On January 27, 2008, Julie Christie won the Screen Actors Guild award in the 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role' category for her performance in Away From Her.
Christie has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as Fiona Anderson, a woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease in Sarah Polley's acclaimed opera prima Away From Her.
Julie Christie: It's lovely to receive an award from your own Union. Especially at a time when we are being so forcibily reminded, how important Unions are.