Harvard honours Octavia Spencer as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

jeudi 26 janvier 2017

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, is heading to Massachusetts to pick up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Spencer will be honoured Thursday with a parade through the streets of Cambridge, followed by a roast and the presentation of her pudding pot.

Spencer won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Minny Jackson in 2011's The Help.

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Octavia Spencer, right, and Viola Davis appear in a scene from the hit 2011 film The Help, which earned Spencer an Oscar. (Dale Robinette/Disney/Associated Press)

She was nominated Tuesday in the same category for her role in Hidden Figures, a film about the behind-the-scenes contributions of several black women in the early years of the NASA program.

The Hasty Pudding award has been handed out annually since 1951 to people who have made lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment. 

The group's Man of the Year pick for 2017 is Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, who will be celebrated on Feb. 3.

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Harvard honours Octavia Spencer as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

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