By Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
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The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Marion Cotillard, the 36-year-old France native who won a best actress Oscar five years ago for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in Olivier Dahan‘s La vie en rose and is contending for another this year for her performance as a paraplegic in Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone, will receive the Hollywood Actress Award at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards — the first awards show of the 2012 Oscar season — when its gala ceremony is held Oct. 22 at the Beverly Hilton.
The Hollywood Awards, which are associated with the HFF and determined by HFF founder and executive director Carlos de Abreu and his advisory team, recognize individuals for both career achievement and work released within the calendar year. Cotillard also won the Hollywood Actress Award in 2007; other recipients 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), Kristin Scott Thomas (2008), Hilary Swank (2009) and Michelle Williams (2011).
Of Cotillard, de Abreu tells THR, “It is a privilege to honor her great talent, as well as her outstanding performance in Rust and Bone.”
