Well done her, a really interesting series & a well deserved award.
Quote:"Robyn Malcolm has won a best actress award at a film festival in France.
Malcolm won the award, in the International Panorama section, at the Séries Mania Film Festival in LilleShe was recognised for her performance in After the Party, a series she co-created with writer Dianne Taylor.
It was the first time an entry from New Zealand had been considered for an award at the festival.Malcolm said it was a proud moment after she decided 10 years ago to stay in Aotearoa because she was committed to telling New Zealand stories."We're a long way away and you really feel that when you're in a festival in the middle of France. You feel a long way away."But the fact that that story connected - and it really connected to predominantly French people who were watching it - just made New Zealand feel really close. So it was wonderful, wonderful."
After the Party follows Penny, played by Malcolm, who accuses her husband Phil of a sex crime against a teenager - but no one believes her.The festival described Malcolm and her co-star Peter Mullan as an "incredible pair" who "deliver a remarkable story about the weight of accusation and truth".
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)