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Julianne Moore will beryllium awarded Kering’s Women In Motion Award astatine this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Previous Women In Motion Award winners see Donna Langley (2025), Jane Fonda (2015), Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (2016), Isabelle Huppert (2017), Patty Jenkins (2018), Gong Li (2019), Salma Hayek (2021), Viola Davis (2022), and Michelle Yeoh (2023).
Recipients of nan grant are chosen by François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, Iris Knobloch, Cannes President, and Thierry Frémaux, Cannes Director. Announcing nan award, Pinault said Moore “fully embodies nan tone of Women In Motion.”
“Through nan consistency of her creator choices, nan extent and complexity she brings to her performances, and her longstanding dedication to advancing meaningful practice some connected and disconnected screen, she has helped redefine what it intends to beryllium a starring female successful cinema,” Pinault said.
“Her profession and her committedness intelligibly reflector nan values Women In Motion has championed since its inception.”
Moore’s caller credits see Todd Haynes’ May December—which debuted astatine Cannes successful 2023— Apple TV’s Echo Valley, Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, Netflix’s constricted bid Sirens, and nan humanities miniseries Mary & George. She will adjacent prima successful Jesse Eisenberg’s untitled A24 philharmonic comedy.
Frémaux described Moore arsenic “one of nan awesome actresses of modern cinema.”
“Across an uncompromising and richly divers filmography, she has built her activity pinch singular intelligence and patience, delivering performances of uncommon affectional precision,” he said. “Working pinch immoderate of nan astir important filmmakers of our time, she brings to each domiciled a profound sensitivity, an bonzer consciousness of nuance, and a fearless engagement pinch analyzable characters. Film aft film, she has portrayed women successful each their strength, contradictions, and freedom, leaving an indelible people connected nan history of cinema.”
The 2026 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 12-23.
