Angelina Jolie looks elegant in a voluminous gown at 2024 Gotham Awards as she scoops Performer Tribute gong for her role in Maria

Angelina Jolie put on an elegant display as she lived the star-studded Gotham Awards Monday at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

The actress, 49, wore a stunning black down jacket with a quirky voluminous hem as she accepted the Performer Tribute award for her role in Maria.

Angelina portrays opera legend Maria Callas in the new biopic that follows the last days of the soprano’s life, spending seven months learning six of her songs.

She looked stunning in the simple dress and teamed her outfit with a pair of strappy platform heels and accessorized with a gold bracelet.

The star smiled for photos on the red carpet with her award before throwing a cape-style coat over her dress to head home.

The 34th annual Gotham Awards mark the official kickoff of the 2024-2025 awards season.

The actress, 49, wore a stunning black down jacket with a quirky, voluminous hem as she accepted the Performer Tribute award for her role in Maria

This year’s event introduces two new competitive categories: Best Director, awarded for the first time, and the return of the Breakthrough Performer award.

The nominations highlight a wide range of independent films, with Anora leading the way with four nominations, followed by I Saw the TV Glow and Nickel Boys with three nominations each.

Special tribute awards will be presented to several industry celebrities, including Denis Villeneuve receiving the Director Tribute for Dune: Part Two and Angelina receiving the Performer Tribute for Maria.

The awards, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, reward and nurture independent film and media makers and provide crucial recognition for emerging and established talent.

Maria was directed by Pablo Larrain, who is behind other projects such as Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021).

In addition to Jolie, other cast members of Maria include international stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Maria – who already created Oscars buzz after the trailer’s release – is slated for a movie limited theatrical release in the United States on November 27 – before arriving on Netflix on December 11.

The film opens in the last days of the soprano’s life and looks back on all the triumphs and tragedies along the way.

Angelina portrays opera legend Maria Callas in the new biopic that follows the last days of the soprano’s life and spent seven months learning six of her songs (pictured in the trailer)

She looked stunning in the simple dress and teamed her outfit with a pair of strappy platform heels and accessorized with a gold bracelet.

The star smiled for photos on the red carpet with her award before throwing a cape-style coat over her dress to head home

The 34th annual Gotham Awards mark the official kickoff of the 2024-2025 awards season

Angelina was joined at her table by filmmaker Azazel Jacobs

During a recent interview with Vogue Mexico, the actress discussed how she used her upcoming role as opera singer Maria to deal with her “private pain.”

Callas died of a heart attack at her home in Paris on September 16, 1977. She was 53.

To play the opera singer, she spent seven months learning six of the late singer’s most famous arias.

During a recent interview with Fashion Mexico, the actress discussed how she used her upcoming role as opera singer Maria to deal with her “private pain.”

Speaking about her role, she explained how opera led her to visit the “deeper parts of myself” and life as she learned to “access a new part of herself” through singing.

‘I had to take a deep breath and let it all out, and in between I also had to let my real voice be heard… which I didn’t really have either, because that’s where I carried my personal pain, my softness, and a lot of things that I felt like “I didn’t own them, which I didn’t feel safe giving away, it also meant I owned something I didn’t want to deal with,” she said.