Tony Winner Eddie Redmayne Wins Palm Springs Film Festival's 'Desert Palm' Award

Deadline reports that Eddie Redmayne (Les Miserables) has been named the winner of the Desert Palm Achievement Award at this year's Palm Springs International Film Festival. The actor can currently be seen on the big screen in 'The Theory of Everything,' opening in theaters nationwide today.

Eddie Redmayne won the 2010 Tony Award as best featured actor in a play for his performance in RED. He originated his role in RED in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse and won the Olivier Award for the performance that season. Redmayne made his professional stage debut for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Twelfth Night at the Middle Temple Hall in 2002. He won the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the 50th Evening Standard Theatre Awards (2004) for his performance in Edward Albee's THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA?, and the award for Best Newcomer at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in 2005. Additional stage credits include Now or Later by Christopher Shinn at the Royal Court Theatre.

His television credits include the BBC miniseries Tess Of The D'Urbervilles and the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth. Film credits include The Good Shepherd, Powder Blue, Savage Grace, The Other Boleyn Girl and Glorious 39. He also starred as Osmund in Christopher Smith's supernatural gothic chiller film Black Death, the Oscar-nominated Les Miserables, and My Week with Marilyn.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is one of the largest film festivals in North America, welcoming 135,000 attendees each year for its lineup of new and celebrated international features and documentaries. The Festival is also known for its annual Black Tie Awards Gala, honoring the best achievements of the filmic year by a celebrated list of talents who, in recent years, have included Ben Affleck, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron and Kate Winslet.

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