Julianne Moore wins Best Actress and Birdman flies high at Critic's Choice Awards

Julianne Moore has had an extraordinary week. Hours after being named as an Oscar nominee for her leading role in Still Alice, the 54-year-old star emerged triumphant in the Best Actress category at the Critics' Choice Awards. Julianne – also a winner at Sunday's Golden Globes – was clearly delighted as she arrived on stage to accept her trophy.

"One thing I know is that I'm a girl's girl," she said in her speech, before addressing her fellow nominees, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Rosamund Pike and Felicity Jones. "I am so inspired by you all and just honoured to be in your company."

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Birdman was flying high on the night.

Michael Keaton was crowned Best Actor for his star turn in the black comedy, which received seven awards in total. But it was Boyhood that walked away with the top prize for Best Picture.

Ellar Coltrane won the award for Best Young Actor for his lead role in the movie, which he spent 12 years of his life sporadically filming.

American Sniper star Bradley Cooper, who was performing on Broadway on the night, was named Best Actor in an Action Movie, with Emily Blunt his female counterpart for Edge of Tomorrow. As she accepted her trophy, the British star was surprised on stage by her proud husband John Krasinski, who ran on to give her a big hug. "He's presenting next," smiling Emily explained to the crowd. Following on from their Golden Globe success, Patricia Arquette and Whiplash's JK Simmons were named best supporting actress and actor.

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The best director category was a closely fought competition, but in the end Boyhood's Richard Linklater took home the coveted trophy, beating the likes of Angelina Jolie for Unbroken, Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel and Alejandro G Inarritu for Birdman

Critics Choice Award winners

PICTURE 

• Winner: Boyhood 
• Birdman
• Gone Girl
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Unbroken
• Whiplash

ACTOR 

• Winner: Michael Keaton – Birdman
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
• Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
• David Oyelowo – Selma
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

ACTRESS 

• Winner: Julianne Moore – Still Alice
• Jennifer Aniston – Cake
• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
• Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild

DIRECTOR 

• Winner: Richard Linklater – Boyhood
• Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ava DuVernay – SelmaDavid Fincher – Gone Girl
• Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
• Angelina Jolie – Unbroken

COMEDY

Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Birdman

St. Vincent

Top Five

22 Jump Street

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

• Winner: Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
• Rose Byrne – Neighbors
• Rosario Dawson – Top Five
• Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent
• Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins

ACTOR IN A COMEDY

• Winner: Michael Keaton – Birdman
• Jon Favreau – Chef
• Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Bill Murray – St. Vincent
• Chris Rock – Top Five
• Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street

SONG

• Winner: Glory (Selma) 
• Big Eyes (Big Eyes) 
• Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie) 
• Lost Stars (Begin Again) 
• Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Winner: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
• Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
• Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone – Birdman
• Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
• Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Winner: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
• Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
• Robert Duvall – The Judge
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

ANIMATED FEATURE

• Winner: The Lego Movie
• Big Hero 6
• The Book of Life
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2

ACTION MOVIE

• Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
• American Sniper
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Edge of TomorrowFury

ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

• Winner: Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
• Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
• Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
• Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy
• Shailene Woodley – Divergent

ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

• Winner: Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
• Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow
• Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Brad Pitt – Fury
• Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Winner: Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
• Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie
• Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
• Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
• Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent
• Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Winner: Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation GameInto the Woods
• Selma

SCORE

• Winner: Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
• Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
• Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
• Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

• Winner: Interstellar
• The Babadook
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Snowpiercer
• Under the Skin

COSTUME DESIGN

• Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
• Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
• Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
• Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
• Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

HAIR & MAKEUP

• Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
• Foxcatcher
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Into the WoodsMaleficent

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Winner: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar