British Actress Emma Thompson will get a special honour at the British Independent Film Awards. The ceremony will take place on December 7, at London's Old Billingsgate. This year’s ‘BIFA’ nominations were announced earlier this month.
She will receive the ‘Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film’ at this year’s award ceremony. “It is a very special award, in the name of an incredible actor who inspired so many people during his career,” said Emma. The award, which was introduced in 2002 in honour of actor Richard Harris, has also been presented to several established actors including John Hurt, David Thewlis, Bob Hoskins and Jim Broadbent, media reported.
According to media reports, “Thompson is one of the world’s most respected talents for her versatility in acting as well as screenwriting. She is the sole artist thus, far to have received an Academy Award for both acting and screenwriting,” said ‘BIFA’.
Emma Thompson added, “I am honored to follow in the footsteps of my peers who have received this award before me, and look forward to celebrating a fantastic year of British independent filmmaking."
Thompson completed filming ‘The Long Midnight of Barney’ opposite Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone and ‘A Walk in the Woods’ opposite Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. She is also part of Jason Reitman’s ‘Men, Women and Children’ and the upcoming ‘Adam Jones’, starring Bradley Cooper.
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