LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Jennifer Lawrence, who stars "Silver Linings Playbook," won the Oscar Award for Best Actress while Daniel Day-Lewis, who stars "Lincoln," won the Award for Best Actor Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony.

Lawrence succeeded over Jessica Chastain who stars "Zero Dark Thirty," Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour," Quvenzhane Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and Naomi Watts in "The Impossible," to win the goldern statutte.

In the film, Lawrence plays Tiffany, a troubled young widow who begins a complex relationship with a man recently released from a psychiatric facility.

The 22-year-old performer has won most of the major awards in the season, including the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award.

Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Abraham Lincoln in the months prior to the president's assassination, as he works to persuade Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment that would outlaw slavery.

Day-Lewis's win was a widely expected result. The other actors got the nominations were Bradley Cooper who stars "Silver Linings Playbook," Hugh Jackman in "Les Miserables," Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master" and Denzel Washington in "Flight."