Sandra Bullock Receives Acting Honour at Hollywood
Sandra Bullock will receive the Hollywood Actress Award at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards on Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton.
The 49-year-old Oscar winner has starred in seven films that grossed over $100 million and three films that were nominated for a best picture Oscar.
Previous recipients of the Hollywood Actress Award include Drew Barrymore (1999), Angelina Jolie (2000), Nicole Kidman (2001), Jennifer Aniston (2002), Diane Lane (2003), Annette Bening (2004 and 2010), Charlize Theron (2005), Penelope Cruz (2006), Marion Cotillard (2007 and 2012), Kristin Scott Thomas (2008), Hilary Swank (2009) and Michelle Williams (2011).
Bullock, 49, has starred in numerous films including Jan de Bont’s Speed (1994), Jon Turteltaub’s While You Were Sleeping (1995), Joel Schumacher’s A Time to Kill (1996), Forest Whitaker’s Hope Floats (1998), Griffin Dunne’s Practical Magic (1998), Betty Thomas’ 28 Days (2000), Donald Petrie’s Miss Congeniality (2000), Callie Khouri’s Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), Barbet Schroeder’s Murder by Numbers (2002), Marc Lawrence’s Two Weeks Notice (2002), Douglas McGrath’s Infamous (2006), Alejandro Agresti’s The Lake House (2006), Anne Fletcher’s The Proposal (2009) and three films that were nominated for the best picture Oscar: Paul Haggis’ Crash (2005), John Lee Hancock’s The Blind Side (2009) and Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
Bullock won the best actress Oscar for The Blind Side. It is in recognition of this tremendous year, generally — and for the latter performance, specifically — that she is being recognized at the Hollywood Film Awards.
Founder of the award,Carlos de Abreu said, “We are honored to present the Hollywood Actress Award to Sandra for her outstanding work in Gravity. Holding the screen alone for a large part of the film, she delivers a stunning and emotionally layered performance that shows once again why she is one of Hollywood’s most respected and popular actresses.”
