Barbra Streisand will get the life span accomplishment award at the 30th Display Actors Guild Awards.
The “Yentl” and “The Prince of Tides” star will be the 59th recipient of the SAG-AFTRA tribute on Feb. 24 at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, the guild announced Thursday. This year’s SAG Awards, coming on the heels of the longest strike in SAG-AFTRA background, will be streamed reside on Netflix.
In November, the 81-calendar year-aged Streisand printed “My Title is Barbra,” a well-been given just about 1,000-web page memoir that chronicles her rise from performing-class Brooklyn to world-wide fame.
“Ever because I was a young woman sitting down in the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, I dreamed of being 1 of all those actresses I noticed on the display,” Streisand stated in a assertion Thursday. “The flicks had been a portal to a globe I could only visualize. Even though I was an unlikely candidate, somehow my aspiration arrived correct. This award is especially meaningful to me due to the fact it arrives from my fellow actors, whom I so admire.”
Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, known as Streisand “an icon and unparalleled talent.”
“Her enduring profession is a testomony to her genuine performances, connecting with audiences on a profound degree,” Drescher reported in a assertion. “She is a colossal icon with a relentless get the job done ethic, evolving with each and every stage of her extraordinary journey. We celebrate Barbra Streisand not just for her achievements but for the enduring legacy she has carved.”
The honor will increase to a very long listing of awards Streisand, an EGOT-winner, has received more than her vocation, which includes two Academy Awards, four Emmys, 10 Grammys and a Tony award.
