Oscar Winner Sally Field Receives 2023 SAG Awards Lifetime Achievement Prize
usmagazine.comGetting her flowers! Sally Field received the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 awards ceremony.“Acting to me has always been about finding those few precious moments when I feel totally, utterly, sometimes dangerously alive,” Field, 76, said while accepting the accolade during the Sunday, February 26, ceremony at the Fairmount Century Plaza in Los Angeles.Reflecting on her struggle to be taken seriously as an actor after being typecast for her sitcom roles in the 1960s and ’70s, the California native stated, “Easy is overrated.” Her Amazing Spider-Man costar Andrew Garfield presented her with the award, thanking her for living a “life devoted to art, love and service.” The California native is the 58th recipient of the accolade, joining the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Betty White, Morgan Freeman, Julie Andrews and last year’s honoree, Helen Mirren.
The distinction is reserved for individuals who have exhibited “outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession,” per the organization’s website.Field has eight previous SAG award nominations, including her 2008 win for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Brothers & Sisters.
The In Pieces author got her start on comedic sitcoms in the 1960s, playing the titular roles in Gidget (1965 to 1966) and The Flying Nun (1967 to 1970).
She went on to receive critical acclaim in both film and television, earning two Oscars and two Emmys over the years.Fran Drescher, who is the president of SAG-AFTRA, sang Field’s praises last month after the Lincoln actress was named the recipient of this year’s prize.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“Sally is an amazing actor with an enormous
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