Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Lee Ralph and other stars brought their style A-game to the awards show honoring the best in TV
By
Alison Maxwell and Nancy Kerr,
AARP
Published
September 15, 2024
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The Morning Show star stunned in a strapless silver gown with a beaded bodice from Oscar de la Renta. On the red carpet, ABC host Robin Roberts asked Aniston about costarring on the show with Reese Witherspoon. “She’s like a sister. We love to collaborate. We’re on the same page. We’re very lucky,” Aniston said.
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Robin Roberts, 63
ABC’s Good Morning America coanchor Roberts glittered in a stunning deep-blue sparkling halter gown with pooling train. The showstopper? “The party is in the back,” she said on Instagram, while flashing a daringly low scoop.
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Diane Lane, 59
The Feud: Capote vs. The Swans actress looked classically understated in a pale pink Prabal Gurung gown with flared sleeves and beaded belt. Lane gushed about her Feud experience, saying she loved “working with so many fabulous women who I’ve admired for years. We were all kind of starstruck with each other…. It was a very bonding time.”
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Gina Torres, 55
Torres sizzled in a one-shoulder, hot pink gown. She was joined by her daughter, Delilah, with ex-husband Laurence Fishburne. Torres teased the upcoming final season of 9-1-1 Lonestar: “No one’s going to be disappointed. The stakes could not be higher. There’s a wedding so I’m just going to tease that. Love is always in the air.”
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Sheryl Lee Ralph, 67
The Abbott Elementary star rocked a custom Versace gown, complete with a Gianni Versace bow at the neck. Cartier jewelry complemented the look, but that wasn’t her only accessory. “My eye candy of a husband,” Ralph said, referring to Vincent Hughes. Ralph also took a moment on the People livestream to tout the upcoming Halloween episode of the show: “It was hot hot hot. It was 107 degrees, and I was enveloped in fur, but it’s such a funny episode,” she said.
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Viola Davis, 59
In an eye-catching black-and-white Zuhair Murad couture gown with a crisscrossed neckline, Davis, an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winner, stood out from the crowd.
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Naomi Watts, 55
Green with envy! The Feud: Capote vs. The Swans actress turned heads in an emerald-green strapless custom Balenciaga gown adorned with a bow on back.
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Christine Baranski, 72
The Gilded Age star wore an appropriately golden Oscar de la Renta gown emblazoned with oversize flowers.
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Laura Dern, 57
Basic black? Never. The Palm Royale actress wore a jet-black portrait-collared gown over matching pants with three-quarter sleeves, adorned with jewels by Sabyasachi featuring a palm tree motif, naturally.
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Meryl Streep, 75
The Only Murders in the Building actress was pretty in a blush-pink monochromatic suit with structured shoulders and wide-leg pants topped with a pussy bow blouse.
Alison Maxwell is an executive editor of features at AARP. Prior to joining the organization, she spent 20 years at USA Today, most recently as managing editor of the Life section.
Nancy Kerr is a senior writer and editor of features content for AARP. Prior to joining the organization, she was the editor of special projects for USA Today; a senior editor for the USA Weekend magazine; an assistant managing editor of digital content at The Washington Post and the director of women’s programming at America Online.
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