Variety has announced the presenters for the inaugural Power of Women London taking place on June 3. The event, in partnership with A+E Global Media’s Lifetime, celebrates the Power of Women honorees, who will each be featured on five different Variety covers of the accompanying issue.
“Saturday Night Live UK” cast member and “Weekend Update” anchor and stand-up comedian Ania Magliano will host the event.
This year’s presenters include theater and film director Thea Sharrock, who directed “Wicked Little Letters” and “Me Before You,” and will present to Emilia Clarke. Award-winning actor Josh O’Connor, who will next star in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film, “Disclosure Day,” will present to Emma Corrin; Edward Enninful OBE, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of the global media and entertainment company EE72, will present to Cynthia Erivo; Laurence Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor Tom Francis, who will next be seen in “The Mosquito Bowl,” will present to Hannah Waddingham; and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, who directed “Back to Black,” will present to Suki Waterhouse.
This year’s honorees include Clarke, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in “Game of Thrones,” for which she received four Primetime Emmy nominations and several Critics’ Choice Awards, and is celebrating her SameYou charity for brain injury recovery; Corrin, the first non-binary honoree to be a part of Power of Women, who portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales in the fourth season of “The Crown,” earning a Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award, and is celebrating War Child, a foundation dedicated to improve the wellbeing of children living in armed conflict and Emmy, Tony, two-time Grammy Award-winning and three-time Academy Award-nominated Erivo, who recently starred as Elphaba Thropp in the Golden Globe-nominated “Wicked: For Good” (2025) and received Academy Award nominations for leading roles in the award winning “Harriet” (2019), “Genius: Aretha” (2021) and “Wicked” (2024), and will highlight The Shameless Fund, which raises cash through global brand collaborations to power up international, national and grassroots non-profits, to benefit LGBTQ+ causes. Honorees also include Waddingham, who will be hosting SNL UK Saturday, and will next be seen in Prime Video’s new “Ride or Die” and in the fourth season of Apple TV’s “Ted Lasso,” for which she won an Emmy and Two Critics Choice Awards (Golden Globe and Actor Award Nominations), and has been nominated for two Bafta TV Awards and Three Olivier Awards, and will be representing Make-A-Wish UK; and the critically acclaimed indie pop artist Waterhouse, who is set to release her new album “Loveland” in July, followed by her headlining tour and is representing Facing the World, which fights for children with facial disfigurement.
In addition to the honorees, Variety will publish its Women’s Impact Report: London, recognizing the most important and influential women in the U.K. in entertainment and media. All women on the Impact List will be invited to the June 3 event.
Variety is an official Media Partner of SXSW London, and Variety Power of Women London is part of the festival’s weeklong programming.
Lifetime is the Presenting Partner of this year’s event. Trinny London will be providing exclusive, curated gift bags to all honorees and guests at the event, featuring a variety of its best-selling makeup and skin products.
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