Glenn Near to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival's Career Achievement Award

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for DIRECTV Glenn Closehas been selected to get the 23rd annual Palm Springs Worldwide Film Festival's Career Achievement Award. Close may be the first honoree to become named because the festival starts to announce the talent that'll be recognized at its annual honours gala, which is held in the Palm Springs Convention Focus on Jan. 7. A five-time Oscar nominee, Close will next be viewed inAlbert Nobbs, which Kerbside Points of interest releases 12 ,. 21. VIDEO: 'Albert Nobbs' Trailer: Glenn Close Dons Drag to experience 19th-Century British Butler "Glenn Close has got the gift of enchanting a crowd whenever she works," festival chairman Harold Matzner stated. "Since her film debut in 1982, Close's capability to capture the essence of the character is unequalled, whether it's a femme fatale, a well known stalker or even the reliable aide to some leader. InAlbert Nobbs, her approaching film, Close shows a lady whose arrange for survival in 1800s Ireland would be to 'pass' like a guy, only to discover herself trapped through the reality she's produced. Here she revives an earlier stage role and brings it to gritty existence in another bravura performance." FILM REVIEW: 'Albert Nobbs' Past readers from the Career Achievement Award includeCate Blanchett,Robert Duvall,Clint Eastwood,Morgan Freeman,Samuel L. JacksonandHelen Mirren. The festival runs from Jan. 5-16. Glenn Close Albert Nobbs