Glenn Close will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Icon Award at its annual Awards Gala, PSIFF organizers announced on Thursday.
The award is the first to be announced for the 2019 gala, which will take place on Thursday, Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by Mary Hart.
Close will be honored for her more than 40-year career, which has included six Oscar nominations, 14 Emmy nominations (including three wins), 13 Golden Globe nominations (two wins) and eight SAG Awards nominations (one win). She is currently considered a strong Oscar contender for her lead role in “The Wife,” in which she stars as a woman who has sacrificed her own literary career to support her husband (Jonathan Pryce).
Past recipients of the PSIFF Icon Award include Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Robert Duvall, Michael Douglas and last year’s winner, Willem Dafoe. Close was previously honored at the gala for her 2010 film “Albert Nobbs.”
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will begin on Jan. 3 and run through Jan. 14 in the desert resort town just over 100 miles east of Los Angeles.
The lineup of films, as well as additional honorees for the Awards Gala, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Saoirse Ronan, Gal Gadot and More Portraits From Palm Springs Film Festival (Exclusive Photos)
The stars turned out in force for this year's Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
Producer J. Miles Dale, actors Richard Jenkins and Sally Hawkins, director Guillermo del Toro, actor Octavia Spencer and composer Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actors Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Salma Hayek, "Beatriz at Dinner"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Gal Gadot, "Wonder Woman"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Co-writers Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, "The Big Sick"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Sebastian Stan, "I, Tonya"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress and songwriter Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound," and songwriter Common, "Marshall"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress and songwriter Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Songwriter Common, "Marshall"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Jessica Chastain and writer-director Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actress Jessica Chastain, "Molly's Game"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Director Sean Baker, "The Florida Project"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Peter Fonda, "The Ballad of Lefty Brown"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
Actor Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour" and actress Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
1 of 23
OscarWrap Magazine: Sally Hawkins, Timothée Chalamet, Mary J. Blige, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney and more also posed for TheWrap at the desert fest
The stars turned out in force for this year's Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
