A Killing Eve star is to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at Edinburgh Television Festival Awards next week.
Jodie Comer will be handed the prestigious award at the ceremony next Thursday at 1pm.
The TV Festival Awards would usually take place over the summer but has been postponed the last two years due to covid-19 restrictions and will once again be held online.
This year it will take place on the Edinburgh TV Festival’s official Twitter account and be hosted by British-Kurdish comedian Kae Kurd.
The Liverpudlian actress will be celebrated for her “remarkable range of work”, which includes three series as lead in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s BBC America dramedy Killing Eve, Jack Thorne’s recent Channel 4 drama Help and blockbuster films such as Free Guy and The Last Duel.
Scot David Tennant, as well as Keeley Hawes and Billie Piper are nominated in the Best TV Actor category.
With Graham Norton, Grayson Perry and Romesh Ranganathan up for Best TV Presenter.
The Edinburgh TV Festival Awards posted to Twitter today:
“We're so excited to announce that Jodie Comer will receive the
@Variety Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2021 Edinburgh TV Awards
“Join us here on Twitter for the digital ceremony next Thursday at 2pm, when we will reveal all of this year's winners! #EdTVAwards.”
