Actress Amanda Seyfriend will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award for her performance in the film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” during the Palm Springs International Film Awards in January, it was announced Monday.
“In `The Testament of Ann Lee,’ Amanda Seyfried delivers a masterful performance — one that is haunting in its emotional intensity and profoundly human in its truth,” Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said in a statement. “Across her remarkable career, she has continued to evolve, take bold risks and elevate every story she inhabits.”
The film by writer-director Mona Fastvold tells the story of Anne Lee, founder of the Shaker movement, who preached social and gender equality on a quest to build a utopian society.
Seyfried has won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards for her portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s “The Dropout.” She received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for David Fincher’s “Mank.” She has also starred in other television series and films such as “Chloe,” “The Crowded Room,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Les Miserables,” “Dear John,” “Jennifer’s Body,” “Big Love,” and “Mean Girls.”
Past recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Award include Angelina Jolie, Emma Stone, Cate Blanchett, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Jessica Chastain and Olivia Colman.
The film awards will take place Jan. 3, 2026, at the Convention Center at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, with the accompanying festival running through Jan. 2-12.