The celebrated French actress who wowed audiences in countless films like 'The Piano Teacher', '8 Femmes' and 'Elle' succeeds last year’s laureate Wim Wenders as the Lumière Prize recipient. The prestigious Prix Lumière 2024 will be awarded to French actress Isabelle Huppert at the 16th Lumière Festival in Lyon in October. The festival announced that the actress is “one of the most famous and celebrated French actresses in the world and highlighted that her career “embraces an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema".
The festival also hails the "uniquely wide-ranging and impactful filmography" of a "global actress who dazzles both screen and stage, who lends herself to the lenses of photography and fashion, and who has won the most prestigious international film awards". Hupert, 71, tallies more than 150 roles, and countless awards. With 16 nominations and two wins, Huppert is the most nominated actress at the French Oscars, the César Awards.
She also won several trophies over the years, inlcuding a BAFTA Award, three European Film Awards, three Cannes Palmes, two Volpi Cups in Venice, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. In 2022, she received the Honorary Golden Bear from the Berlinale. Also a prolific stage actress, Huppert is the most nominated actress for the Molière Award, with nine nominations.
She received an honorary Molière in 2017. She succeeds , who won the Prix Lumière last year. She becomes the third actress to receive t.
