The actress, singer, film director, and producer Barbra Streisand was honored yesterday, Saturday, with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in recognition of her prolific career and humanitarian work. Streisand, 81, received the award from actress Jennifer Aniston and actor Bradley Cooper. She became the 59th artist to receive this highest honor from the Screen Actors Guild, which is awarded annually to the actor who embodies what the guild calls the best ideals of the acting profession. Streisand received a warm welcome amidst tears from many actors.
This is the first award presented by the Screen Actors Guild to Streisand, who has previously won two Academy Awards, as well as ten Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards, and an honorary Tony Award for "Star of the Decade," placing her in the elite club of stars who have won all these awards.
Streisand's charitable work, through the Streisand Foundation, advocates for environmental issues, women's rights, civil liberties, and nuclear disarmament. She also established a center for women's heart disease treatment at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and raised funds for medical care in Ukraine after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In late 2023, she published her 970-page memoir titled "My Name is Barbra," which became a bestseller and took ten years to complete before being released.
Additionally, actor Allen White and actress Ayo Edebiri won awards for outstanding performance by a male and female actor in a comedy series for their roles in the television series "The Bear" at the event, which is one of Hollywood's largest festivals leading up to the Oscars.
