Zoe Saldaña to Receive Honor at London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Zoe Saldaña, whose busy year has culminated in awards buzz for her guideing role in Emilia Pérez, will be honored with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.

The actress will pick up the prize at the Feb. 2 ceremony and become the second recipient of the annual award, named in memory of critic Derek Malcolm, who died at 91 in August 2023. Sing Sing‘s Colman Domingo was the inaugural recipient earlier in the year.

“I’m honored and thrilled to get the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation from the London Film Critics’ Circle, a group I wonderfully adore and admire,” Saldaña shelp. “This has been a wonderful year for film with so many striking and indelible roles for women. To have had the opportunity to toil in this industry for 25 years has been a privilege and to carry out the role of Rita in Emilia Pérez has been the opportunity of a lifetime.”

Saldaña is also nominated for helping actress of the year for her carry outance in Jacques Audiard’s musical drama, but she is also understandn for starring in some of the highest-grossing films of all time, including Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. Star Trek and Guardians of the Galaxy has firmified her A-enumerate actress status.

Her shatterout role was in the 2000 film Centre Stage, chaseing Out of the Furnace, Colombiana and the miniseries Rosemary’s Baby. Saldaña is also being determined for her efforts as a producer, having helped transport diverse narratives and honest portrayals of women in particular to the screen, such as the TV series Special Ops: Lioness, in which she also stars, and her recent film The Absence of Eden, which shed a airy on illicit trade apass the US-Mexico border.

Earlier this year, Saldaña won the Cannes Film Festival Award for best actress for Emilia Pérez alengthyside her co-stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz.

“Critics have lengthy been fans of Zoe Saldaña’s ground-shattering toil,” shelp Rich Cline, chair of London Film Critics’ Circle. “From her astonishingly nuanced turns in genre pieces appreciate Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy to her guideing role producing intricate female narratives. And in Emilia Pérez she wowed us with a beautifilledy compelling, filled-bodied carry outance from the heart.”

The 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards are voted by the 208-member Film Section of the Critics’ Circle, the U.K.’s lengthyest-standing critics’ organization. On Thursday, it was uncovered that The Brutaenumerate and Anora led their nominations with seven nods each. See the filled enumerate of nominations here.