It’s been confirmed that Janelle Monáe will obtain the 2023 SeeHer Award on the upcoming Critics Selection Awards.
The trophy is offered to an individual who “advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.”
Earlier SeeHer winners embrace Kristen Bell, Zendaya, Gal Gadot, Claire Foy and Viola Davis. The 2022 award was received by Halle Berry.
In response to SeeHer, the organisation’s mission is to “enhance the correct portrayal of all ladies and women in advertising and marketing, promoting, media, and leisure, in order that they see themselves as they really are and in all their potential.”
The 2023 Critics Selection Awards are set to happen January 15 and in the course of the ceremony, Monáe will probably be awarded the SeeHer Award by their Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller co-star Kate Hudson.
Glass Onion was launched on Netflix on the finish of final 12 months and rapidly racked up over 80 million viewing hours throughout its opening weekend.
Chatting with NME about her position within the movie, Janelle Monáe mentioned that the “Quantity One rule” of Glass Onion was to be “entertaining”.
“This can be a homicide thriller whodunnit movie that’s meant to take folks on a experience and an expertise first,” mentioned Monáe. “The opposite lovely factor about it’s as a result of the characters are modernised, the viewers members will take away from it who they’re and what expertise they know.
“I hadn’t finished comedy. There are such a lot of comedic moments in a particular tone that Rian has created. I feel he’s been very modern on this whodunnit area.”
Additionally they teased a brand new album, joking that they’d a “clone” for music who has been arduous at work within the studio.
Monáe noticed within the New 12 months by sharing a snippet of latest music through a now-deleted Instagram publish.