ANNE REID RECEIVES THE 2025 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE ROSE D’OR AWARDS
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“OEDIPUS”
STAR
ANNE REID
RECEIVES THE 2025 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT
64th ROSE D’OR AWARDS
London/New York (December 2, 2025) – Last night, the 2025 winners of the prestigious 64th Rose d’Or Awards were announced in a ceremony hosted in London by comedian Dara Ó Briain. The 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award went to the legendary Anne Reid, for a remarkable career spanning more than six decades influencing generations of performers, writers, and directors. Ms. Reid accepted the award from the stage of Studio 54 where she is currently starring as “Merope” in the Olivier Award®-winning, West End sensation, Oedipus – a bold and electrifying adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke now on Broadway for a strictly limited 14-week engagement.
To download Anne’s acceptance speech, please click here.
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Anne was recognized for her illustrious career, from her early breakthrough in Coronation Street through acclaimed roles in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Dinnerladies, Last Tango in Halifax and the recently released, Riot Women. Her work has helped shape the landscape of British drama and comedy.
Acclaimed writer Sally Wainwright, who has written for Anne many times delivered a special tribute, saying: “Annie has that extraordinary quality of realness that so few actors have…you can’t see her acting, she just is. The nuance and the subtlety does take your breath away… I can’t imagine anyone who deserves this award more than she does”. Accepting the award, Anne said: “I am absolutely thrilled to pieces about this award – thank you very much indeed. When I went to RADA in the fifties, I never dreamed that this would ever happen to me, so it’s wonderful”.
For more information on the Rose d’Or Awards, please visit: https://www.rosedor.com
The prestigious Rose d’Or Awards define the gold standard for excellence and achievement in International TV and Audio programme making. The Rose d’Or began in 1961, when it was created by Swiss Television in the lakeside city of Montreux and has been a flagship event for the European Broadcasting Union and the international TV industry ever since. Since 2019 The Rose d’Or Awards have been produced in partnership with international publishing company and digital channels business C21Media.
Oedipus stars Mark Strong – reprising his Olivier-nominated role as ‘Oedipus’ – and Lesley Manville – reprising her Olivier-winning role as ‘Jocasta.’ Also reprising their UK roles are Samuel Brewer as ‘Teiresias,’ Bhasker Patel as ‘Corin,’ Jordan Scowen as ‘Eteocles,’ and James Wilbraham as ‘Polyneices.’ They are joined by John Carroll Lynch as ‘Creon,’ Teagle F. Bougere as ‘Driver,’ Ani Mesa-Perez as ‘Lichas,’ Olivia Reis as ‘Antigone,’ and Anne Reid as ‘Merope,’ with Brian Thomas Abraham, Denise Cormier, Karl Kenzler, and Oliver Rowland-Jones rounding out the cast.
Oedipus is produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Patrick Catullo, in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company.
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Robert Icke – the youngest Olivier Award-winning Director in history – transforms Sophocles’ epic tragedy into an essential, explosive, sensual human thriller catapulting the secrets of the past into a high-stakes present. Led by Olivier Award winner Mark Strong as ‘Oedipus’ – reprising his celebrated role from the West End – and Academy Award® nominee Lesley Manville – who is making her Broadway debut after garnering the Olivier Award for her performance as ‘Jocasta’ – this production “set the stage on fire” (The Guardian).
Oedipus recently received two Olivier Awards, including Best Revival of a Play and Best Actress (Lesley Manville), as well as three U.K. Critics’ Circle Theater Awards including Best Director (Icke), Best Actor (Mark Strong), and Best Actress (Lesley Manville), cementing it as one of the most celebrated theatrical events of the year.
Tickets are on sale now by visiting Oedipustheplay.com.
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Manville’s ‘Jocasta’ is “magnetic and magnificent” (iNews), while Strong delivers a “fearless, sometimes fearsome” (Independent) performance, brimming with raw intensity and tragic inevitability. Their chemistry is “dazzling” (Sunday Times), their presence “transfixing” (Financial Times), and together, they drive the drama toward its shattering conclusion. This fall, Broadway audiences will experience what London critics and theatergoers already know: Oedipus isn’t just a revival. It’s a revelation.
Hailed as a “tightly sprung, gasp-inducing, modern-day political tale of truth and lies” (The Guardian), Icke’s visionary revival was nothing short of a sensation. Oedipus became an instant phenomenon and the highest-grossing limited-run production in Wyndham’s history. “Electric” (Observer) and urgent, it didn’t just bring Greek tragedy back to the West End—it redefined it. Named the Observer’s No. 1 Best of Culture 2024, this Oedipus played like a political thriller, gripping audiences in breathless suspense until its final, devastating moment.
The creative team includes Hildegard Bechtler (Scenic Designer), Wojciech Dziedzic (Costume Designer), Natasha Chivers (Lighting Designer), Tom Gibbons (Sound Designer), and Tal Yarden (Video Designer). Casting is by Julia Horan, CDG and Jim Carnahan, CSA.
Robert Icke’s Oedipus was originally produced in Dutch by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and was presented at the Edinburgh International Festival.
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