Nicole Kidman is to be presented with an award for her film work.

The Paddington star, who has had Oscar nominations in the past, will receive the Crystal prize for excellence in film at the Women In Film Crystal And Lucy Awards in Century City, Los Angeles, reported Variety.

Ava DuVernay at the Selma premiere
Selma director Ava DuVernay (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Selma director Ava DuVernay will be presented with the Dorothy Arzner Directors award, while Jill Soloway, the creator of Amazon series Transparent, will be given the Lucy award for excellence in television.

Kate Mara at the LA premiere of Transcendence
Kate Mara (Richard Shotwell/Invision)

Kate Mara, Sue Kroll and Toni Howard will also be honoured at the fundraising dinner, which takes place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on June 16.

Cathy Schulman, president of Women In Film, said she was proud to celebrate this year’s line-up of honourees.

“Each one of these women has made extraordinary contributions to the media art, and as a group they have forged sustainable careers that are emblematic of the positive and long overdue change that is taking root for women in Hollywood,” she said.