Carey Mulligan to Receive International Star Award, Actress at Palm Springs International Film Fest

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Maestro star Carey Mulligan will receive the International Star Award, Actress at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The film awards, at which the actress will be honored, will take place on Jan. 4, with the festival running through Jan. 15.

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“In this historical and personal examination of famed composer Leonard Bernstein, Carey Mulligan measures both ends of true love – its extraordinary heights and intense lows – conveying a striking role as Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein,” festival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi says. “For this performance and her remarkable stature in world cinema, we are honored to present the International Star Award, Actress to Carey Mulligan.”

Mulligan’s previous film credits include An Education, Promising Young Woman, She Said, Wildlife, Mudbound, Suffragette, The Great Gatsby, Never Let Me Go, Public Enemies, Pride & Prejudice, among many others. Her TV credits include Collateral, My Boy Jack, Doctor Who, Miss Marple and Trial & Retribution. She will next star in Netflix’s Spaceman alongside Adam Sandler.

Past recipients of the award include Michelle Yeoh, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan and Charlize Theron. Yeoh went on to win the Academy Award for best actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once, while Cruz (Parallel Mothers) and Ronan (Lady Bird) were nominated in their respective years.

The festival previously announced that Emma Stone would receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, while Cillian Murphy would receive the corresponding actor award. Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon will be honored with this year’s Vanguard Award, while the Director of the Year Award will be bestowed upon Greta Gerwig. Jeffrey Wright will receive the Career Achievement Award.

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