Australia will be in the spotlight on the Olympia stage early next year. The star Cate Blanchett, twice Oscar winner, will receive on January 25, 2022 an honorary César for his career and his engagements, on the occasion of the 47th Ceremony of the César presented by Antoine de Caunes, announce Friday Canal + and the Academy of César in a press release.
The actress and producer, who notably won two Oscars in 2005 and 2014 for her roles in The Aviator by Martin Scorsese and Blue jasmine by Woody Allen, will receive the Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement and “Outstanding Outstanding” Personality, they write.
A distinction that also honors its commitments
Aged 52, Cate Blanchett is “a multifaceted artist, who works in cinema, television, the theater”, recalls the Academy of Caesar. The actress will receive this distinction after she “has just finished producing the film. TAR directed by Todd Field ”and that she plays a psychiatrist in Guillermo Del Toro’s new film Nightmare alley which will be released in early 2022.
The attribution of this reward is also due to its commitment “outside the platforms” for “women’s rights or ecology”, explain the organizers. The star is particularly illustrated in the fight of women against sexual violence in the cinema, in particular since the Weinstein affair.
In 2018, when she chaired the jury of the 71st Cannes film festival, she climbed the famous Cannes steps with 81 other women of the 7th Art, in favor of equality. In addition, she holds the role of goodwill ambassador for UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency and was honored in 2018 with the Crystal Prize at the World Economic Forum in Davos for her work and dedication.