The star, 36, posed proudly with the award ahead of the presentation of her latest movie.

Emilia was pictured receiving the award from the French director Alexandre Aja, member of the Jury of Revelations, ahead of the presentation of her movie.

Dazzling in a black sequined gown, the star showed off her slim physique in the dress which featured a plunging neckline.

Honour: Emilia Clarke, 36, received the Nouvel Hollywood award as she dazzled in black sequin dress at the Deauville American Film Festival on Sunday

Cheesy grin: The actress looked overjoyed to be receiving the award in this candid snap

Stunning: The 36-year-old looked incredible in the black sequined gown with a plunging neckline as she cut an elegant figure

The actress seemed to be in great spirits as she attended the film premiere for her latest project The Pod Generation.

Showing off her natural beauty, the star tucked her brunette locks behind her eyes and kept her makeup fairly natural aside from a bold red lip.

Accessorising the fit, she wore a pair of dangly pearl earrings and elevated her height with some simple black heels.

Emilia stars alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in the science fiction romantic comedy film written and directed by Sophie Barthes.

Set in the not-so-distant future, the film follows Rachel (Emilia) and Alvy (Chiwetel) as tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods.

And so begins Rachel and Alvy’s wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world.

The 49th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival kicked off on Friday and will run until Sunday 10th September.

It is film festival season as the 80th Venice Film Festival also kicked off earlier this week and Toronto is gearing up.

Yet the hotly-anticipated events won’t be full of their usual Hollywood sparkle due to the writers’ and actors’ strike which has paralysed Hollywood for several weeks.

Glamourous: The star’s dress caught the light as the material gave the outfit an edge of Hollywood glamour

Proud: The star was pictured receiving the award from the French director Alexandre Aja, member of the Jury of Revelations, ahead of the presentation of her movie

Natural beauty: Emilia tucked her brunette locks behind her eyes and kept her makeup fairly natural aside from a bold red lip

Readjusting: Emilia scraped her hair back as she readjusted her locks

New work: The star was attending the film premiere for her film The Pod Generation