2012: Octavia Spencer

Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer has proven herself to be a very good actress. Imagine, she is the first Black actress to be ever nominated twice in a row for an award and one of two Black women to have three such Oscars nominations. It was the 2011 film The Help that earned her a nomination and a win for Best Supporting Actress. She has since then appeared in a number of successful movies and TV series.

During the 2012 Oscars Awards, she walked down the red carpet with fellow Academy Award winner Viola Davis, who was wearing an emerald green gown. Spencer chose a more subdued but beaded Tadashi Shoji dress. Reports noted that she has been very loyal to this dress designer for years. The gown itself is ivory silk tulle, which only made Spencer stand out. Even though the color is white, which was common during the ceremony, the actress’s great degree of confidence in wearing it made it more than extraordinary.