Zoe Saldaña, the star of quite a few blockbuster franchises — amongst them Avatar, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek — who’s at present the topic of greatest supporting actress awards buzz for her efficiency in Jacques Audiard’s highly-unconventional musical Emilia Pérez, has been tapped to obtain the SCAD Savannah Movie Pageant’s Vanguard Award, the fest introduced Tuesday.
Saldaña, 46, who’s the one performer in historical past to have starred in 4 movies which have grossed greater than $2 billion, and who shared the most effective actress prize at this 12 months’s Cannes Movie Pageant along with her Emilia Pérez costars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz, can be introduced along with her award following a screening of Emilia Pérez on the night of Friday, Nov. 1, on the SCAD Trustees Theatre.
Earlier that night, at 5:15pm ET, the actress will sit down with yours actually on the SCAD Museum of Artwork, in entrance of a pageant viewers, for a career-retrospective dialog that can be recorded for subsequent posting as an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.
“The SCAD Savannah Movie Pageant couldn’t be extra delighted to proceed its legacy of honoring excellent expertise by presenting this award to Zoe Saldaña,” Christina Routhier, the fest’s government director, mentioned in a press release. “Her distinctive physique of labor, together with her masterful efficiency in Emilia Pérez, is really price celebrating. We’re so thrilled to have a good time her expertise and esteemed profession.”
Different honorees at this 12 months’s SCAD Savannah Movie Pageant, which is able to happen Oct. 26-Nov. 2, embody Saldaña’s costar Gascón (Distinguished Efficiency Award), in addition to Colleen Atwood (Artistic Influence Award for Costume Design), Annette Bening (Lifetime Achievement Award), Jerry Bruckheimer (Legend of Leisure Award), Colman Domingo (Highlight Award), Jharrel Jerome (Lumiere Award), Richard Linklater (Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriting Award), Mikey Madison (Breakthrough Award), Isabela Merced (Rising Star Award), Steve McQueen (Excellent Achievement in Directing Award), Lupita Nyong’o (Virtuoso Award), Daisy Ridley (Lumiere Award) and Sebastian Stan (Maverick Award).
