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Kerry Washington attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England
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Kerry Washington sparkled at the 2026 BAFTAs in a navy blue Prada apron gown on February 22.
The Scandal actress’s sequin-encrusted dress featured a completely side-baring and backless design.
Washington matched the dress’s vivid color with a complementary manicure and diamond-encrusted blue earrings.
Kerry Washington gave the apron dress the red carpet treatment while lighting up the 2026 BAFTAs red carpet on Sunday night in London. The Scandal alum made a dreamy entrance in midnight blue at the February 22 award show, turning heads in a navy sequined Prada gown that completely bared her sides and back.
Washington brought some sparkle to the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall, thanks to the mirrored black disks that adorned her side boob-baring bodice and the dainty straps that held the barely-there style in place. In contrast to its gilded design, the Django Unchained actress’s dark blue dress featured an airy pleated tulle skirt that fanned several feet behind her. As Washington posed on the red carpet, she also showed off the Prada gown’s plunging backless design, which was simultaneously framed and held in place by sequin-encrusted straps, including one around her ribs.
Kerry Washington attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England
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The actress, who recently debuted a bold new bob with blunt bangs for her role in Imperfect Women, styled her black hair in a messy updo with a side-swept fringe that accentuated its undone texture. Complementing her dress’s vivid shade with a navy blue manicure, Washington kept the color scheme going with diamond-encrusted navy blue medallion-style earrings. She accentuated her features with a dark brown matte smoky eyeshadow, sculpted cheekbones, and a nude matte lipstick.
Kerry Washington attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England
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Kerry Washington attends the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 in London, England
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Washington’s BAFTAs appearance is a beauty and style 180 from the look she wore to the 2026 Directors Guild Of America Awards a few weeks ago. For the February 7 event, the star embraced spring a little early in a strapless floral minidress with a sweetheart neckline and ruching along the bodycon silhouette. Styling her black hair in bouncy middle-parted ringlets, Washington embraced some sartorial whimsy with star-shaped earrings and a dramatic bustle that fanned out behind her, giving the look a high-low effect.
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