The actress Brenda Blethyn, who plays Vera Stanhope in the detective series Vera, is to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Rose d'Or Awards.
The Golden Globe and BAFTA winning actress will be celebrated for her starring role as DCI Vera Stanhope, ITV’s longest running female detective, at the annual ceremony, which recognises excellence in entertainment programming and is marking its 60th anniversary.
Last year the lifetime achievement award was given to David Attenborough, while previous winners include Joanna Lumley, Dame Angela Lansbury and German actress Maren Kroymann.
Blethyn, who has also starred in Outside Edge, Between The Sheets and Chance In A Million, said: "A very happy 60th birthday to the Rose d’Or Awards and thank you so much for this very prestigious award.
"I’m humbled to walk in the footsteps of previous winners. I’m over the moon!"
It was previously announced that Bridgerton, Squid Game and Strictly Come Dancing are among the nominees for the awards this year.
HBO’s Mare Of Easttown – which starred Kate Winslet as a small town detective – is nominated in the drama category alongside Aids drama It’s A Sin and Jimmy McGovern’s prison series Time, as well as Help, featuring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham and Netflix juggernauts Bridgerton and Squid Game.
The comedy nominees include the BBC’s Famalam, Netflix special Bo Burnham: Inside and Motherland, another BBC show.
Strictly Come Dancing is up for the studio entertainment award alongside America’s Got Talent, A League Of Their Own and The Masked Singer UK.
Other people to get recognition, include: French actor Omar Sy will be given the performance of the year award for the Netflix drama Lupin, which has been an international hit, while writer Nida Manzoor will be given the emerging talent award for the Channel 4 comedy We Are Lady Parts, about a Muslim female punk band.
The prizes will be presented during the virtual ceremony hosted by Sue Perkins on November 29.
