Vanessa Redgrave is to be presented with this year's Bafta Fellowship for her contribution to film.
The 73-year-old campaigning actress has appeared in more than 80 films, including 1977's Julia for which she won the best supporting actress Oscar.
David Parfitt, chairman of the British Academy of Film and Television, paid tribute to Redgrave as "a hugely talented and respected actress".
She will receive the honour at the Bafta awards show on 21 February.
"I'm truly delighted - it's such an honour to be recognised in this way," Redgrave said.
"Looking through the list of past recipients shows what a wonderful accolade this is.
"The fact that Alfred Hitchcock was the very first recipient makes it even more special as my father made his first film with him."
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