Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet will receive the 2020 TIFF Tribute Actor Award at the Toronto Film Festival, headed mostly online this September, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
On Sept. 15, Winslet will be feted during a virtual ceremony. “Kate’s brilliant and compelling onscreen presence continues to captivate, entertain and inspire audiences and actors alike," Joana Vicente, executive director and co-head of the Toronto festival, said in a statement.
Winslet's online-only tribute comes as her latest film, Francis Lee's Ammonite, where she plays fossil hunter Mary Anning alongside Saoirse Ronan, is booked for Toronto's reimagined 45th edition in September.
Read more on hollywoodreporter.com