Killarney-born star Jessie Buckley was among the presenters and Coleraine-born author Maggie O'Farrell was among the winners at this year's Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2023 in London.
Bestselling author O'Farrell received the writer award for her contribution to literature, having written the book Hamnet, released in 2020, which has been adapted for the stage and is now being made into a film starring Buckley and Paul Mescal. O'Farrell was hailed as a writer who has "long enchanted readers with her vividly painted worlds and luminous prose".
Stars including Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall, Oscar winner Olivia Colman and King Kong's Naomi Watts also presented awards at the luxury fashion magazine's annual ceremony, which took place at Claridge's Hotel in London.
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke received the actress award for her extensive film and TV career.
American actress Jenna Ortega was awarded the breakthrough gong for her role in the hit Netflix series Wednesday.
England and Arsenal footballer Alessia Russo, who scored a goal for the Lionesses during the semi-finals of the World Cup this year, was gifted the sportsperson gong.
Speaking to the PA news agency, she said: "I'm just a football player, but this, I guess, comes with the job now.
"But it's amazing, for women's football, to see how far it's grown and where the game is today and how we're pushing it forward."
She added: "If we're inspiring the next generation we're doing the right thing."
Director Emerald Fennell won the director award for her films, which include Promising Young Woman and the Barry Keoghan-starring Saltburn - set for release later in the month.
Speaking at the event, she said: "I mean, there's nothing in the world that I love more than women.
"It's just a real pleasure to be in a room with so many people I admire and it's just such an honour and a thrill."
Elsewhere, singer-songwriter Janelle Monae received the musician award, having released her album The Age of Pleasure this year.
Serbian artist Marina Abramović, whose work is currently being exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, won the artist award in recognition of her decades-long career.
The recipient of the philanthropist gong was actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw for her humanitarian work as a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
Patsy Stevenson, who was arrested while taking part in the Sarah Everard vigil in 2021, received the campaigner award for advocating for women's rights.
Other winners included Tory Burch, who was given the designer award, and actress Camille Cottin, who took home the editor's choice award.
Source: Press Association
