The Oscar winner didn't disappointment with her debut fit on Monday.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph is capping a breakout awards season that ended with her nabbing her first Oscar with another iconic first moment -- her Met Gala debut!
The 37-year-old actress, who became known for her impeccable style throughout the 2024 awards season, stunned as she made her first-ever strut down the iconic carpet for the 2024 Met Gala on Monday.
Randolph kept true to this year's theme of "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" in a denim gown by Gap's creative director Zac Posen, which was inspired by 1700s evening wear, The New York Times reports.
"I knew for sure the fit was going to be insane," Randolph told NYT of working with Posen. "I knew that this dress was going to look like it was poured on my body, which is very exciting for me as a curvy girl who likes to show her body."
The ball-style skirt is removable, and the actress plans to shed the outer layer inside the museum to reveal a mermaid dress underneath, according to the outlet.
The actress' Met Gala attendance comes almost a year after her critically acclaimed performance as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers.
Randolph's performance as the Barton Academy kitchen manager grieving the loss of her son in the Vietnam War while cooped up for the holidays with Paul Giamatti's cranky professor and Dominic Sessa's petulant student earned her a bountiful awards season: the Yale School of Drama alumna won a Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Award, BAFTA, and SAG Award for her performance, as well as prestigious trophies from both the New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
In March, Randolph earned the coveted Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2024 Oscars, making her the 10th Black woman to win an Academy Award for acting, following in the footsteps of other greats such as Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg and Lupita Nyong'o.
In her acceptance speech, Randolph thanked a number of people in her life, including an acting teacher who she says inspired her to keep going. Breaking down in tears, she said of her teacher, "When I was the only Black girl in that class, when you saw me and you told me I was enough. When I told you, 'I don't see myself,' you said, 'That's fine. We're going to forge our own path. You're going to lay a trail for yourself.'"
She added, "I am so grateful to all the women who have been by my side."
Randolph also noted that fans have not seen the last of her. "I pray to God that I get to do this more than once. I thank you for seeing me."
Her words have already come true. Last month, it was announced that Randolph will star alongside Halle Bailey and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Universal Pictures' untitled Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry project.
The coming-of-age musical is set in the summer of 1977 and will take place in Virginia Beach, inspired by Williams' childhood neighborhood of Atlantis Apartments.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Gondry will helm the project with a script written by Martin Hynes (Toy Story 4 and The Magician's Elephant) and Steven Levenson (Tick, Tick...Boom!, FOSSE/VERDON).
Williams will produce with Mimi Valdés through i am OTHER -- Williams' multimedia creative collective and record label that serves as an umbrella for all of his endeavors -- alongside Gil Netter, who will produce through Gil Netter Productions.
Meanwhile, this year's Met Gala theme is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." Max Hollein, CEO of The Met, said in a statement that the "innovative" exhibition -- and the accompanying star-studded annual fundraising gala -- was imagined to "push the boundaries of our imagination and invite us to experience the multisensory facets of a garment."
Entertainment Tonight will be on the iconic Met Gala red carpet, so keep checking back with ETonline for more coverage from fashion's biggest night, including live updates and all of the jaw-dropping red carpet looks.
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