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Samuel L. Jackson, Liv Ullmann, & More to Receive Honoary Oscars at Governors Awards 2022!

Samuel L. Jackson, Liv Ullmann, & More to Receive Honoary Oscars at Governors Awards 2022!

Samuel L. Jackson is going to be one of the recipients of an honorary Oscar!

On Thursday (June 22), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that their Governors Awards will be returning in 2022, after a year off because of the pandemic.

The Academy also announced the list of honorees, including the 72-year-old actor, that will be receiving honorary Oscars at the ceremony.

Click inside for the list of honorees…

Along with Samuel, fellow nominees will be actress-writer-director Elaine May and actress Liv Ullmann. Danny Glover will be presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

None of the four nominees have ever won an Oscar in the competition.

Samuel received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Pulp Fiction. Elaine received two Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, for Heaven Can Wait and Primary Colors.

Liv received two Best Actress nods for her roles in The Emigrants and Face to Face. Despite memorable performances in films like Dreamgirls, Angels in the Outfield, and the Lethal Weapon series, Danny has never received an Oscar nod.

The honorary Oscar is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”

The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which is also an Oscar statuette, is given “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.”

The 2022 Governors Awards will take place on January 15, 2022.

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