<p>Jessica Chastain on Sunday took home the Oscar for best actress, a reward for her remarkable physical transformation into a larger-than-life US televangelist in <em>The Eyes of Tammy Faye</em>.</p>.<p>Chastain, 45, won over Academy voters with a performance that saw her don complex prosthetics, wigs and layers of Tammy Faye Bakker's trademark heavy makeup every day on set in order to embody the late singer-turned-minister and LGBTQ activist.</p>.<p>She bested Olivia Colman (<em>The Lost Daughter</em>), Penelope Cruz (<em>Parallel Mothers</em>), Nicole Kidman (<em>Being the Ricardos</em>) and Kristen Stewart (<em>Spencer</em>) to win the prize.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Jessica Chastain on Sunday took home the Oscar for best actress, a reward for her remarkable physical transformation into a larger-than-life US televangelist in <em>The Eyes of Tammy Faye</em>.</p>.<p>Chastain, 45, won over Academy voters with a performance that saw her don complex prosthetics, wigs and layers of Tammy Faye Bakker's trademark heavy makeup every day on set in order to embody the late singer-turned-minister and LGBTQ activist.</p>.<p>She bested Olivia Colman (<em>The Lost Daughter</em>), Penelope Cruz (<em>Parallel Mothers</em>), Nicole Kidman (<em>Being the Ricardos</em>) and Kristen Stewart (<em>Spencer</em>) to win the prize.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>