During the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Marion Cotillard will be awarded the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award. Congratulations! In 2008, she was awarded the Breakthrough Performance Award at the same festival.

“Following a distinguished career in French cinema, Marion Cotillard has firmly established herself as a major actress in American films,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Her performance in Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’ is nothing short of breathtaking.”

Past recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award include Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet.
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I updated the Awards & Nominations page as well as the sidebar.

• Palm Springs Film Festival – Videos, posted on January 10, 2010
• Live with Regis and Kelly, posted on January 4, 2010
• Watch out for… Marion Cotillard, posted on September 27, 2007
• Palm Springs International Film Festival, posted on January 7, 2008
• Palm Springs Film Festival – Pictures, posted on January 9, 2010