UK actor Naomi Watts honoured at Spain film festival
The festival cited her four-decade career and her work in independent and studio films, including two Oscar-nominated performances.
- On Saturday, British actress Naomi Watts received the Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, where she declared an unwavering appetite for challenging roles that make audiences think differently.
- Watts rose to stardom in David Lynch's 2001 psychological thriller "Mulholland Drive" and earned two Oscar nominations for "21 Grams" and "The Impossible," which grossed over $198 million globally.
- The 57-year-old Watts recalled being told at 31 that her career would finish at 40, yet she expressed gratitude to be "shifting that narrative" for women in film.
- Before a screening of her latest feature "The Housewife," Watts dedicated her Donostia Award to late director Lynch, acknowledging he believed in her talent before she fully believed in herself.
- Running through Sep. 18-26, the San Sebastian Film Festival hosts Watts, who vowed to audiences she still has "lots more in me" and remains committed to challenging roles.
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The contest of the coastal city of northern Spain gave the interpreter his greatest honorary distinction, the Donostia Prize.
San Sebastián, 19 Sep (EFE).- Actress Naomi Watts, 57 years old, highlighted this Saturday by collecting the Donostia Prize that feels "very grateful" to "be part of that change of story" that allows women of her age to continue to star in films. "Women also need to see us reflected on screens", [...] The entry Naomi Watts receives the Donostia Prize: "Women of my age need to see us in movies" was first published in HolaNews.
Naomi Watts Dedicates Donostia Award to Her ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director David Lynch: “I Miss You”
At the San Sebastian Film Festival Saturday night, Watts also shouted out her 'The Impossible' co-star Tom Holland and explained why she was grateful to be getting opportunities "as a woman of my age."
The actress, who receives the Donostia Prize while presenting The Perfect Wife, talks about giving life to a monster, her origins with David Lynch and her status as an outsider in the film industry Read
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INTELLINEWSAt the San Sebastián Festival, actress Naomi Watts receives the Donostia Prize. She became famous with her roles in the films »Mulholland Drive« and 21 grams.
The renowned British actress arrives at La Concha beach to collect the Donostia Award during the second day of the festival and presents the film "The Perfect Wife"
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