A price for the obvious.
The Australian star Cate Blanchett, Oscar winner twice, will receive on January 25, 2022 an honorary César for his career and his engagements, on the occasion of the 47th Ceremony of the Césars, announced Friday Canal + and the Academy of Césars in a statement.
The actress and producer will receive the honorary award for her entire career and her personality
"absolutely remarkable"
, they write.
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Aged 52, Cate Blanchett is
"a multifaceted artist, who works in cinema, television, the theater,"
recalls the Academy of Caesars. The actress will receive this distinction when she
"has just finished production of the film
TAR
directed by Todd Field"
and plays a psychoanalyst in Guillermo Del Toro's new film
Nightmare Alley,
which will be released in early 2022. In previous years, Cate Blanchett has won two Oscars, the first in 2005 for her role in
Martin Scorsese's
The Aviator
, and the second in 2014, for her performance in
Woody Allen's
Blue Jasmine
. 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, while 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.
The 47th Césars ceremony, broadcast by Canal + will be held on the stage of the Olympia in Paris and will be presented by Antoine de Caunes.
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