Blanchett and McConaughey win big at Critics' Choice Awards

Cate Blanchett was named Best Actress at the Critics' Choice Awards last night.

The 'Blue Jasmine' star, who is still in shock after her Golden Globe win and Oscar nomination for her role in the film, was among the stars to take home awards at the ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

She said of her win: "This is so great. What a great day. I just want to thank first and foremost Woody Allen. I am just the lucky girl that he happened to call for this."

'12 Years a Slave' actress Lupita Nyong'o received a standing ovation when she took home the gong for Best Supporting Actress and admitted she was a "little terrified", adding: "I'm so honoured to be here and I just want to thank the BFCA [Broadcast Film Critics Association] for this incredible honour.”

She said: "I'd like to dedicate this to my uncle who came to see me in every play and said, 'You're good. But let's see what Hollywood thinks of you'. He didn't live to see this day but I'm sure he's proud of me.'

'12 Years A Slave' also won the biggest prize of the night for Best Picture, while the Best Actor award went to Matthew McConaughey for portraying an AIDS victim in 'Dallas Buyers Club'.

He said: "Yeah! Alright, alright, alright! Thank you, this is fun", before paying tribute to his character by saying: "Thank you Ron Woodroof, for living a life that was damn well worth putting on the big screen."

His co-star Jared Leto picked up Best Supporting Actor, echoing the night at the Golden Globes.

Leto said: "I'd like to dedicate this incredible honour to all the people around the world who are living with HIV, all the people that have lost their lives to this horrific disease.

"To them I thank you, it's incredible to receive this honour.'

He added: 'Matthew most of all, I've got to do it baby. Alright, alright, alright, alright! I love you, thank you for bringing me out of retirement and giving me a chance."

List of winners at the 2014 Critics’ Choice Awards -

BEST PICTURE

12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR

Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Adele Exarchopoulos - Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

American Hustle

BEST DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spike Jonze - Her

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki - Gravity

BEST ART DIRECTION

Catherine Martin (Production Designer), Beverley Dunn (Set Decorator) - The Great Gatsby

BEST EDITING

Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger - Gravity

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Catherine Martin - The Great Gatsby

BEST MAKEUP

American Hustle

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Gravity

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Frozen

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Lone Survivor

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Mark Wahlberg - Lone Survivor

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Sandra Bullock - Gravity

BEST COMEDY

American Hustle

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Amy Adams - American Hustle

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

Gravity

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

20 Feet from Stardom

BEST SONG

Let It Go - Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez - Frozen

BEST SCORE

Steven Price - Gravity