Ayo Edebiri Shines in Silver Look on NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet

Ayo Edebiri turned up the shimmer on the 2025 NAACP Image Awards.

The Bear actress, 29, wore an attention grabbing silver robe whereas strolling the crimson carpet on the occasion held on the Pasadena Civic Center in California on Saturday, Feb. 22. Her trendy look featured a halter element on the neck, ruching down the middle and small, glittery gems.

Edebiri accessorized with open-toe metallic heels and stud earrings.

The actress went all out together with her glam, buying and selling her signature pure make-up search for dramatic silver eye shadow with a smokey end and a brown lip. Her straight hair cascaded down her again as she additionally rocked curtain bangs.

It’s an enormous evening for Edebiri, who clinched 5 nominations — which is essentially the most out of some other performer at this 12 months’s NAACP award present — for performing and directing in The Bear, for guest-hosting Saturday Night Live and for her voiceover work in Inside Out 2.

Like her many alternative characters, the actress has tapped into a number of varied kinds for earlier award exhibits. For this 12 months’s Golden Globes, she channeled Julia Roberts in a customized Loewe outfit consisting of an outsized grey go well with jacket with structured shoulders, matching loose-fitting pants, a grey shirt and black loafers. 

Stylist Danielle Goldberg famous the inspiration behind the outfit on her Instagram Stories, writing alongside a side-by-side picture of Edebiri in her Golden Globes look subsequent to Roberts sporting an virtually similar Armani go well with on the 1990 Golden Globes, “Important.” 

During the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2024, the place Edebiri took house the award for excellent lead actress in a comedy collection, she opted for a extra female and colourful look in a Bottega Veneta strapless design (from the pre-spring ’25 assortment).

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Speaking to Laverne Cox on E!’s pre-show, Edebiri stated of her mosaic-like design: “It was excellent as quickly as I noticed the sketches. Danielle Goldberg, my stylist, stated it was actually reminiscent to her of Gaetano Pesce, this superb Italian artist who simply handed away. And for me, I’m additionally getting Nollywood vibes.”

Other stars nominated on the NAACP Image Awards embody Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe.