thanked Knix, the underwear maker, for sponsoring her TIFF Tribute Award on Sunday night, which was ironic because the and actress apparently went bottomless to the glittering festival event. “I’m not actually wearing any underwear,” Blanchett revealed, jokingly or not, while wearing a long party dress on stage at the Royal York Hotel. “As Michelle Obama says, when I go low, you go high,” she added during a freestyle acceptance speech without the use of a teleprompter or her cell phone.
On a more serious note, Blanchett paid tribute to fellow women actors. “We have to keep asking questions that open locked doors and knowing our worth – our worth creatively as well as financially – as greater inclusivity on our sets leads to less homogenous and more vibrant storytelling,” she said. “I think homogeneity is the enemy of everything we make,” Blanchett, also the star of and , added.
Blanchett’s tribute award coincides with the Oscar winner starring in Canadian director Guy Maddin’s , which has a North American premiere in Toronto, and Alfonso Cuarón’s , a TV series screening as part of TIFF’s Primetime program. The gala dinner fundraiser for TIFF’s philanthropic efforts — and an occasional harbinger of Oscar recognition — is held each year at Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Among the other passionate tributes on Sunday night, received the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media while bringing her latest film, to Toronto for a world premiere.
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