By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com and Laura Fox For Mailonline
06:41 12 Apr 2024, updated 06:47 12 Apr 2024
Lupita Nyong’o brought the glitz and glamour to the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Thursday night.
The Oscar-winner, 41, hit the red carpet in a sparkly gold gown that showed off her runway-worthy figure.
Lupita’s show-stopping frock had a sexy low back and dainty spaghetti straps.
She accessorized with jeweled drop earrings and she rocked a pointy gold manicure for the star-studded soiree inside Omnia Nightclub.
The actress was this year’s Star of the Year award recipient, which has been previously won by the likes of Zendaya and Kevin Hart.
Lupita took to the stage to accept the honor and later posed for photos on the red carpet with her A Quiet Place: Day One co-star Joseph Quinn, who took home the Breakthrough Performer of the Year award.
Quiet Place: Day One is the latest chapter in John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place franchise and serves as a prequel to the 2018 film.
An extended trailer was played during Paramount’s presentation at CinemaCon this week, which Lupita and Joseph attended along with Paramount chief Brian Robbins.
The film was originally slated for a March release but, due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike, it will not hit theaters on June 28.
Lupita unveiled a glimpse at her upcoming animated film The Wild Robot at CinemaCon on Wednesday.
She took to the stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with director Chris Sanders and Dreamworks Animation President Margie Cohn.
Lupita spoke about voicing the lead character in the upcoming animation, before she and Chris unveiled unfinished footage from the film.
Based on Peter Brown’s book, the story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Lupita, who is accidentally marooned on an uninhabited island.
There, the city robot meets and learns from the animals in her new environment, including a fox who offers her some vital life advice.
Set for release in September, the film marks Sanders’ first Dreamworks film since The Croods in 2013, after earning critical praise with How To Train Your Dragon in 2010.
The voice cast will also include Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu and Mark Hamill.
Though she’s back in work mode, Lupita and her new boyfriend Joshua Jackson were spotted packing on the PDA as they vacationed in Mexico last month.
The father-of-one shockingly split from ex-wife Jodie Turner-Smith last autumn. The exes share daughter Juno, four.
Turner-Smith cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ in her divorce filings as she made a bid to remove herself from her ‘unhealthy’ marriage with Joshua last October.
Weeks after she filed for divorce, the actor was photographed holding hands with Lupita, hours after it was confirmed they were dating.
Jodie recently spoke for the first time to the Sunday Times Style magazine about why her marriage ended.
‘Sometimes things we really want to work just don’t end up working. And that’s OK. The most important thing is that you choose what’s healthiest for you and your family and definitely your children.
‘There are so many different moments in our life where we look at ourselves and say, “Who am I and am I being true to that?”
‘If the answer is no, then you have to make a move because I believe that there are visible scars from staying in places that are not good for us.
‘And they don’t just affect us, they affect everybody around us. I don’t think it’s a failure. We obviously had such a beautiful moment together. And now it’s time for a new moment for both of us,’ she stated.