Kristen Wiig to Present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Carol Burnett at the Gracie Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

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Kristen Wiig is set to present her “Palm Royale” co-star, Carol Burnett, with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gracie Awards. The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation also revealed that Tamera Mowry-Housley will host the awards, set to take place on May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles. The Gracie Awards honor exceptional achievements in media dedicated to women, by women and about women across diverse platforms in news and entertainment.

Additional presenters include Candace Parker, Natalie Morales, Sheryl Underwood, Yvette Nicole Brown, Mayan Lopez, Emma Kenney, Danielle Pinnock, Amanda Kloots, Lauren E. Banks, Nikki and Brie Garcia, Sharon Carpenter, Allison Holker, Christina Elmore, Kim Fields, Betsy Brandt, Sutton Stracke, Crystal Kung Minkoff and Amy Chozick.

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This year’s content themes are centered on “Feminine Strength, both Large and Small,” highlighting impactful actions resonating on various scales, as exemplified in productions like “Yellowjackets,” “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “We Can Do Hard Things.” Among the winners are Michelle Obama, Gayle King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicole Kidman, Angela Yee and Rachel Brosnahan.

Mowry-Housley started her career in Hollywood alongside her sister, Tia, on their hit show “Sister, Sister.” She returned to the screen with her sister on the reality TV series “Tia and Tamera,” chronicling her life as she balanced her acting career and major life transformations of marriage and motherhood. She also co-hosted talk show “The Real” for six seasons alongside Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and Jeannie Mai Jenkins, winning the Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host Emmy in 2018.

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