Kim Novak stuns with rare appearance to receive major award

Hollywood icon Kim Novak made an appearance at the Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val in France to receive the Icon Award.

Being presented by Dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied, the festival said in a press release that the award is to "celebrate the depth and influ­ence of her jour­ney.”

They continued, "Far from the female stereo­types shaped by the indus­try, she assert­ed her indi­vid­u­al­i­ty through a raw, instinc­tive per­for­mance style. Long mis­un­der­stood by crit­ics, her body of work is now rec­og­nized as that of a bold and for­ward-think­ing actress."

The win came just before the screening of the upcoming documentary called Kim Novak’s Ver­ti­go from director Alexan­dre O. Philippe which "offers an inti­mate por­trait of this fierce­ly inde­pen­dent Hol­ly­wood legend.”

After starring in several iconic films, her last film came out in 1991, called Liebestraum.

Novak also appeared at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival where she was honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award.

Presented by Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, she said of the honorary win, “To be recognized for my body of work at this time in my life is a dream come true. I will treasure every moment I spend in Venice. It will fill my heart with joy.”

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