Los Angeles, Feb 25: Jennifer Lawrence won the lead actress Oscar statuette on Sunday for her tragicomic performance as an emotionally bruised widow in 'Silver Linings Playbook.'

The Oscar win comes just a month after the 22-year-old actress won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedic movie and just two years after her breakthrough performance in 'Winter's Bone' - the role that first put her on the academy's lead actress balloting list, the LA Times reported.

The actress beat competition from Jessica Chastain - 'Zero Dark Thirty,' Emmanuelle Riva - 'Amour,' Quvenzhane Wallis - 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' and Naomi Watts - 'The Impossible.' (ANI)