Olivia Colman's brother-in-law has spoken of his pride as he revealed the down-to-earth star would be celebrating her Oscar win by dodging A-list parties.
Duncan Sinclair said his whole family was 'very proud' after the married mother-of-three scooped Best Actress at the 91th Academy Awards last night.
But while the event was a whirlwind of Hollywood glamour and world press, he said his sister-in-law would be enjoying the moment out of the spotlight.
Mr Sinclair said it would be out of character for his sister-in-law to throw a big party to celebrate her success.
Best Actress winner Olivia Colman and husband Ed Sinclair on the red carpet (left), along with her brother-in-law Duncan Sinclair (right)
1994: Where it all began at Cambridge University pictured next to her friend Robert Webb, 46, who starred with David Mitchell and Colman in Channel 4's Peep Show
'She is typically mellow and wouldn't celebrate that kind of thing by having a party; she's won BAFTAs and stuff before,' he said.
Reflecting on Colman's success, Mr Sinclair said: 'It is amazing news. We woke up to it this morning.
'I've known Olivia since Cambridge; my brother and I were there at the same time. The two of them worked together at the Bristol Old Vic theatre.
'It was pretty clear even in the beginning Olivia was outstanding. She wasn't always given the best roles in the productions but she would always shine.
'However, no one ever expected this and the whole family are very proud.'
A neighbour of Olivia Colman said she was 'so happy' the actress took home an Oscar.
Linda Davies, 68, who lives two doors up from the Oscar winner, said Colman and her husband moved into the street in Peckham Rye, south east London, five or six years ago with their children.
The retiree said: 'I don't see Olivia a lot because I'm sure she's very busy.
'The last time I saw her was a few months ago saying 'goodbye' to a visitor - the family are very nice.
'I see her husband and the kids and he always says 'hi' - he's very polite.
'He did a really lovely thing about five years ago - I looked outside and saw he had put up a sign in the tree saying 'welcome home mummy' from the kids.
'It's great she won the Oscar, I'm so happy for her - imagine having an Oscar winner on your street!'
Another neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said she had never met the actress but had seen The Favourite.
She said: 'It was an outstanding performance, she deserved to win.'
Colman lives at the quiet end of a wealthy street lined with Victorian townhouses.
Her two-storey semi-detached townhouse is valued at more than £1.5 million and has two blossoming trees in the front yard.
The actress worked as a cleaner and a secretary for years to make ends meet and almost quit acting to become a midwife when her big break failed to materialise.
The confidence agents had in Ms Colman was clearly well placed as now – 19 years later – she won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite
Olivia used her winner's speech in Hollywood last night to inspire others not to give up hope.
As the cash rolls in, Olivia hands 50 per cent of all she earns to her husband
Olivia Colman with Ed at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2016
Olivia met hubby Ed when both were cast in a student production of Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners.
She said: 'For me, it was thunderbolts straight away. I'm going to marry him. A bit weird I know, but yes. He was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.'
They married seven years later. She said: 'I stuck with him and made him realise he could only be happy with me. I still feel I'm punching above my weight.'
She added: 'We met when we had nothing and we loved each other then. So we were all right. We were 20 and he was also an actor. If you meet at that age then you are fine.'
Ed, who had been reading law at Cambridge, went to study drama at the Bristol Old Vic and Olivia followed him, taking a job cleaning B&Bs before enrolling in the theatre school herself.
But Ed's acting career never really got going. Olivia said: 'I've no idea why. For Ed, the work just stopped.'
Ed has written short stories, short film scripts and two novels which have not been published. She said: 'He's very secretive about his process. I know now what his book's about, but for a couple of years I hadn't a clue.'
Her journey is all the more remarkable because as a young actress she needed to clean to make money and for a period was so broke she lived in a friend's attic.
She once recalled how she was forced to rummage under the sofa cushions in search of coins to buy a single potato for dinner.
Speaking of her early days with now husband Ed Sinclair, she said: 'We had what we call our Angela's Ashes day when we first moved to London from Bristol (in 1998). I had £1 left in my overdraft and cash machines don't dispense pounds.
'Ed didn't have any money either, so we managed to find enough pennies from the sofa to buy one potato to share.'
They lived in the attic of friends who had a place in Epping, Essex, for two months.
In 1999 they bought a two-bedroom flat in London's East Dulwich, using a £30,000 inheritance from Ed to help them meet the £90,000 asking price. They sold it two years later for £150,000.
The couple took out a credit card in 2001 and ended up £3,000 in debt — a relatively small amount but Olivia found it traumatic as neither was earning regularly.
However, she was determined to pursue an acting career. 'My mum said, 'You'll probably give it a year.' And I said, 'No, I'll give it ten'.'
Her career began to take off in 2003 when she was cast in Channel 4's Peep Show, with old friends David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Her career appeared to stall again, thanks to her starring role in AA's Kev and Bev adverts.
However, the success of the 2004 ads proved problematic for the star, who told The Mirror: 'AA! That has become the bane of my life. I thought they were going to run that for about a week but they ran it for what felt like four times a day for a year.'
As well as her continuing Peep Show appearances she appeared in another sitcom, Green Wing.
She counted herself lucky to be paid £25,000 for each series, which took nine months to film, and said that it was enough for her and Ed to live on if they were frugal.
As recently as 2009 she had a five-month 'dry spell' which led to her starting to look up midwifery courses.
Olivia's biggest break came as Sophie in Peep Show alongside her university friend David Mitchell, who played her hapless love interest Mark
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