PARIS — Hollywood and Broadway legend Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, recognizing a career spanning more than six decades.
Festival organizers announced Wednesday that Streisand will be presented the honor during the event’s closing ceremony in May.
“It is with pride and deep humility that I am delighted to join the circle of Honorary Palme d’Or winners, whose work has inspired me for so long,” Streisand said in a statement.
The award adds to Streisand’s long list of accolades, which includes four Emmys, 10 Grammys, two Oscars and a Tony—making her one of the few entertainers to achieve EGOT status, winning the top awards in television, music, film and theater.
Streisand first rose to fame on Broadway before becoming a major figure in film and music. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role in Funny Girl at age 26. She later earned another Oscar for the song “Evergreen” from A Star Is Born, in which she also starred.
She later expanded her career behind the camera, writing, directing and producing Yentl, the story of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to study the Talmud. The film, based on a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer, earned seven Oscar nominations after taking 14 years to bring to the screen.
According to festival organizers, Yentl marked the first time Hollywood gave such a large production budget to a female filmmaker.
Streisand also holds the distinction of being the only female artist to have had a chart-topping album in each of the past six decades.
Cannes director Thierry Fremaux said the honor recognizes Streisand’s legacy as a “legendary synthesis between Broadway and Hollywood, between the music hall stage and the big screen.”
Filmmaker Peter Jackson, known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, will also receive an honorary Palme d’Or during the festival.
Past recipients of the award include actors Harrison Ford and Denzel Washington, as well as Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli.
