After winning numerous awards and accolades and considered the favorite to win, Mo'Nique ended a long journey as she won the Best Supporting Actress award for her phenomenal role as the mom-from-hell Mary Jones in 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.

With so much press surrounding her when she wasn't present in the early rounds of Oscar campaigning, Mo'Nique addressed that issue in her speech stating, "I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be about the performance and not the politics. To my amazing husband, Sidney [Hicks] -- thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forego doing what's popular, in order to do what's right."

Below is the complete list of winners for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

'The Hurt Locker' was the bigger winner at the 82nd Academy Awards, taking home six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

In the battle of exes, Kathryn Bigelow won over ex-husband James Cameron for her direction of 'The Hurt Locker.' She becomes the first woman to win that category.

After four previous nominations, Jeff Bridges finally took home the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in 'Crazy Bridges, while Sandra Bullock won for Best Actress for her role in 'The Blind Side.' Bullock becomes the first actress to win both Best and Worst Actress awards in the same year, as she won a Razzie award for her film, 'All About Steve.'

Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Quentin Taratino's 'Inglourious Basterds.

Considered the first shocker of the night, Geoffrey Fletcher won the Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on 'Precious.' He becomes the first African American to ever win an Oscar for a screenplay, either adapted or original.

African American Roger Ross Williams won the Best Short Documentary Award for 'Music By Prudence.' His speech was interrupted by producer Elinor Burkett, who according to numerous Twitter posts, wasn't supposed to be on stage.

Here is the list of winner (in BOLD):

1. Best Picture: 'Avatar'; 'The Blind Side'; 'District 9'; 'An Education'; 'The Hurt Locker'; 'Inglourious Basterds'; 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; 'A Serious Man'; 'Up'; 'Up in the Air'

2. Actor: Jeff Bridges, 'Crazy Heart'; George Clooney, 'Up in the Air'; Colin Firth, 'A Single Man'; Morgan Freeman, 'Invictus'; Jeremy Renner, 'The Hurt Locker'

3. Actress: Sandra Bullock, 'The Blind Side'; Helen Mirren, 'The Last Station'; Carey Mulligan, 'An Education'; Gabourey Sidibe, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; Meryl Streep, 'Julie and Julia'

4. Supporting Actor: Matt Damon, 'Invictus'; Woody Harrelson, 'The Messenger'; Christhopher Plummer, 'The Last Station'; Stanley Tucci, 'The Lovely Bones'; Christoph Waltz, 'Inglourious Basterd's

5. Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, 'Nine'; Vera Farmiga, 'Up in the Air'; Maggie Gyllenhaal, 'Crazy Heart'; Anna Kendrick, 'Up in the Air'; Mo'Nique, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'

6. Director: Kathyrn Bigelow, 'The Hurt Locker'; James Cameron, 'Avatar'; Lee Daniels, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'; Jason Reitman, 'Up in the Air'; Quentin Taratino, 'Inglourious Basterds'

7. Foreign Film: Ajami,' Israel; 'El Secreto de Sus Ojos,' Argentina; 'The Milk of Sorrow,' Peru; 'Un Prophète,' France; 'The White Ribbon,' Germany

8. Adapted Screenplay: Neill Blomkamp, 'District 9'; Nick Hornby, 'An Education'; Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, 'In The Loop'; Geoffrey Fletcher, 'Precious: Based On The Novel Push by Sapphire'; Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, 'Up in the Air'

9. Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, 'The Hurt Locker'; Quentin Taratino, 'Inglourious Basterds'; Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, 'The Messenger'; Joel & Ethan Coen, 'A Serious Man'; Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, 'Up'

10. Animated Feature Film: 'Coraline'; 'Fantastic Mr.Fox'; 'The Princess and the Frog'; 'The Secret of Kells'; 'Up'

11. Art Direction: 'Avatar'; 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'; 'Nine'; 'Sherlock Holmes'; 'The Young Victoria'

12. Cinematography: Mauro Fiore, 'Avatar'; Bruno Delbonnel, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'; Barry Ackroyd, 'The Hurt Locker'; Robert Richardson 'The Hurt Locker'; Christian Berger, 'The White Ribbon'

13. Sound Mixing: 'Avatar'; 'The Hurt Locker'; 'Inglourious Basterds'; 'Star Trek'; 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'

14. Sound Editing: 'Avatar'; 'The Hurt Locker'; 'Inglourious Basterds'; 'Star Trek';'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen';

15. Original Score: James Horner, 'Avatar'; Alexandre Desplat, 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'; Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders, 'The Hurt Locker'; Hans Zimmer, 'Sherlock Holmes'; Michael Giacchino, 'Up'

16. Original Song: 'Almost There' from 'The Princess and the Frog' Music and Lyric by Randy Newman; 'Down in New Orleans' from 'The Princess and the Frog' Music and Lyric by Randy Newman; 'Loin de Paname' from 'Paris 36' Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas; 'Take It All' from 'Nine' Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston; 'The Weary Kind' from 'Crazy Heart' Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

17. Costume: 'Bright Star'; 'Coco Before Chanel'; 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'; 'Nine'; 'The Young Victoria'

18. Documentary Feature: 'Burma VJ'; 'The Cove'; 'Food, INc.'; 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers'; 'Which Way Home'

19. Documentary (short subject): 'China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province'; 'The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner'; 'The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant'; 'Music by Prudence'; 'Rabbit à la Berlin'

20. Film Editing: 'Avatar'; 'The District 9'; 'The Hurt Locker'; 'Inglourious Basterds'; 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire'

21. Makeup: 'Il Divo'; 'Star Trek'; 'The Young Victoria'

22. Live Action Short 'The Door'; 'Instead of Abracadabra'; 'Kavi'; 'Miracle Fish'; 'The New Tenants'

23. Animated Short Film: 'French Roast'; 'Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty'; 'The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)'; 'Logorama'; 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'