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Naomi Watts is honoured with the Donostia Award, capping nearly 40 years of fearless performances and a passion for challenging roles. Her star-making turn in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive opened doors to directors including Haneke, Iñárritu, Cronenberg and J. A. Bayona. She has moved between indie films, blockbusters and psychological dramas, exploring grief, identity and transformation.
Her newest role in The Housewife might be her most haunting yet. In Ben Sheridan’s drama, Watts portrays Hermine Braunsteiner, a former Nazi concentration camp guard who reinvents herself as an ordinary housewife in postwar New York. Watts admitted to feeling fear at first, but was compelled by the role’s chilling duality and its question of how darkness can hide behind an ordinary facade.
She accepts the award reflecting on a career fuelled by curiosity, bold choices and a passion for storytelling.
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