September 5, 2013 AT 7:00PM
By Allison Takeda
And the Oscar goes to...
Angelina Jolie!
The Governors Awards are still two months away, but fans don't have to
wait to find out who's taking home one of the coveted honorary statues.
On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
announced that Jolie -- along with
Angela Lansbury,
Steve Martin, and costume designer
Piero Tosi -- had been selected by the Board of Governors to receive trophies at the Nov. 16 ceremony in L.A.
"The Governors Awards pay tribute to individuals who've made indelible
contributions in their respective fields," Academy President Cheryl
Boone Isaacs said in an announcement about the recipients. "We couldn't
be more excited for this year's honorees and look forward to bringing
their peers and colleagues together to celebrate their extraordinary
achievements."
Jolie, 37, is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the
fifth annual event. Named for the Danish actor and philanthropist who
served as president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, the award is
given to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose
humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." Past
recipients have included
Oprah Winfrey,
Jerry Lewis,
Quincy Jones,
Paul Newman,
Elizabeth Taylor, and
Audrey Hepburn.
Jolie has certainly proven herself worthy of such company. In recent years, the
Maleficent
actress has become as famous for her philanthropy as for her film
career. She's a noted advocate for many causes, including the Prevent
Sexual Violence Initiative, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
"I've enjoyed being an actress," she told Britain's Channel 4 News in
2012. "And I am so grateful to the job. I've had great experiences, and
I have even be able to tell stories and be a part of stories that
mattered...It's a really lucky profession to be a part of. But if it
went away tomorrow, I would be very happy to be home with my children."
"I wake up in the morning as a mum," she continued, "and I turn on
the news like everybody else, and I see what's happening, and I want to
be part of the world in a positive way."
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