Tracee Ellis Ross turned the red carpet into a runway with her style statement at the film’s Los Angeles premiere American fiction.
The actress, 51, stepped out at the event, which was held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday, wearing a strapless pink floor-length dress.
Tracee Ellis Ross, American Fiction screening, December 2023.
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She combined a dress of pastel colors with a muted green coat. As for her accessories, Ross skipped the earrings and let her choice of diamond necklaces be the focal point. The Friends the alum accessorized her look with decorative rings on each middle finger and styled her hair in a sleek bun.
Back in 2016, Ross was candid with PEOPLE about her style choices.
“I’ve always been connected to the story of clothes,” she said at the time. “My mom taught me that you can spend money on nice things if you intend to use them. For example, I have an Alexander McQueen jacket that I wear with everything, even sweatpants.”
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The event was attended by American fiction directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David and Sterling K. Brown.
American fiction centers on the story of Dr. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Wright), “a frustrated novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from ‘black’ entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes,” according to MGM.
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To prove his point, Monk, under the pseudonym, writes “Black”, a book that ironically thrusts him into the world of the media he claims to despise.
Tracee Ellis Ross.
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Ross plays Lisa Ellison, Monk’s sister, in the film. IN Deletiona 2001 book by Percival Everett which American fiction it is based on Ross’s character working in a women’s clinic and maintaining a somewhat strained relationship with his brother due to their parents’ previous favoritism leaning in his direction.
The upcoming film marks the third project Ross has been involved in, which was released in 2023. Cold copy and Candy Cane Lane. Earlier this year, the star said Today, “I think I’m the sexiest I’ve ever been. I feel fantastic and I feel like the world is my oyster.”
She doubled down on that point during one episode of the podcast A minute has passedwhere she stated “I know we’re obsessed with youth. I wouldn’t go back if you paid me. Sure, my skin was tighter. Sure, my legs held their muscles in a different way. But, I’m much more comfortable in my skin.”
American fiction arrives in theaters on December 15.
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