Angelina Jolie put on a stylish display while attended the Star-Studded Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Monday.
The actress, 49, wore a stunning black puffer jacket that featured a quirky, voluminous hem as she accepted the Performer Tribute award for her role in Maria.
Angelina plays opera legend Maria Callas in the new biopic which follows the final days of the soprano’s life and spent seven months learning six of her songs.
Looking incredible in the simple dress, she teamed her outfit with a pair of strappy platform heels and accessorized it with a gold bracelet.
The star smiled for photos on the red carpet with her award before donning a cape-style coat over her dress to head home.
The 34th Gotham Awards marks the official start of the 2024-2025 awards season.
Angelina Jolie put on a stylish display while attending the star-studded Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Monday.
The actress, 49, wore a stunning black puffer jacket that featured a quirky, voluminous hem as she accepted the Performer Tribute award for her role in Maria.
This year’s event features two new competitive categories: Best Director, which is being presented for the first time, and the return of the Breakthrough Artist award.
The nominations highlight a wide range of independent films, with Anora leading the pack with four nominations, followed by I Saw the TV Glow and Nickel Boys with three nominations each.
Special tribute awards will be presented to several industry luminaries, including Denis Villeneuve who will receive the director’s tribute for Dune: Part Two and Angelina who will receive the performer’s tribute for Maria.
The awards, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, celebrate and encourage independent film and media creators, providing crucial recognition to emerging and established talent.
María was directed by Pablo Larraín, who is behind other projects such as Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021).
Along with Jolie, other members of Maria’s cast include international stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Maria, which already generated a stir at the Oscars after the release of the trailer, is scheduled for a limited release in theaters in the United States on November 27, before arriving on Netflix on December 11.
The film begins in the final days of the soprano’s life and reviews all the triumphs and tragedies along the way.
Angelina plays opera legend Maria Callas in the new biopic which follows the final days of the soprano’s life and spent seven months learning six of her songs (pictured in the trailer).
Looking incredible in the simple dress, she teamed her outfit with a pair of strappy platform heels and accessorized it with a gold bracelet.
The star smiled for photos on the red carpet with her award before donning a cape-style coat over her dress to head home.
The 34th Annual Gotham Awards Marks the Official Kickoff of the 2024-2025 Awards Season
Angelina was accompanied at her table by filmmaker Azazel Jacobs.
During a recent interview with Vogue Mexico, the actress opened up about how she used her upcoming role as opera singer Maria to deal with her ‘private pain.’
Callas died of a heart attack at his home in Paris on September 16, 1977. He was 53 years old.
To play the opera singer, she spent seven months learning six of the late singer’s most famous arias.
During a recent interview with Fashion Mexico actress opened up about how she used her upcoming role as opera singer Maria to deal with her “private pain.”
Speaking about her role, she explained how opera made her visit “the deepest parts of myself” and life as she learned to “access a new part of herself” to sing.
‘I had to take a deep breath and let it all out, and in between that, I also had to let out my true voice… which I didn’t really have either, because it’s where I carried my private pain, my gentleness, “And many things that I felt I didn’t possess.” , which I didn’t feel safe letting out, also meant possessing something I didn’t want to deal with,” she said.