Kristin Scott Thomas honoured at Monte-Carlo TV Festival
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas received a Crystal Nymph at the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, recognising a career that began in Nice in the 1980s.
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was awarded a Crystal Nymph for lifetime achievement at the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, the Principality's long-running celebration of international television that draws industry figures from across Europe and beyond each June.
The British-French actress, born in Redruth, Cornwall, accepted the honour at a ceremony in Monte-Carlo before reflecting on the unlikely starting point of her career: the Victorine Studios in Nice, where she made her screen debut in a film directed by and starring the musician Prince in the mid-1980s. It is a detail that still surprises those who know her primarily from later work in film and on stage.
The Crystal Nymph recognises individuals whose body of work has left a lasting mark on screen culture. Scott Thomas, who holds both British and French nationality and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, has built a reputation across French and English-language productions that few actors working between the two countries have matched.