# Jessica Lange Wins Virginia Film Fest Visionary Award

> Jessica Lange to receive Virginia Film Festival's Visionary Award and host live podcast.
- Title: Jessica Lange Wins Virginia Film Fest Visionary Award
- Summary: Jessica Lange to receive Virginia Film Festival's Visionary Award and host live podcast. Jessica Lange will be honored with Virginia Film Festival's…
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- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jessica-lange-virginia-film-festival-award-podcast-1236707351
- Author: Scott Feinberg
- Published: 2026-09-22T18:34:03+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: jessica lange, virginia film festival, visionary award, awards chatter podcast, long days journey into night, blue sky, tootsie
## Jessica Lange honored
Jessica Lange will receive Virginia Film Festival's Visionary Award recognizing an artist whose culture-defining body work and enduring contributions changed modern cinema.
## Live podcast appearance
Jessica Lange will host THR's Awards Chatter podcast on Friday, Oct. 23, discussing her life and career with a live audience.
## Screening of Long Day's Journey Into Night
Lange will screen Jonathan Kent's adaptation of Long Day's Journey Into Night, where she plays Mary Tyrone, following her Tony win for a 2016 Broadway revival.
## Q&A with Ben Mankiewicz
Lange will participate in a Q&A moderated by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz after screening Long Day's Journey Into Night.
## Blue Sky screening
Lange will introduce a screening of 1994's Blue Sky, for which she won her second Oscar after winning for Tootsie in 1982.
## Key takeaway

Jessica Lange will be honored with Virginia Film Festival's Visionary Award and host THR's Awards Chatter podcast on Oct 23.