By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood veteran and activist Jane Fonda might be honoured with the Cecil B deMille honour on the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has introduced.
Chosen by the HFPA board members, the Cecil B deMille award is given yearly to a gifted particular person who has made an enduring affect on the world of leisure.
Fonda, a seven-time Golden Globe winner, might be recognised on the occasion on February 28, reported Vulture.
Ali Sar, the president of the HFPA, mentioned the affiliation is honoured to have fun the 83-year-old actor’s achievement on the upcoming awards ceremony.
“For greater than 5 a long time, Jane’s breadth of labor has been anchored in her unrelenting activism, utilizing her platform to handle among the most essential social problems with our time.
“Her undeniable talent has gained her the highest level of recognition, and while her professional life has taken many turns, her unwavering commitment to evoking change has remained,” Sar mentioned.
Fonda, who already has two Academy Awards, an Emmy, and an AFI Life Achievement to her title, would be the 67th – and sixteenth feminine – to obtain the coveted award.
In a profession spanning six a long time, the actor has starred in movies like “Julia”, “Coming Home”, “Klute”, and “9 to 5”.
Her most up-to-date function movie outing was the 2018 movie “Book Club”, whose sequel is at present underneath improvement.
She additionally stars in Netflix comedy collection “Grace and Frankie”, which was renewed for a seventh and remaining season in 2019.
The actor not too long ago made headlines for her participation within the local weather change protests in Washington DC, whereby she was arrested on a number of events.
Previous winners of the Cecil B deMille award embrace the likes of Walt Disney, Judy Garland, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra, in addition to her father Henry Fonda.
