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FILM’S MOST INSPIRING ACTRESSES TELL US ABOUT MORE THAN JUST WHO DESIGNED THEIR GOWNSLM S MOST INSPIIRING ACTRES.
Years of auditions helped Stone identify with
La La Land’s Mia, a struggling actress: “I know
the experience of not feeling seen or appreci-
ated,” she says. Hopefully that Best Actress
statuette puts those feelings to bed for good.EMMA STONE
IN GIVENCHY HAUTE COUTURE“[Loving] features two American Civil Liberties
Union lawyers who changed the Constitution
for the better, and I’m all for that,” says the
film’s Best Actress nominee, who showed her
support for the organization with a blue ribbon.JANELLE MONÁE
IN ELIE SAAB HAUTE COUTUREPlaying Mary Jackson, NASA’s first black female
engineer, inHidden Figureswas “a dream
role” for Monáe. “She [fought] for justice—
and not just for herself, but for her commu-
nity to pursue their careers.... She’s a hero.”RUTH NEGGA
IN VALENTINO