Multi-Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Judith Gentle will preside over the drama jury at this yr’s sixty fourth Monte-Carlo Tv Pageant. Her counterpart as President of the information and documentaries jury will probably be French journalist, director and producer Mireille Dumas.
Gentle got here to public recognition for her position as Karen Wolek within the cleaning soap opera One Life to Stay, for which she gained a brace of Daytime Emmy Awards. She achieved worldwide fame as Angela Bower within the hit sitcom Who’s the Boss? earlier than happening to star in reveals together with Ugly Betty, Clear and The Politician.
Final yr, Gentle gained the Visitor Actress in a Comedy Sequence Primetime Emmy for Peacock’s Rian Johnson sequence Poker Face. Latest tasks embody Apple TV+’s Earlier than alongside Billy Crystal, Searchlight’s movie The Menu and Out of My Thoughts for Disney+. Subsequent up, she stars in The Terror: Satan in Silver for AMC.
Factual jury head, Dumas, in the meantime is the creator and host of iconic French packages together with Bas les Masques and Vie Privée, Vie Publique. She has established herself as a number one determine in documentary filmmaking and investigative reporting.
Beneath her management, the jury may have the duty of choosing probably the most compelling information and factual work, reflecting the world round us together with its main upheavals.
“We’re honoured to welcome two distinctive figures as Jury Presidents this yr,” stated Cécile Menoni, Government Director of the Pageant. “Their expertise, dedication, and distinctive perspective on audiovisual creation will undoubtedly enrich this version of the Pageant. They embody the excellence and innovation that drive our trade, and we sit up for celebrating the easiest of worldwide tv with them.”
Monte-Carlo takes place from June 13 to 17. Home of Playing cards star Robin Wright will probably be given the Pageant’s Crystal Nymph Award, which is bestowed for profession achievements and creating a long-lasting impression on the TV trade.
