“Late Bloomer” Jennifer Aniston Gets Honoured With Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at Power 100 Women In Entertainment Event. We’re So Proud!
The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment awards night was held in LA’s Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday. All the leading ladies of Hollywood were present on the occasion along with several other celebrities to celebrate women in the entertainment industry. This 2021 edition of the Power 100 Women in Entertainment event was attended by several A-listers including Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marlee Matlin, Tessa Thompson, Vanessa Williams, Rachel Brosnahan, Halle Bailey, and Courtney E. Kemp. Casey Wasserman, Sherry Lansing, and Jenny Chandler also graced the event with their presence. And this year Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston was honoured with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award which is aimed at highlighting a woman who is a pioneer in her field.
Jennifer Aniston’s Morning Show costar Steve Carell presented her with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award while engaging in fun banter with the actress. Carell also praised Aniston and said, “She’s more talented, she is nicer and she is more generous than any of us here today. In all sincerity, she’s such a terrific person. She cares deeply for others, she leads by example and she makes a difference.”
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While accepting the Sherry Lansing honour, Jennifer Aniston delivered a speech sharing her astonishment at receiving the award. Calling it ‘ honour of the highest magnitude’, the Friends actress said, “If I went back in time to my 19-year-old self, waitressing tables in New York and auditioning for every off, off, off, off, not-even-close-to-Broadway show and someone came up to me and said, ‘One day, you’ll be receiving The Sherry Lansing Leadership Award,’ I would’ve looked at them like they were crazy and said, ‘Who’s Sherry Lansing?'”
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Jennifer Aniston went on to praise the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, Sherry Lansing who was the first woman to run a studio. Recalling a meeting with Lansing, Aniston shared that a question from the former led her to a numerologist who then told the actress that she’s a ‘late bloomer’. She added that this helped her under that that she has greater potential and has to grow as an artist or as a human being. Jennifer also shared that the award made her feel that she’s halfway there.
“In getting to be a part of so many different kinds of stories, I’ve realized that what we get to do as storytellers can be so emotionally healing for people. I think stories also help us shine a light on cultural illnesses, like sexual harassment and racial discrimination and gender bias in the workplace — areas we’ve tried to address on The Morning Show,” Jennifer Aniston further added.
While concluding her speech, the actress addressed Sherry Lansing and shared that she felt reminded to ‘keep pushing boundaries, in storytelling and in business’ the way the former CEO of Paramount Pictures did.
Check out Jennifer Aniston’s complete speech.
Heartiest Congratulations, Jennifer! You go, girl!
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