Kate Winslet dazzles as she accepts Golden Icon Award at the Zurich Film Festival

Kate Winslet was a vision in red as she attended the 20th Zurich Film Festival at Corso in Switzerland on Monday to pick up an award.

was in the Swiss city to be honoured with the Golden Icon Award. This year has marked the release of Kate's film Lee - which tells the story of model turned war correspondent Lee Miller and

Attending the awards on Monday, Kate commanded attention as she wore a striking red jumpsuit that made her stand out from the crowd. She accessorised with a dramatic black belt and glittering gold jewellery - and later posed with the dazzling spherical award which was presented to her at the event.

Accepting the gong, Kate took the opportunity to shine attention on her new film - which she described as a 'labour of love'. The film had been due for release in 2023, but was pushed back by a year to avoid the SAG-AFTRA strike which rumbled on from June until November last year and would have meant the star would be banned from promoting the project.

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In her acceptance speech: "Thank you to the Zurich Film Festival for this wonderful honour and for recognising Lee, a film that has truly been a labour of love for me, and of which I am immensely proud. I am so grateful to the Zurich Film Festival for creating this moment to celebrate our film and to everyone who has been a part of this epic journey. Lee has been and remains, a pride and joy for me."

Kate has been heavily promoting the film in recent weeks. In August, she posed for Harper's Bazaar and gushed about the film. She said: "Lee’s phenomenal stoicism and mission to reveal the truth because so much was hidden – of all the characters I’ve ever played, I was genuinely inspired by her and in a lasting way.

"Post-#MeToo, we have a much greater perspective on what women in the public eye had to put up with. My hope is that, at the very least, the film will show people who Lee really was and what she went through, and hopefully redefine how a younger generation understands her, so that she isn’t continually viewed through the male gaze."

She went on to describe how she felt close to the historical figure - who passed away in 1977 at the age of 70. She said: "It’s so interesting, because in all the letters I read, and her personal diaries, she was never down on herself, or critical of men. I admire that so much.

"We label women all the time – it drives me mad. If you think about how Lee’s described, it’s: 'outspoken', 'headstrong', 'determined' – these big, fat words... We don’t describe men as ballsy or outspoken, because men just say whatever they want to say and do whatever they want to do, and it’s expected and permitted, but when a woman does that, we slap her with a label, and it sticks."

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