Corsage star Vicky Krieps is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
Krieps is being recognized as she attends Toronto for the world premiere of Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt. The Luxembourg actress stars opposite Mortensen in the feminist Western romance drama as French-Canadian flower seller Vivienne Le Coudy, an irreverent and feisty young woman attempting to make a life for herself in a corrupt and violent Nevada town during the 1860s.
“Vicky’s transformative performances illuminate the screen, weaving emotions into a tapestry of storytelling. Her dedication to her craft and her ability to embody diverse roles with profound authenticity make her a true luminary in the realm of cinema,” Cameron Bailey, CEO of the Toronto Film Festival, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Krieps had a breakout role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, starring opposite Daniel Day-Lewis, starred in Barry Levinson’s The Survivor and appeared alongside Tim Roth in Mia Hansen-Love’s Bergman Island. In Corsage, Krieps played Sissi, also known as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, in Austrian writer-director Marie Kreutzer’s feature.
Colman Domingo will also receive a Tribute Performer Award at TIFF. Other the 2023 TIFF Tribute Award honorees include Andy Lau, Carolina Markowicz, Lukasz Zal, Shawn Levy, Pedro Almodovar and Spike Lee.
The Toronto Film Festival is set to run from this Thursday through Sept. 17, with the TIFF Tribute Awards — an annual fund-raiser for the festival and a stop on the awards season circuit — set to be handed out on Saturday.
