Lupita Nyong’o Is a Glistening Vision in a Gold Celine Gown

If anyone knows the power of a singular color, it’s Lupita Nyong’o. Remember the off-the-shoulder scarlet gown she wore to the 2014 Golden Globes? And we could never forget her baby-blue Prada dress from the 86th Academy Awards, which will go down in history as one of the best looks ever worn to the ceremony. Now, gold is the latest color to get the Lupita treatment, and unsurprisingly, she nailed it yet again.

For the 2024 CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards, Nyong’o walked onto the stage in a glistening gold Celine gown styled by Micaela Erlanger. The spaghetti-strap metallic dress appeared to be made out of a stretch vinyl, and it featured a slight cowl neckline, as well as a subtle mermaid skirt that pooled around Nyong’o’s feet. The Oscar-winning actor paired the dress with strappy silver sandal heels, and she added a sophisticated touch with her large square eyeglasses and dangly ear spike earrings, which also came in a sparkly gold.

At the event, Nyong’o was honored with the CinemaCon Star of the Year Award, and as she accepted the prize, she reflected on the first time a movie really changed her life. “My very first date was going to see a movie at the cinema in Nairobi, Kenya, where I grew up,” she said. “I was 16. Not only was I going out with this boy I liked for the first time, but I would be watching my crush Leonardo DiCaprio in none other than Titanic.”

She then revealed that DiCaprio’s death in the film shook her so much that she was actually inconsolable for hours. “But that moment was so special to me,” she noted. “It was more than just a movie. It was an experience that shook me to the core that night. What I experienced firsthand was the power of cinema to transport us to another world, to make us feel things we never thought possible—like developing a fear of glaciers.”