Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar

US actress Emma Stone delivers a speech on stage after she won the Best Actress award in `La La Land` at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. AFP
US actress Emma Stone delivers a speech on stage after she won the Best Actress award in `La La Land` at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. AFP

Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress on Sunday for the whimsical musical "La La Land," the most honored film of the night.

The 28-year-old won her first Oscar in a field that included former winners Meryl Streep and Natalie Portman, as well as Ruth Negga for interracial historical drama "Loving" and French actress Isabelle Huppert for rape-revenge thriller "Elle."