Winning an Oscar is a career highlight that you never forget, and for Anne Dudley, being handed the trophy by Jennifer Lopez as Robin Williams looked on was a fairytale.

The acclaimed composer won for 1997’s The Full Monty, with the Los Angeles awards show a far cry from her upbringing in Kent.

‘We felt like the sort of Cinderella at the party,’ she told Metro humbly. ‘The other big winner of the night was Titanic, and our film had about a 100th of the budget.’

Anne, 69, appeared somewhat bemused by her success as she spoke to us, having just also earned the esteemed title of Ivor Academy Fellow at the Ivors Classical Awards.

Previous famous fellows include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox, and Kate Bush.

She continued: ‘We genuinely didn’t expect a win [at the Oscars]

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