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Two College of Fine Arts alumni took home Oscars at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in February.

Julianne Moore (CFA’83) won the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of a Columbia University linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in the film Still Alice. And Roy Conli (CFA’87) was the producer of Big Hero 6, the winner in the best animated feature category. The film, about a teenage prodigy and his puffy robotic pal, has earned more than $630 million at the box office worldwide.

Moore, who had already won the Golden Globe, the National Board of Review, and the BAFTA awards for the role, was the favorite to win the Academy Award.

“I’m so happy, thrilled actually, that we could shine a light on Alzheimer’s disease,” Moore said in her acceptance speech. “So many people with this disease feel isolated and marginalized, and one of the wonderful things about movies is it makes us feel seen and not alone. People with Alzheimer’s deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure.”

Still Alice, based on the best-selling novel by Lisa Genova, was Moore’s fifth Academy Award nomination—and first win. She was previously nominated for Boogie Nights, The End of the Affair, Far from Heaven, and The Hours. She joins a distinguished list of other BU-trained actresses who have won Oscars: Geena Davis (CFA’79, Hon.’99), Olympia Dukakis (SAR’54, CFA’57, Hon.’00), Faye Dunaway (CFA’62), and Marisa Tomei (Hon.’02), who cut short her undergraduate career to take a role on a TV soap opera.

Roy Conli (CFA’87) (left), producer of the best animated feature winner, Big Hero 6, acknowledges the award, along with the film’s directors, Don Hall and Chris Williams. Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP

Conli, who earned a master’s degree in directing at BU, is a producer with Walt Disney Animation Studios. Among his other producing credits are Tangled, Treasure Planet, and Disney’s 1996 animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

This is the second year in a row that a Boston University alum has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Peter Del Vecho (CFA’80) picked up last year’s Oscar for Frozen, another Walt Disney Animation Studios product.

Also nominated for Oscars this year were Nora Grossman (COM’05), producer of best picture nominee The Imitation Game, and Bonnie Arnold (COM’78), producer of another animated feature nominee, How to Train Your Dragon 2.