Correct Option: C

English actor Eddie Redmayne won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’. The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted from the memoir ‘Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen’ by Jane Wilde Hawking, the ex-wife of theoretical physicist Stephen. Note : As of the 2017 ceremony, Casey Affleck is the most recent winner in Best Actor category for his role as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea.