Carey Mulligan to receive Palm Springs film fest award for 'Maestro'

Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan will receive the International Star Award, Actress, for her performance in Bradley Cooper's "Maestro" at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.

The Film Awards will take place on Jan. 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through Jan. 15.

"Maestro," Cooper's second film as director, is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, "Maestro" is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. The film also stars Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor.

"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 said in a statement. "For this performance and her remarkable stature in world cinema, we are honored to present the International Star Award, Actress, to Carey Mulligan."

Mulligan broke out in a starring role in the critically-acclaimed film "An Education," which garnered her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and Academy Award and SAG Award nominations. Mulligan was nominated for her second Oscar for her performance in Emerald Fennell’s "Promising Young Woman." The role garnered awards from the Critics’ Choice Association, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the National Board of Review, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and more than 20 critics groups around the country.

Her other film credits include "She Said," "Wildlife," "Mudbound," "Suffragette," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "The Great Gatsby" and "Drive." Her next project is Netflix’s "Spaceman" alongside Adam Sandler, a science fiction drama film based on Jaroslav Kalfař’s novel.

Past recipients of the International Star Award, Actress, include Michelle Yeoh, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan and Charlize Theron. Last year’s recipient Yeoh went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All At Once," while Cruz ("Parallel Mothers") and Ronan ("Lady Bird") were both nominated for the best actress Oscar in their respective years.

Mulligan joins this year’s previously announced honorees "Killers of the Flower Moon" (Vanguard Award), Emma Stone (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress), Cillian Murphy (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Breakthrough Performance Award), Greta Gerwig (Director of the Year Award) and Jeffrey Wright (Career Achievement Award).

Ema Sasic covers entertainment and health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at ema.sasic@desertsun.com or on Twitter @ema_sasic.

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