Actor Awards 2026 Red Carpet Glows with Siren-Ready Old Hollywood Jewelry
Kate Hudson arrived in nearly 80 carats of bespoke diamonds as the Actor Awards' Old Hollywood theme sent collar necklaces, chandelier earrings, and statement rings center stage.
The Actor Awards rebranded red carpet, billed as Reimagining Hollywood Glamour From the ’20s and ’30s and staged in partnership with Elle, leaned explicitly into diamonds and archival flourishes. Kate Hudson’s one-of-a-kind Desert Diamonds high jewelry suite by Emily P. Wheeler—drop earrings, a wraparound collar and a “stunning array of statement rings”—totaled nearly 80 carats and anchored a custom Valentino look that set the night’s maximal tone.
Sofia Carson pushed the scale even further with Chopard Animal World ouroboros earrings in 18k rose gold: the pieces are coiled in 133 carats of brown diamonds with a wink of onyx, a literal excavation of vintage glamour into a modern moment. The symbolic heft of the choice was plain in the details: “The ouroboros—a serpent or dragon eating its own tail—symbolizes eternity, renewal, and the unity of opposites, such as the cycles of life and death.”
Kristen Bell, who hosted the show with her usual quirky humor and charm, paired couture with Messika Haute Joaillerie: Pendant Night Owl earrings and the Collier Night Owl statement necklace plus the Messika by Kate Moss Bague Exotic Charm ring framed a Georges Hobeika Spring/Summer 2026 Couture gown and underscored the evening’s neck-enhancing tendencies.
The collar motif carried through in sculptural, high-carat constructions. Sarah Paulson wore three Boucheron Vendôme Liseré white gold pieces with black enamel: pendant earrings each set with a 3.00 ct. emerald-cut diamond plus rounds, and a ring anchored by a 4.13 ct. emerald-cut diamond with pavé round accents. Viola Davis finished her Gucci look with Pasquale Bruni’s floral-inspired diamond necklace and an emerald pear pendant, a classic-meets-sculpture statement cited amid the nominations roster.
Not every star favored classical restraint. Ali Larter layered Repossi’s Berbere necklace, a series of darkened gold discs encrusted with 2,000 diamonds totaling 40 carats, alongside a Repossi Blast bracelet—“Minimal dress, maximum bite”—while Sheryl Lee Ralph wore De Beers diamonds from ears to wrist for Abbott Elementary presence on the carpet.
Men’s jewelry skewed restrained but note-worthy. Connor Storrie wore a full suite of Tiffany & Co., with the Jean Schlumberger by Tiffany Stitches ring in gold and platinum with diamonds called out as a favorite; broader commentary observed that men’s looks were understated overall, punctuated by a few bare lapels that drew attention.
Across the 32nd Annual Actor Awards the editorial experiment of a themed red carpet paid off in concrete carat counts and archival references: nearly 80 carats on Hudson, 133 carats on Carson, 4.13 ct. center stones on Boucheron rings, and 40 carats across Repossi discs. Those numbers, coupled with chandelier earrings, collar necklaces and statement rings, map a clear trajectory for awards-season jewelry that privileges volume, provenance and theatricality.
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