Multi-Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Judith Light will preside over the drama jury at this 12 months’s sixty fourth Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Her counterpart as President of the information and documentaries jury will probably be French journalist, director and producer Mireille Dumas.
Gentle got here to public recognition for her position as Karen Wolek within the cleaning soap opera One Life to Dwell, for which she received a brace of Daytime Emmy Awards. She achieved worldwide fame as Angela Bower within the hit sitcom Who’s the Boss? earlier than occurring to star in exhibits together with Ugly Betty, Clear and The Politician.
Final 12 months, Gentle received the Visitor Actress in a Comedy Collection Primetime Emmy for Peacock’s Rian Johnson collection Poker Face. Latest initiatives embody Apple TV+’s Earlier than alongside Billy Crystal, Searchlight’s movie The Menu and Out of My Thoughts for Disney+. Subsequent up, she stars in The Terror: Satan in Silver for AMC.
Factual jury head, Dumas, in the meantime is the creator and host of iconic French applications together with Bas les Masques and Vie Privée, Vie Publique. She has established herself as a number one determine in documentary filmmaking and investigative reporting.
Beneath her management, the jury could have the duty of choosing probably the most compelling information and factual work, reflecting the world round us together with its main upheavals.
“We’re honoured to welcome two distinctive figures as Jury Presidents this 12 months,” mentioned Cécile Menoni, Govt Director of the Pageant. “Their expertise, dedication, and distinctive perspective on audiovisual creation will undoubtedly enrich this version of the Pageant. They embody the excellence and innovation that drive our business, and we sit up for celebrating the easiest of worldwide tv with them.”
Monte-Carlo takes place from June 13 to 17. Home of Playing cards star Robin Wright will probably be given the Pageant’s Crystal Nymph Award, which is bestowed for profession achievements and creating an enduring impression on the TV business.
