Regina King to receive award at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Actress Regina King will be given the Chairman’s Award at the 30th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival this year, joining the illustrious company of past recipients like Tom Hanks, Jessica Chastain, Amy Adams, and George Clooney.
The festival is already shaping up to be an especially star-studded affair this year; already-announced honorees for the festival’s gala include Rami Malek (Breakthrough Performance Award), Glenn Close (Icon Award), Melissa McCarthy (Spotlight Award), and Bradley Cooper (Director of the Year Award).
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“Whether she’s acting, producing or directing, Regina King is an amazing creative talent,” Festival Chairman Harold Matzner said in a statement. “In her latest film If Beale Street Could Talk, she gives an outstanding performance as Sharon Rivers, a mother supportive of her daughter whose fiance is thrown in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. For her performance in this challenging role, which has received much critical acclaim, it is our honor to present the Chairman’s Award to Regina King.”
King has won an Emmy award three of the last four years; she was nominated three times for her role in “American Crime”, winning twice, and won in the Lead Actress in a Limited Series category this year for her role in “Seven Seconds”.
“For her role in If Beale Street Could Talk, King received a Best Supporting Actress award from the New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review and a Best Supporting Female nomination for the Independent Spirit Awards,” read the festival’s statement. “Her other film credits include Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Friday, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Jerry Maguire, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Enemy of the State, Daddy Day Care, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, Ray. “
The Palm Springs International Film Festival kicks off on January 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center with the Film Festival Awards Gala and runs through January 14.
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