(Madrid) American actress Sigourney Weaver, nominated three times for the Oscars and who has already received a Bafta and two Golden Globes, will receive the International Goya, an honorary prize awarded by the Spanish Cinema Academy which announced Tuesday.
The 74-year-old performer, among the “most appreciated on stage and screens globally”, will receive this award on Saturday at the Spanish Film Awards gala, which will take place this year in Valladolid, in the northwest of the country. , explains the academy in a press release.
This is only the third time that this award has been presented. During the first two editions, it rewarded Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche.
The prize will thus salute her “impressive trajectory filled with unforgettable films and because she has inspired us by creating independent, complex and strong female characters […] who range from Lieutenant Ripley in Alien to Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the mist “.
Throughout her 40-year career, Sigourney Weaver has appeared in dozens of films, blockbusters as Avatar Or Ghostbustersand dramas like The Good House, The year of all dangers Or Ice Storm for which she won a Bafta. She also starred in comedies like Galaxy Quest And Working Girl which earned him a Golden Globe.
Born in New York in 1949, Sigourney Weaver won another Golden Globe for her portrayal of naturalist Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the mist.
The actress, who has worked with directors like Woody Allen, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Roman Polanski and David Fincher, received the honorary prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2016.