View
comments
Westworld star Tessa Thompson stunned in a black-and-white gown for the 59th New York Film Festival premiere of her black-and-white film Passing on Sunday.
The 38-year-old LA native evoked 1930s elegance in the white silk gown featuring a plunging black-lace neckline and puffed sleeves selected by styling duo Wayman + Micah.
Hairstylist Lacy Redway coiffed Tessa's smooth side-parted bob as she posed on the pink carpet at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
Very fitting! Westworld star Tessa Thompson stunned in a black-and-white gown for the 59th New York Film Festival premiere of her black-and-white film Passing on Sunday
'It's just such an honor to be screening it here in New York at the film festival. I feel like Harlem is sort of a character in our film, really,' Thomson said in the NYFF Instastories.
'So it feels just exquisite to be here in Uptown screening our film. It's the first time the public will really see it in a theater and I'm so excited for us to premiere on Netflix as well. But I think that it's just magic seeing things in the cinema today and do it safely.'
Director Rebecca Hall introduced the Emmy-nominated producer as 'devastatingly brilliant' before she joined cast and crew onstage for a Q&A.
In Passing - based on Nella Larsen's 1929 novella - Tessa plays Irene 'Reenie' Redfield, who reunites with her fellow mixed race childhood friend Clare Bellew (Ruth Negga).
Retro: The 38-year-old LA native evoked 1930s elegance in the white silk gown featuring a plunging black-lace neckline and puffed sleeves selected by styling duo Wayman + Micah
Ready for her close-up! Hairstylist Lacy Redway coiffed Tessa's smooth side-parted bob as she posed on the pink carpet at Lincoln Center's
