‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Actress Vicky Krieps To Receive TIFF Tribute Performer Award
05.09.2023 - 15:17
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Vicky Krieps, the star of Viggo Mortensen’s western The Don’t Dead Hurt and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Phantom Thread, will be bestowed with the TIFF Tribute Performer Award at the fifth annual Awards gala on Sunday, Sept. 10, at Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The Luxembourgish, Berlin-based actor joins recently announced fellow Tribute Performer Award recipient Colman Domingo in the acting category. Past recipients of this Award include Brendan Fraser and the ensemble cast of My Policeman last year; Jessica Chastain and Benedict Cumberbatch in 2021; Kate Winslet and Sir Anthony Hopkins in 2020; and Meryl Streep and Joaquin Phoenix in 2019.
“Vicky’s transformative performances illuminate the screen, weaving emotions into a tapestry of storytelling,” said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey. “Her dedication to her craft and her ability to embody diverse roles with profound authenticity make her a true luminary in the realm of cinema.”
Krieps’ previous standout performances in past Festival selections, include Bergman Island, Corsage, and The Survivor.
In The Dead Don’t Hurt, she plays Vivienne Le Coudy, a fiercely independent French-Canadian flower seller, starring alongside Mortensen, who plays a Danish carpenter, in his 1860s-set feminist western about immigrants attempting to forge a life in a corrupt Nevada town.
In addition to Krieps and Domingo, the 2023 TIFF Tribute Award honorees to date are: Andy Lau, recipient of the Special Tribute Award; Carolina Markowicz, recipient of the TIFF Emerging Talent Award presented by MGM Studios; Łukasz Żal, recipient of the TIFF Variety Artisan Award; Shawn Levy, recipient of the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award presented by The Budman Family; Pedro Almodóvar, recipient of the Jeff