club co-stars Jared and Matthew looked to be involved in a more serious conversation
Producer Brad Pitt thanked the Academy for the 'incredible' win, while director Steve McQueen praised his mother Mary for her 'hardheadedness' and said the film was about the will 'not just to survive but to live'.
However, it was Lupita Nyong'o's heartfelt acceptance speech, as she took to the stage to accept Best Supporting Actress, that really struck a chord with the audience.
+121Laugh out loud: Matthew appears to find something Jared has said particularly funny, while Cate and Lupita also share a joke
+121Triumphant: The quartet looked to be having great fun as they posed for their portraits
+121They're all at it: Best Actor and Best Supporting actors Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto pose backstage... only to be photobombed by Best Supporting Actress winner Lupita Nyong'o
+121Checking the spelling: Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila at the engraving station
+121Checking the spelling: Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila at the engraving station
+121No surprises: Cate was a huge favourite to clinch the Best Actress award for her role in Blue Jasmine
+121Pucker up: Jared looked extremely proud of his Oscar win as he gave the award a kiss
It was an emotional night for the cast and crew of 12 Years A Slave, as the film took home the award for Best Picture at Sunday night's Oscars.
Producer Brad Pitt thanked the Academy for the 'incredible' win, while director Steve McQueen praised his mother Mary for her 'hardheadedness' and said the film was about the will 'not just to survive but to live'.
However, it was Lupita Nyong'o's heartfelt acceptance speech, as she took to the stage to accept Best Supporting Actress, that really struck a chord with the audience.
+121Bringing down the house: Lupita Nyong'o's heartfelt acceptance speech deeply touched many in the audience
+121Making an entrance: Lupita lifts her Prada gown to make sure she doesn't trip on her way to the stage
Lupita told the audience: 'It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s.
'And so I want to salute the spirit of Patsey for her guidance. And for Solomon, thank you for telling her story and your own.
'Steve McQueen, you charge everything you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Thank you so much for putting me in this position, it’s been the joy of my life.
I’m certain that the dead are standing about you and watching and they are grateful and so am I.'
+121Winners: (L-R) 12 Years a Slave producers Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas
+121Tears and triumph: Angelina Jolie is seen embracing Lupita while actor Chiwetel Ejiofor hugs producer Brad Pitt as the film wins Best Picture
+121Group hug: Lupita embraces 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen while producer Bra Pitt looks on
+121Celebration: Lupita and Brad embrace as the happy news is announced on stage
+121Winning performance: Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12Years A Slave
THE OSCARS 2014: WINNERS LISTBest Picture12 Years A Slave
+12112YASBest Director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Best Animated FeatureFrozenBest Live Action Short FilmHelium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)Best Visual EffectsGravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)Best Film EditingGravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
+121GravityBest Sound EditingGravity (Glenn Freemantle)Best Original ScoreGravity (Steven Price)Best Original ScreenplayHer (Spike Jonze)Best Sound Mixing Skip Lievsay, Niv Adirj, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity)
Foreign Language FilmThe Great Beauty, Italy Best Costume DesignCatherine Martin, The Great GatsbyBest Actor in a Leading RoleMatthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Best Actor in a Supporting RoleJared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave) Best Make-up and HairstylingDallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
+121Dallas Buyers ClubBest Animated Short FilmMr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)Best Documentary Feature20 Feet from StardomBest CinematographyGravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)Best Production DesignThe Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
+121Blue JasmineBest Documentary Short SubjectThe Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My LifeBest Original SongLet It Go (Frozen)Best Adapted Screenplay12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
And the Oscar goes to... Highlights from the Academy Awards
+121Girl done good: Lupita celebrated her win but didn't forget about the reason Steve McQueen wanted to make it
+121'The dead are standing about you and watching, they are grateful and I am too': Lupita's moving tribute to Steve McQueen choked up everyone in the room
'The dead are standing about you and watching, they are grateful and I am too': Lupita's moving tribute to Steve McQueen choked up everyone in the room
+121Winners: Actor/producer Brad Pitt (C) accepts the Best Picture award for '12 Years a Slave' with (back row) actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Lupita Nyong'o, Chiwetel Ejiofor, producers Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas onstage
Arguably the most competitive category - Best Supporting Actress - was won by a tearful Lupita for her harrowing portrait of a cotton picker who was repeatedly raped by her owner in 12 Years A Slave.
The actress, who celebrated her 31st birthday on Saturday, had previously worked behind the scenes in the film industry but this was her first role in front of the camera.
Jennifer Lawrence, who had been vying with Lupita for most of the awards season had privately told friends that she wanted Lupita to win because ' she so deserves it'.
+121Cream of the crop: Lupita beams with Best Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey
+121Sidney Poitier, left, and Angelina Jolie are seen backstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre
+121Her No.1 fans: Lupita is congratulated by her parents, mum Dorothy and father Peter
Jumping for joy! Steve McQueen is 'cool as a cucumber' after win
+121We won! The cast and crew of 12 Years A Slave are elated, as it all becomes too much for Lupita Nyong'o
+121Starting the speech: Producer Brad Pitt was the first to step forward to the podium following the win
+121Emotions running high: Angelina gives her husband Brad - producer of 12 Years A Slave - a kiss on the lips
It's clear that Academy voters felt that way too.
Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey took the top acting honours.
Cate was named Best Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, while Matthew won his award for Dallas Buyers Club.
The win for Cate was somewhat overshadowed by a hilarious and controversial speech from the Australian actress - who both praised and ribbed her fellow nominees and thanks director Woody.
+121Party time: Following the ceremony, several stars of 12 Years A Slave, including Chiwetel Ejiofor (pictured) headed to Ago restaurant for a private bash
+121Looking sharp: Michael Fassbender also attended the private party and looked dapper in his black suit and bow tie
+121Speech: Director Steve McQueen thanked his mother as he accepted the Best Picture award for 12 Years a Slave
+121Lietrally jumping for joy: Director and producer Steve McQueen jumps in the air after accepting the Oscar for Best Picture for his work in 12 Years A Slave
Defying Gravity: Best Achievement in Directing winner Alfonso Cuaron dukes it out with his two awards for Gravity and Cate Blanchett is ecstatic with her win for Best Actress
'Don't (beeping) forget it!' Cate on being first Aussie best actress
+121Best Actress: Cate Blanchett gave a hilarious speech in which she praised and teased her fellow nominees
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