Actress Fionnula Flanagan is to be given the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's IFTAs.
The awards bash will take place in Dublin on February 11.
The 71-year-old actress said she was "bowled over to be chosen" by the Academy.
The multi-award winner trained at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre and London’s Old Vic.
She has appeared in many TV shows and films - among them 'Ulysses', 'The Others' and 'The Guard'.