Naomi Watts to receive major honor at Zurich Film Festival

Naomi Watts will be honored with the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival for her “outstanding performance" in The Housewife.

The actress with two Academy Award nominations, a Primetime Emmy nomination, and numerous international film critic honors will accept the award and share her latest work during a ZFF Masters session on 26 September.

Naomi reacted to the honor saying, “It is such an honour to be presented with the Golden Eye Award from Zurich Film Festival."

“I cannot wait to be there, accepting this award among such great company, and I thank the film festival for honouring my role in this film.”

ZFF announced the news in a statement reading, “Watts has been one of Hollywood’s most exceptional talents for more than two decades.

“An artist renowned for her emotional depth, versatility, and unwavering commitment to her roles, she has earned two Academy Award nominations along with numerous other international honours.

“She achieved her international breakthrough in 2001 with David Lynch’s mystery drama Mulholland Drive, for which she won multiple critics’ awards. Since then, she has moved effortlessly between intimate independent productions and major Hollywood successes.”

CEO of the Zurich Film Festival, Christian Jungen, also said, “Since her breakthrough in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts has been one of the most fascinating actresses of our time.”

He continued to praise her performance, “Her greatest performances thrive on the tension between glamour and darkness, between what a character reveals and what she conceals, making her the kind of character actress Hitchcock would have loved.

“In The Housewife, she masters this ambiguity as an elegant and mysterious woman. At the same time, the film tells a true story that powerfully illustrates how indispensable investigative journalism is in uncovering historical crimes.

“Naomi Watts delivers one of the most compelling performances of her career, and we are proud to honour her with the Golden Eye Award.”