Emma Thompson He will receive the tribute from the Santa Barbara Festival that will present him with the Modern Master award on February 8.
El Modern Master It is the highest award granted by the Santa Barbara Festival and with it we want to distinguish the achievements of a celebrity from the film industry. The Californian contest wanted to take advantage of a great year for the British performer, who will be present in the awards season for her role in «Saving Mr. Banks«, A film that could earn her her sixth Oscar nomination, fifth as a performer, and thus aspire to her third statuette, second as an actress.
Emma Thompson got her first Academy Award in 1992 for "Return to Howards End" as the leading actress and won the Oscar again, this time as a screenwriter, in 1995 for "Sense and Sensibility."
The actress also has two Bafta and two Golden Globes, in both cases for «Return to Howards End" Y "Sense and Sensibility»As lead actress.
These two roles and others such as those carried out in «In the name of the Father","Much ado About Nothing»Or«What remains of day«, Added to the promotion of«Saving Mr. Banks«, They have earned him this recognition at the Santa Barbara Festival.
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