PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Jessica Lange is being honored with a lifetime achievement award from a Rhode Island theater group.
The Trinity Repertory Company says it will award the actress its Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at a ceremony at Providence’s WaterFire Arts Center on May 22.
Lange made her film debut in a 1976 version of “King Kong” and went on to play a wide variety of roles in film and TV and on the stage. She has won two Academy Awards, three Emmys, five Golden Globes and one Tony Award.
The 67-year-old actress was previously married to ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and their daughter runs a Rhode Island dance company.
Other actors who have won the theater group’s lifetime achievement award include Viola Davis, Robert Redford and Liza Minnelli.