Marianne Faithfull has been nominated for a European Film Awardfor her role in 'Irina Palm'.

The singer is up for the Best Actress Award for her leading rolein director Sam Garbarski’s much acclaimed film.

‘Irina Palm’ premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February this year and was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear as best film in the festival’s competition.

Since then Faithfull has already won the Liv Ullman Prize at the Norwegian International Film Festival.

The winners of the 20th European Film Awards – decided by the 1,800 members of the European Film Academy - will be announced on Saturday December 1st in Berlin.

Faithfull’s is up against these actresses:

Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Carice van Houten (Black Book)
Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
and Ksenia Rappoport (The Unknown)

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Actress/singer MARIANNE FAITHFULL is "lucky to be alive" after suffering from Hepatitis C for the past 12 years. The 60-year-old, who battled breast cancer last year (06), let slip she contracted the viral disease during an interview on British television on Thursday (11Oct07). Faithfull has given up alcohol to avoid aggravating the condition which could lead to fatal liver disease. She says, "I suppose it would be nice to have a glass of wine. But it really wouldn't be good for my health. "You know, I do have Hep C. And the worst thing for that is alcohol. "I found out 12 years ago. Life and my health have become much more precious to me." Faithfull, a former heroin addict, made no link between her reckless youth and contracting the virus. However, she admits having taken "a lot of risks" in her lifetime. She adds, "I was incredibly lucky. I shouldn't be alive, I know that."

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Sixties star Marianne Faithfull is suffering from Hepatitis C, she has revealed.
Faithfull admitted she had the virus, which affects the liver, in an interview with Phillip Schofield on ITV1's This Morning.

Asked if she missed the wild days of the 1960s, she replied: "I don't miss the drugs. I suppose it would be nice to have a glass of wine or something. But it really wouldn't be good for my health."

After a pause, she said: "You know, I do have Hep C. And the worst thing for that is alcohol

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... it might seem the perfect time for a movie about Marianne Faithfull, who personified the Swinging Sixties and the advent of the rock star lifestyle. Yet the singer, actor and one-time girlfriend of Mick Jagger is having none of it.

"I'm not dead, I am alive. I can control what happens,'' the outspoken 60-year-old pronounces in her commanding husky voice ...

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Actress/singer MARIANNE FAITHFULL singing voice once reduced a toddler to tears - much to the embarrassment of the tot's father. Filmmaker Gerry Fox admits he was mortified when his young daughter Frankie cried during a personal performance by the Sixties icon. He says, "Marianne launched into a beautiful Irish ballad, singing in that unmistakably gravelly way. "At first Frankie enjoyed it, concentrating hard and smiling sweetly into Marianne's weathered face, as her cigarette-strained voice grew even louder and more emotional. But after two verses Frankie could take no more. She burst into tears, howling louder than Marianne was singing. I could have died."
- article link: "ContactMusic.com"

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British singer Marianne Faithfull fears she will be a "penniless pensioner" and is desperately trying to save cash to fund her retirement.

The former girlfriend of rocker Mick Jagger hopes money from her upcoming European tour, Songs of the Innocence and Experience, will enable her to live in comfort.

The 60-year-old says: I’m not prepared to be 70 and absolutely broke. I realised last year that I have no safety net at all and I’m going to have to get one. So I need to change my attitude to life, which means I have to put away 10 per cent every year of my old age."

Faithful added: I want to be in a position where I don't have to work. I should have thought about this a long time ago but I didn't."

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