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\n\tThe Zurich Movie Pageant (ZFF) will honor two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts this yr with a Golden Eye Award for her efficiency in Ben Shirinian\u2019s The Housewife.<\/p>\n
\n\tWithin the \u201960s-set drama, primarily based on a true-story, a younger New York Occasions journalist, performed by Tye Sheridan, tracks down a person he suspects of being a Nazi officer residing secretly in Queens (Luke Evans). However when the reporter befriends the suspect\u2019s elegant and enigmatic spouse (Watts), the implications of his investigation turn out to be far more unsettling.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Housewife can have its world premiere on the Toronto Movie Pageant earlier than heading to Zurich. Watts will settle for her Golden Eye honor in particular person in Zurich on Sept. 26 and participate in a ZFF masterclass. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSince her breakthrough in David Lynch\u2019s Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts has been one of the fascinating actresses of our time,\u201d mentioned Zurich Pageant CEO Christian Jungen, saying the consideration on Thursday. \u201cHer best performances thrive on the strain between glamour and darkness, between what a personality reveals and what she conceals \u2014 making her the sort of character actress Hitchcock would have beloved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tIn The Housewife, mentioned Jungen, Watts \u201cmasters this ambiguity as a chic and mysterious lady [and] delivers one of the compelling performances of her profession.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tWatts is a two-time Academy Award nominee, nominated for finest actress in 2004 for her flip as a grieving mom in Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu\u2019s 21 Grams; and in 2013 for her position as a survivor of the 2004 tsunami in J.A. Bayona\u2019s The Unattainable. On the small display, her efficiency as Child Paley within the second season of Ryan Murphy\u2019s Feud earned her an Emmy nomination for finest actress in a restricted\/anthology sequence or TV film.<\/p>\n
\n\tEarlier winners of Zurich\u2019s Golden Eye Award embody Kristen Stewart, Jude Regulation, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dakota Johnson. The 2026 Zurich Movie Pageant runs Sept. 24 \u2013 Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n