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Nicole Kidmanis receiving some lifelong recognition.
On Tuesday, the American Film Institute’s Board of Trusteesannouncedthat it will present Kidman, 55, with the institute’s Life Achievement Award, which it described as “the highest honor for a career in film.”
“Nicole Kidmanhas enchanted audiences for decades with the daring of her artistry and the glamour of a screen icon,” Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in a statement Tuesday. "
“She is a force both brave in her choices and bold in each performance,” Kennedy added. “AFI is honored to present her with the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award.”
Kidman, who has been nominated for fiveAcademy Awardsand won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance inThe Hours, has also won a BAFTA Award, twoEmmysand sixGolden Globesin her nearly four decades-long career.
The actress has more than 90 acting credits to her name, including upcoming roles inAquaman and the Lost Kingdomand the Amazon filmHolland, Michigan.
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Nicole Kidman for AMC Theatres.AMC
“AsNicole Kidmanreminds us in AMC’s now iconic and revered advertising campaign, ‘Given that Hollywood has great stories to tell,’ it’s clear that movie fans are ever so eager to enjoy those dazzling images on AMCs huge solo screens,” he said.
The60-second adsees the actress enter an AMC theater after a rainstorm, as she explains that cinema lovers “come to AMC Theatres to laugh, to cry, to care, because we need that, all of us.”
Kidman had a big hand in creating the ad,and admitted toGQin an email in March, “I can’t tell you why it worked or why it’s gone viral.”
“But what I can tell you is that the reaction is a direct result of the amount of people going back to theaters to enjoy the movies. And that is exciting,” she added.
source: people.com
