Taylor Swift to Receive 2026 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award From Greta Gerwig at Women in Entertainment Gala

Taylor Swift will add another prestigious award to her shelf later this year when she receives the Sherry Lansing Leadership Awards during The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual Women in Entertainment breakfast gala in Los Angeles, which typically takes place in early December.

The magazine announced the news on Wednesday (Nov. 11), while revealing that Barbie director Greta Gerwig will present the award to Swift at the gala.

“Taylor Swift took on an industry that has long underestimated women and won on every front: artistically, commercially and on the question of who owns her work,” said THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan. “She reclaimed her catalog, set new terms for the artists who follow her and became the most popular musician in the world while doing it — and helping scores of other artists along the way. We’re proud to honor her with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award.”

The award named for the first woman to head a Hollywood Studio — Lansing is the former head CEO of Paramount Pictures — recognizes trailblazers and philanthropists in entertainment and media, with past recipients including Adele, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep and others.

“I am so pleased to recognize Taylor Swift with the award that bears my name,” Lansing told THR. “She has paved the way for women in music, demonstrating what is possible when a woman takes ownership of her work, her career and her future. Equally impressive is her generosity and commitment to giving back. She is an extraordinary talent and a remarkable role model, and I could not be more proud to see her receive this award.”

Swift and Gerwig are friends and have been spotted out together having dinner in New York and last October, the singer appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote her The Life of a Showgirl album, where she told a funny story about how then-boyfriend Travis Kelce mixed up Hugh Grant’s wife and Gerwig at an Eras Tour stop.