CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named 2024 Woman of the Year by Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University on Thursday.
The Pudding is the oldest theater organization in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Since 1951, this award has been presented annually to women “who have made lasting and impactful contributions to the world of entertainment.” Other winners include Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Coolidge.
The festivities, including a celebratory roast of Bening, will take place on Tuesday evening. Bening will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 175th production, “Heist Heist Baby.”
“We are absolutely thrilled to honor Annette Bening in this milestone year of the Hasty Pudding’s 175th anniversary,” said Josh Hillers, president of the organization. “Following her Oscar nomination for Best Actress, we are pleased to present her with the most prestigious award in the entertainment industry.”
Bening, who also won a Screen Actors Guild Award and starred in “The Grifters” and “American Beauty,” earned her fifth Oscar nomination, this one for best actress, for playing prickly long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad in the film “ Nyad .”
Barry Keoghan, best known for his roles in ‘Saltburn’, ‘Dunkirk’, ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, ‘Eternals’ and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, is the recipient of the 2024 Man of the Year Award. Friday evening he is honored.