Gal Gadot will receive the Rising Star Award – Actress at the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s 2018 Awards Gala, PSIFF organizers announced on Thursday.
Gadot, the star of “Wonder Woman,” is the first Palm Springs award recipient to be announced this year. While she is not as much of an awards contender as previous honorees Ruth Negga, Alicia Vikander, Jennifer Lawrence and Anna Kendrick, all of whom received Oscar nominations the year they were honored, Gadot won widespread acclaim for a film that set box office records and became the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman (Patty Jenkins).
Gadot’s other films include three “Fast & Furious” films, “Date Night” and “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” in which she first played Wonder Woman. She also appears in the role in “Justice League,” which will be released on November 17.
The PSIFF Awards Gala will be held on Tuesday, January 2, just before the January 4 kickoff of a festival that will run through January 15 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles.
Additional honorees will be announced over the next month.
Casey Affleck, Amy Adams and More Portraits From Palm Springs Film Festival (Exclusive Photos)
Actor Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
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Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
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Actor Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"
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Actor Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge"
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Director Mike Mills, "20th Century Women"
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Actress Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"
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Actors Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, Glen Powell, Octavia Spencer and Jim Parsons, composer-producer Pharell Williams, actor Aldis Hodge, "Hidden Figures"
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Actress Natalie Portman, "Jackie"
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Actress Amy Adams, "Arrival"
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Director Damien Chazelle, actor Ryan Gosling, composer Justin Hurwitz and producer Fred Berger, "La La Land"
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Actress Ruth Negga, "Loving"
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Actor Joel Edgerton, "Loving"
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Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, "Loving"
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Actress Laura Dern, "Certain Women"
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