WIF Celebrated The 2022 WIF Honors Supported By Sponsor Max Mara

WIF (Women In Film, Los Angeles) celebrated outstanding women who are laying the foundation to transform Hollywood for the better, with the 2022 WIF Honors Celebrating Women “Forging Forward” in Entertainment supported by sponsor Max Mara for the 19th year, alongside Visionary Partners ShivHans Pictures and Lexus and Major Partner STARZ. The annual benefit supports WIF’s educational and philanthropic programs and its advocacy for gender parity throughout the industry.

This year’s WIF Honors acknowledged the women who are forging forward: laying the foundation to transform Hollywood for the better, with their ingenuity, vision, and persistence. The 2022 WIF Honors honored Michaela Coel with the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award presented by Jane Fonda and accepted by Lake Bell on Coel’s behalf; Quinta Brunson, with the Crystal Award presented to her by Sheryl Lee Ralph, in conversation with and moderated by Warner Bros. Television Chair Channing Dungey; Gina Prince-Bythewood with the Crystal Award presented to her by Viola Davis, in conversation with Lashana Lynch and Thuso Mbedu, moderated by Variety Senior Entertainment Writer Angelique Jackson; Katie Silberman and Olivia Wilde with the Crystal Award presented to them by filmmaker Reed Morano; and the creative team for the film “She Said”—producer Dede Gardner, actor Carey Mulligan, and journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey—with the Crystal Award presented to them by filmmaker Miranda July. Lili Reinhart was honored with the WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award® presented to her by Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti.

Arriving wearing Max Mara were Lili Reinhart, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kathryn Newton, Channing Dungey, Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti, Angelique Jackson, Kirsten Schaffer; wearing Sportmax were Sheryl Lee Ralph, Thuso Mbedu, and Maria Bakalova; and Da’Vine Joy Randolph wore Marina Rinaldi.