Helen Mirren, Trudie Styler, Alicia Vikander and Nathalie Emmanuel were all in attendance at a special gala dinner at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival in Italy Thursday evening.

Helen Mirren Parties With Nathalie Emmanuel

Mirren received Ischia’s Luchino Visconti Award at the festival in Italy, while Ex Machina star Vikander earned the Breakout Actress Of The Year gong. As for Game of Thrones actress Emmanuel, she was honored with the European Actress of the Year award.

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Emmanuel, who also appeared in this year’s Furious 7, took to Instagram to share a montage of pictures from the event.

“The excitement is so real… Thank you @ischiaglobalfest for honoring me last night,” she captioned the collage. “It really means so much! My first award!!! And I shall never forget it! Ischia you are beautiful!!!”

“It was also unbelievably inspiring to be standing with these talented women, who I admire so much…. as well as the other brilliant creative minds this festival celebrates!” Emmanuel continued. “Can you see the sheer excitement in my face to be meeting Helen Mirren?? She has been an inspiration of mine for many years as she has been for many people… But she is from the same town me and that makes me very proud!”

The Ischia Global Film & Music Festival is the sister event to the Capri Hollywood festival that takes place annually in Los Angeles. The pair of festivals were organized to forge a stronger link between the European film and music market with Hollywood.

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