Kristen Wiig is the first winner of the Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award, which will be given out on June 6.
One comedy legend is set to receive an award named for another. On June 6, Kristen Wiig will become the inaugural recipient of the Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award. Wiig will receive the award in Los Angeles at the Variety TV FYC Fest.cast members would probably be enough to merit such an award. Yet near the end of her tenure on the show, Wiig co-wrote and starred in the 2011 classic,
alongside Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy. She received a lead actress Emmy nomination in 2016 for her work in the miniseries,The award is the outgrowth of a partnership between Variety and the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative, a nonprofit that supports research to restore and preserve vision in people with diabetes. Moore, who died in 2017 at the age of 80, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1969.
“Like Mary, Kristen is a rare, multi-talented creator and innovator whose journey began in ballet,” Robert Levine, Moore’s husband, said. “It’s an honor to see Mary’s legacy flourish through Kristen’s support of MTM Vision to advance research to preserve and restore vision in people with diabetes.”June 3, 2024 | 11:39am
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